Where the Waves Meet the Stars by Rachael Hunter (Signed by the Author)

Every monster has a story…

Witches run free in the forest, bound not by laws, but by the rhythm of nature’s cycles. They are untamed, not broken by the order of men, but thriving beyond it — peaceful, feral things of the wild. And that is what makes them dangerous to those who seek to control.

In a world steeped in prejudice against witches, Briar has learned that the only way to thrive beyond the forest is to hide who she truly is, to bury her magic and her past even deeper.

Now, after clawing her way through glittering courts and gilded lies, she stands on the edge of her happily ever after with a mundane human lord.

Until a mysterious letter arrives.

A name inked in stars. A whisper from a world she swore she’d left behind—a dark fae who vanished without a trace ten years ago. A ghost Briar never expected to haunt her again.

Should she open it, this letter that could unravel everything? She shouldn’t.

But some secrets refuse to stay buried. And the deeper Briar is pulled into a world of magic, demons, and dragons, the more she realises her past isn’t done with her, not yet.

Because ‘happily ever after’ was always a fragile illusion. And freedom?
It may only come when she dares to embrace who she truly is — even the parts of herself still hidden in the shadows, waiting to be discovered.

But be careful what you ignite in the darkness.