Meet Me in the Tavern

MEET ME IN THE TAVERN

Wales, 1500s.

Jasmine Morgan knows better than to let her emotions control her.

The women of her family have carried magic in their blood for generations, passing down their secrets beneath quiet cottages, herb gardens and whispered prayers. They heal in secret. They protect their own. And above all, they hide.

Because in a Wales ruled by the Church, being discovered as a witch could mean only one thing:

the stake.

Jasmine has survived by keeping her head down.

Until she meets Ayaan.

A mysterious trader from India with dark eyes, an unsettling stillness, and secrets of his own. There is something about him that Jasmine cannot explain. Something that draws her closer every time she tries to walk away.

And the strangest part?

Her magic seems to awaken whenever he is near.

What begins with stolen glances across a tavern soon becomes something far more dangerous-something Jasmine cannot hide from her best friend, Mindy.

Mindy has always been Jasmine's closest companion.

Until Ayaan walks through the tavern door.

As Jasmine's attention shifts toward the mysterious stranger, Mindy's friendship slowly curdles into jealousy. And when jealousy becomes obsession, Mindy discovers the one secret that could destroy Jasmine forever.

She's a witch.

Soon, whispers become accusations.

Accusations become a trial.

And Jasmine finds herself standing before a crowd with flames waiting at her feet.

But the man who captured her heart isn't what he seems.

Because Ayaan has been keeping a secret far older than Jasmine's magic.

And when the flames rise, something in the darkness rises with them.

Jasmine has already dreamed of the blood.

The wolves.

The crimson moon.

The harbour burning.

She just doesn't know yet that her dreams aren't warnings of what might happen.

They're memories of what is coming.

One witch.
One stranger.
One jealous friend.
And a love that was never supposed to exist.