Torn
“One of the best fantasy books of 2025, no doubt. Epic, tragic, and incredibly powerful, Jonah and Calliope will be in my memory forever. The world-building? Just chef kisses. It also comes with maps, family trees, and a recipe. Warning: it is extremely addictive. I couldn’t put it down to sleep.”
Calliope, the reluctant heroine, wants to be like every other witch in her coven, but she’s the most powerful and feared for it. She wants nothing more than to run away where her power cannot hurt anyone, yet she’s bound to the Guild. Jonah, a farm boy from the Salem colony, is searching for his purpose, caught between the life he has set before him and where he truly belongs.
When Callie stumbles into the colony, he sees his destiny in her. He follows her into the forest, and their lives become entangled despite the looming Autumn Equinox Rites making their love forbidden.
The Curse of the Guild, Volume I: Torn is a slow burn set in colonial-era Massachusetts. Callie struggles with PTSD, but the sunshine to her grumpy, despite their different worlds, knows they are fated to be together—throughout the prophecies and curses.
Torn is book 1 of the Curse of the Guild trilogy. The Curse of the Guild, Volume II: Iris is available September 2026.
Sensitive Content:
- Rape/Assault (prologue)
- Religion/cult
- Abuse/manipulation (religious. familial)
- Attempted self mutilation
- Sexual Coercion
- Death
- Patriarchy
- Torture
- Witchcraft, Blood magic
- Sexual acts (under the influence of magic potion)
- Hematolagnia (Blood play)
- Reckless behavior (resulting in major bodily harm)
Iris
“My dear cousin, you do not worry for a warrior marked in battle… Not all battles must be won on battlefields with armies. Some are won in silence, as an army of one.”
When Callie and Jonah meet again, her magic unveils secrets the Mothers fought to keep hidden.
The Guild, now down to its last two surviving members, has been rebuilt with witches from all walks, thanks to Glen Hayes, a descendent of Jonah Foster and Sarah Anne Martin. Under his hand, Callie knows her magic’s true might, while Jonah is hardened by the things he is forced to do as a mercenary in La Garde, Lucian LeClerc’s army.
They are both war-torn and weary, not only living in a time they do not belong to but also under the weight of the magic between them. Jonah, the rake, will do anything to see the mysterious woman he’s only seen in his dreams. Callie uses her righteous Chaos to extinguish any who threatens women or children.
Back on Mánifari, Braunwyn is fighting for justice after she finds chinks in her father’s integrity. She builds a network of allies all prepared to fight for their cause. But when her father, High Chancellor Merowald calls her home from her tour of the western provinces to meet her groom, she is forced to rely on the Solar Eclipse she set in motion centuries ago.
The Curse of the Guild, Volume II: Iris is a slow burn set in industrial-era Massachusetts. Callie struggles with PTSD, as well as the weight of her powers, but the sunshine to her grumpy, refuses to let her give up—despite the prophecies and curses set by the Guild and the Lightkeepers.
Iris is book 2 of the Curse of the Guild trilogy.
Sensitive Content:
- Ritual Abuse (mentioned)
- Organized Abuse (mentioned)
- Suicide by firearm (mentioned)
- Mind Control/ Manipulation
- Graphic depictions of torture, murder, gore (mild)
- Witchcraft
- Live Birth
- Kidnapping
- Death by burning
- Miscarriage/ Spontaneous abortion of a fetus
- Illegal boxing with consenting parties
- Unsavory references to Christianity
- Graphic sexual content