In Hungry Hollow, the earth doesn't just grow in the spring. It wakes up hungry.
For ten years, clinical apothecary Maren Blackwood has kept the town alive using logic, copper wiring, and forbidden chemistry. She knows the rules of the Hollow: between midnight and three, the Silence is absolute, the mist is lethal, and the ancient white Eldertree demands a blood tithe to keep the valley from swallowing its people whole.
Maren has spent her life treating the Hollow like a disease to be cured. But her secret suppressant distilled from the blood of fallen Keepers has done the unthinkable: it hasn't numbed the ancient forest. It has given the sentient roots a taste for the dead.
When Tamsin, an innocent newcomer, bleeds for the Eldertree, her mark draws two men into the line of fire: Silas Vane, the stoic Keeper who enforces the sacrifice, and Bastian 'Bash' Grave, a charming, golden-eyed scion desperate to break his family's century-old blood pact.
To save Tamsin and tear down the town's horrific legacy, Maren must do the unthinkable wound the heartwood of the Eldertree itself. But as the Pulse erupts beneath her own skin, revealing a dark truth buried in her marrow, Maren realizes she isn't just fighting the monster in the soil...
She's becoming its home.
Why readers won't be able to put it down:
- Unforgiving Lore: A unique magic system blending dark alchemy, botanical chemistry, and brutal folk horror.
- Complex, morally gray protagonists: A sharp-witted apothecary who refuses to play the damsel and a dangerously protective scion who masks his terror behind velvet charm.
- Atmospheric Tensions: High-stakes forced proximity, secret societies, and a suffocating 12 AM to 3 AM "Silence" rule where making a sound means death.
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