โFlowerheart is like a garden in full bloom: vibrant and sweet, whimsical and wondrous.โ โAllison Saft, New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic
Perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Tamora Pierce, this stand-alone YA debut is a cozy, cottagecore fantasy romance about a girl with powerful and violent magic that she must learn to controlโor lose everything she loves.ย
Claraโs magic has always been wild. But itโs never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poisonous flowers to bloom in her fatherโs chest.
The only way to heal him is to cast an extremely difficult spell that requires perfect control. And the only person willing to help is her former best friend, Xavier, whoโs grown from a sweet, shy child into someone distant and mysterious.ย
Xavier asks a terrible price in return, knowing Clara will give anything to save her father. As she struggles to reconcile the new Xavier with the boy she once loved, she discovers how many secrets heโs hiding. And as she hunts for the truth, she instead finds the root of a terrible darkness thatโs taken hold in the queendomโa darkness only Claraโs magic is powerful enough to stop.ย
Catherine Bakewell is a writer, artist, and opera enthusiast. She has lived in Spain and in France, where she romped through gardens, ate pastries, and worked on her novels. She is also the author of We Are the Song and the bestselling Flowerheart, and you can find her at catherinebakewell.com.