Spells for Forgetting: A Novel

Emery Blackwood's life was upended when her best friend Lily Morgan was found dead and her love, August Salt, was accused of murder. Fourteen years later, Emery lives quietly on the misty, remote Saoirse Island, running her family's business, Blackwood's Tea Shoppe Herbal Tonics & Tea Leaf Readings. The island is rooted in folklore and magic, and when strange happenings begin to occur—including every tree on Saoirse turning color overnight—Emery senses that something significant is approaching. August returns to the island for the first time in fourteen years to bury his mother's ashes. He knows he is unwelcome after the night Lily died in the dark woods during a fire at the Salt family orchard, an event that shook their tight-knit community and branded him a murderer. His return forces him to confront those who abandoned him and face Emery, the wound from his past that never healed. As August's presence unsettles the town, deep betrayals and hidden promises spanning generations emerge, threatening to finally reveal the truth behind Lily's mysterious death.