HE'S A DETECTIVE. SHE'S A WITCH. THE ANCIENT AND THE WILD CAN NEVER BE A BRAND.
Thornhope has survived ancient curses, stolen artefacts, and doors between worlds. But this time, the threat isn't buried. It's being marketed. When plans are announced for The Hollow Project, a luxury wellness retreat carved into the edge of St Michael's Hollow, the promise is renewal, investment, and curated "authenticity."
Edith Postlethwaite sees something else. The woodland is shifting. Old wards ripple. Pixies grow bold. And when a fae steps into her garden to ask for her help, it becomes clear that this isn't just development. It's intrusion.
As the boundary between what is wild and what is owned begins to fray, Detective Inspector John Spencer is forced to confront a truth he cannot arrest or contain: the power rising in Thornhope does not answer to law, and the woman he loves may be capable of far more than he ever understood.
Because the Hollow remembers. And when the ancient line is crossed, someone will have to stand at the threshold and decide what they are willing to become to keep it from tearing open.
