By Sara C. Snider
Hazel and Holly
A whimsical fantasy novel
Nestled within an enchanted forest is the Grove, a community where witches and warlocks practice natural magic, brew mystical potions, and lock their cellars against beer thieving gnomes. Life is quiet and uneventful. Well, except when Hazel’s long-lost father uses necromancy to trap her dead mother’s soul.
That simply won’t do. Necromancy is forbidden in the Grove, and for good reason too. Nobody wants filthy corpses shambling around, mussing up one’s garden. Hazel is determined to find her father and undo his treachery.
But despite Hazel’s plans of becoming a one-woman army, she can’t do everything alone. It’s not until wild sister Holly convinces her to leave the house for once and go to a party that Hazel finds a pair of unlikely allies in two bickering warlock brothers.
Together, the four of them go on a journey that takes them out of the Grove and into a world where necromancy reigns and the dead won’t respectfully stay in the grave. Hazel will do whatever it takes to stop her father and save her mother’s soul. Even if it means turning to necromancy. Even if it means losing her friends. Because they would never help a necromancer. Would they?
Also by Sara C. Snider
The Thirteenth Tower
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Siyan was a nobody, until her dormant powers awakened. Now hunted for her wild magic, what will she sacrifice in order to tame it?
The Forgotten Web
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Sara C. Snider
Sara C. Snider is a fantasy author whose stories range from whimsical and lighthearted to dark and gritty. She loves forests and fairy tales and features both in her writing. Originally from northern California, Sara now lives in Sweden where she is one step closer to fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming a forest hermit.