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Synopsis
"If you kill a witch who delivers a prophecy, it wonât come to be." As a child, Cori delivered a prophecy that foretold all witches practicing dark magic would lose their power on a future winter solstice. When she spoke the words aloud, it put a target on her backâand tied her fate to a ticking clock. After a decade of hiding and pushing away her magic, Cori moves to the idyllic town of Farley, Maine. She has one goalâkeep her head down while counting down the days until the prophecy comes to pass. But the townâand the people that live thereâare not what she expected. When Cori meets Adrian Huxley, a local Water Elemental witch, her secret is no longer safe. The closer she gets to him, the harder it is to suppress her magic. When a visitor from the past makes her question the real reason she was sent into hidingâand the loyalty of the family she swore to protectâshe realizes her life is not the only one in danger. For fans of Spells for Forgetting and A Discovery of Witches comes a cozy, ethereal story about a witch who must face the dark truths of her pastârisking everything she loves and everything she has worked for.
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Is Gray Prophecy appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This cozy paranormal romance features a witch hiding from those who would kill her to prevent a prophecy. It contains mild fantasy peril and a closed-door romance with emotional tension but no explicit content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include deception, manipulation, and betrayal.
Who'll love this
Teens will love the atmospheric small-town witch story with slow-burn romance and the mystery of uncovering family secrets.