Bright I BurnIn thirteenth century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared. When a young Alice Kyteler sees her mother wither under the constraints of family responsibilities, she vows that she won't suffer the same fate. Soon Alice discovers she has a flair for making money, and builds a flourishing business. But as her wealth and stature grow, so too do the rumours about her private life. By the time she has moved on to her fourth husband, a blaze of

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Thomas Hart and Grace Macauley are fellow worshippers at the Bethesda Baptist chapel in the small Essex town of Aldleigh

Hammer might just make it out of this one alive

Exploring failed sisterhood

The First Families

a world-famous artist

and not of the house itself

magic and wildness

And they’ll soon discover what other deadly secrets come out at night

the enormous category-error of violence

both sentimental and malign

she soon finds herself embroiled in a quest for a magic more powerful - and more dangerous - than she could ever have imagined