A Look Beyond the Mist By: Bridie Charles

She’s the apothecary until fear names her witch.

For years, Everleigh Greene has lived quietly in the woods of Sylvan, content to keep to her small village. But when whispers of witch hunts sweep across the continent—and Sylvan’s new mayor, Sir Hawthorne, arrives—her peace shatters.

As the village apothecary, Everleigh soon finds herself under scrutiny. With guards on every corner and fear taking root in Sylvan’s soil, the public execution of a neighbor forces her to make a choice: let terror silence her, or fight back.

We do not hide.

But when a blacksmith with secrets of his own enters her life, he upends everything Everleigh thought she knew, forcing her to question the truths she’s clung to and the boy who has always been her refuge.

As tensions rise and secrets unravel, Everleigh is caught between two men and a battle she never knew was hers to fight.

In a war against injustice, will she bloom, or will she burn?