The Manningtree Witches

Thank you Catapult for this gifted book!

I’m noticing how everyone is already getting into a witchy mood, and well...I’m always in a witchy mood, so I’m excited to share A.K. Blakemore’s debut release, The Manningtree Witches!

𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩-𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴.

England, 1643. Puritanical fervor has gripped the nation. And in Manningtree, a town depleted of men since the wars began, the hot terror of damnation burns in the hearts of women left to their own devices.

Rebecca West, fatherless and husbandless, chafes against the drudgery of her days, livened only occasionally by her infatuation with the handsome young clerk John Edes. But then a newcomer, who identifies himself as the Witchfinder General, arrives. A mysterious, pious figure dressed from head to toe in black, Matthew Hopkins takes over the Thorn Inn and begins to ask questions about what the women on the margins of this diminished community are up to. Dangerous rumors of covens, pacts, and bodily wants have begun to hang over women like Rebecca—and the future is as frightening as it is thrilling.

Brimming with contemporary energy and resonance, The Manningtree Witches plunges its readers into the fever and menace of the English witch trials, where suspicion, mistrust, and betrayal run amok as a nation's arrogant male institutions start to realize that the very people they've suppressed for so long may be about to rise up and claim their freedom.

💬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥?🎃👻💀