New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston
transports readers to the windswept mountains of Wales in
The Winter Witch, an enthralling tale of love and magic.
In her small early nineteenth century Welsh town, there is
no one quite like Morgana. She is small and quick and
pretty enough to attract a suitor, but there are things that
set her apart from other girls. Though her mind is sharp she
has not spoken since she was a young girl. Her silence is a
mystery, as well as her magic—the household objects that
seem to move at her command, the bad luck that visits those
who do her ill. Concerned for her safety, her mother is
anxious to see Morgana married, and Cai Jenkins, the widowed
drover from the far hills who knows nothing of the rumors
that swirl around her, seems the best choice.
After her wedding, Morgana is heartbroken at leaving her
mother, and wary of this man, whom she does not know, and
who will take her away to begin a new life. But she soon
falls in love with Cai's farm and the wild mountains that
surround it. Here, where frail humans are at the mercy of
the elements, she thrives, her wild nature and her magic
blossoming. Cai works to understand the beautiful,
half-tamed creature he has chosen for a bride, and slowly,
he begins to win Morgana's affections. It's not long,
however, before her strangeness begins to be remarked upon
in her new village. A dark force is at work there—a person
who will stop at nothing to turn the townspeople against
Morgana, even at the expense of those closest to her. Forced
to defend her home, her man, and herself from all comers,
Morgana must learn to harness her power, or she will lose
everything in this beautifully written, enchanting novel.
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