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Magic for Crosswise Witches by Ava Morgyn

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  • This one leans into the darker side of witchy stories
Magic for Crosswise Witches by Ava Morgyn

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Texas
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AMD: 75,000

Editor: Vicki Lame

Author Home: Spring, TX

Locale: fictional Texas town

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An exiled witch returns home to face the dark secrets she left behind in this thrilling novel for fans of Practical Magic and The Mayfair Witches.

  • From the dark lake hiding murderous secrets to the tall ghostly trees dripping with moss, this novel is drenched in atmosphere - perfect for readers who love darkly magical stories, slow-burn dread, and secrets that refuse to stay buried.
  • A portrait of women - within the Thorngood family and beyond - setting aside their differences and uniting in strength to protect one another in a community scarred by male violence and corruption.
  • From Netflix's The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to AMC's adaptation of Anne Rice's The Mayfair Witches, to the success of novels like The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garci and Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix and even The Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna, witches are a permanent, always captivating part of our cultural zeitgeist.
  • Abuse of power, inherited trauma, and the cost of survival make the story feel both timeless and sharply relevant in today's world.
  • Morgyn's craft of writing has only gotten better, the dark and grittier her books get. Her characters and style are well-suited to the darker themes of obsession, violence, and trauma that she writes about.
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An exiled witch returns home to face the dark secrets she left behind in this thrilling novel for fans of Practical Magic and The Mayfair Witches.
Bound by blood and betrayal to the dark, unforgiving waters of the lake two centuries earlier, the Crosswise Witch can save or destroy. Each year, the Thorngood women feed their ancestress’s spirit in a fragile bargain for protection. And they’re not the only ones—desperate strangers leave offerings to the Witch in the night and walk away forever changed.

Truly Thorngood was raised to inherit her family’s magic and the land they’ve kept for generations. But one fateful night, violence shattered everything. After a deadly confrontation with Justice Deacon Clay, the most powerful and corrupt man in her small town of Dubiety, young Truly flees to New Orleans and swears off magic, leaving the Justice missing in her wake.

When her mother vanishes thirteen years later to the day—and the Justice’s son begins connecting the disappearances—Truly is forced to return home, where not only is the first love she left behind waiting, but so is the Clay family’s hunger for vengeance. As the lake starts giving up its secrets and the spirits demand their due, Truly must reckon with the witch she was meant to become and finally claim her power.

Magic for Crosswise Witches is a haunting Southern Gothic about legacy, love, and the dangerous bargains we make to survive.

Product Details

  • Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781250439581
  • 384 pages
  • Published by  St. Martin's Griffin

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