A Spell of Shadows: A Southern Gothic Fantasy

"A powerfully magical story." —D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review In this slow-burn Southern Gothic fantasy, award-winning author Laura Holt weaves witchcraft, folklore, and simmering tension into a haunting tale of memory and magic. Featured on Goodreads’ “10 Best Southern Gothic Fantasy Novels” list! Not after Sutton Fray looked at me like I’d ruined everything. I return only to bury my mother and leave again. Instead, I find a town in decay. The wells are dry. The magic is starving. And people are going missing again. Years ago, the first was Holden Fray, the boy I once loved. And his brother Sutton, now the chief of police, greets me with the same cold suspicion he wore the night I ran. But this town won’t let either of us leave. Not its dark magic, not its hungry spirits, not its secrets older than the mountains. The deeper I’m pulled into the mystery, the more Sutton shadows my steps, demanding truths I can’t give and offering help I don’t want. We clash at every turn over the past, over the wells, over the truth neither of us is ready to face.