Thirteen Recipes for the Hungry Heart: A Culinary Witchery

Catriona Fenn arrives in the salt-laced town of Port Blossom, Maine, carrying only grief and a dusty recipe box etched with Celtic knots. It's her grandmother Elara's legacy, filled with thirteen handwritten cards, each a cryptic window into a life Catriona never knew. Elara, a “kitchen witch,” left behind more than just recipes; she left behind magic.

As Catriona cooks, the apartment above her grandmother’s antique shop fills with more than just the aroma of star anise and rosemary. Forgotten memories surface with every bite: Elara’s cold hand, her whispered warnings of “hungry things.” Each dish—lavender pie, saffron risotto, sourdough bread that inexplicably thrives in the presence of her intriguing botanist neighbor, Brooke—peels back another layer of Elara's hidden world.

But Elara’s magic comes with a price. Thirn, a spectral figure smelling of woodsmoke and old secrets, reveals the truth: a pact made, a being of shadows and whispers known as the Ravenous, and a terrible hunger that devours not flesh, but memories. With every recipe Catriona completes, the Ravenous draws closer, its gaze fixed on Port Blossom.

Into this swirling mix of culinary magic and encroaching darkness stumbles Patricia, a sharp-tongued woman armed with folk remedies and cryptic warnings of her own. And then there's Alexander, a renowned chef drawn to the strange energy emanating from Elara’s apartment, sensing a kindred spirit in Catriona—and a source of unimaginable culinary power.

As the line between the mundane and the magical blurs, Catriona finds herself caught in a web of conflicting desires. Embrace the power, fueled by Alexander’s ambition, and risk unleashing the Ravenous? Heed Patricia’s warnings and renounce her heritage, leaving the mysteries of her grandmother's life unsolved? Or forge a new path, one whispered to her by the earth itself, through her growing connection with Brooke?

With the final recipe—a bittersweet concoction of wild berries, dark chocolate, and a single, shimmering tear—Catriona must make a choice that will determine not only her fate, but the fate of everyone she’s come to care for in this strange, seaside town. For the last recipe isn’t a source of power, but a key, and the door it opens leads to

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Release date

Ebook: December 17, 2024