The Thornwood Trial

In the quiet village of Rivenhollow, where superstition reigns and fear is law, Elira Thornwood has spent her life as a healer-mending wounds, easing pain, and asking for nothing in return. But when a young girl falls ill under mysterious circumstances, the whispers begin. The villagers fear what they do not understand-and soon, Elira finds herself accused of witchcraft.

Betrayed, hunted, and forced to flee, Elira discovers a hidden refuge deep in the forest-a sanctuary of outcasts, a coven of witches. They take her in, teach her what she never knew about herself, about the power that has always burned beneath her skin. But when she learns that the village is preparing for another witch-burning, that the girl she tried to save is next, Elira knows she cannot stay in the shadows.

She must return.

With vengeance in her heart and fire at her fingertips, Elira sets out to turn the tide-to expose the lies, to bring down the man who condemned her, and to show Rivenhollow that the true monster has never been her.

They wanted a witch. Now, they will burn.