The Corn Bride
The witchiest, ghostliest, most hilarious folk-horror wartime romance you'll read this year . . . or ever
Mark Stay
- ‘A
- rural
- Ben
- Aaronovitch!’
- C.
- K.
- McDonnell‘Fast-paced,
- entertainingly
- creepy,
- laugh-out-loud
- funny,
- and
- genuinely
- moving’
- Michelle
- PaverDear
- reader,
- you
- are
- cordially
- invited
- to
- the
- strangest
- wedding
- of
- the
- year
- .
- .
- .It’s
- May
- 1941,
- and
- the
- war
- is
- in
- full
- swing.
- Yet
- in
- the
- quiet
- village
- of
- Woodville
- in
- rural
- Kent
- a
- happy
- event
- is
- on
- the
- horizon,
- as
- Faye
- Bright
- interrupts
- her
- training
- with
- the
- British
- Secret
- Service
- to
- return
- home
- and
- marry
- her
- true
- love,
- Bertie.But
- as
- preparations
- get
- underway,
- a
- ghostly
- premonition
- throws
- a
- spanner
- in
- the
- works.
- Who
- is
- the
- Corn
- Bride,
- and
- is
- her
- burning
- visage
- a
- warning,
- or
- a
- threat
- to
- the
- happiest
- day
- of
- Faye’s
- life?As
- Faye
- and
- the
- witches
- investigate,
- it’s
- soon
- apparent
- that
- there’s
- much
- more
- on
- the
- line
- than
- dress
- fittings,
- cake
- and
- Bertie’s
- stag
- do.
- For
- an
- old
- enemy
- is
- stirring
- in
- the
- shadows,
- bent
- on
- vengeance.
- And
- he’s
- not
- above
- crashing
- a
- wedding
- to
- get
- it.Will
- the
- happy
- couple
- make
- it
- to
- the
- church
- on
- time?
- Or,
- after
- all
- she’s
- survived,
- could
- it
- be
- getting
- hitched
- that
- finally
- spells
- Faye’s
- doom?Embark
- upon
- an
- adventure
- that
- weaves
- together
- romance,
- undead
- Nazis,
- pensioner
- spies,
- spectral
- schoolchildren
- and
- a
- talking
- budgerigar,
- and
- still
- somehow
- manages
- to
- prove
- that
- love
- is
- the
- most
- powerful
- magic
- of
- all.**For
- fans
- of
- Lev
- Grossman
- and
- Terry
- Pratchett
- comes
- the
- fifth
- novel
- in
- this
- delightful
- series
- of
- war,
- mystery
- and
- a
- little
- bit
- of
- magic
- .
- .
- .Don’t
- miss
- the
- other
- magical
- books
- in
- the
- WITCHES
- OF
- WOODVILLE
- series!
#1
- The
- Crow
- Folk
#2
- Babes
- in
- the
- Wood
#3
- The
- Ghost
- of
- Ivy
- Barn
#4
- The
- Holly King**
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