{"title":"Kell Woods","description":"Kell Woods is an Australian historical fantasy author. She has studied English literature, creative writing, and librarianship, and writes about made-up (and not so made-up) places, people, and things you might remember from the fairy tales you read as a child. Kell lives near the sea with her husband, two sons, and a kitten named Juniper.","products":[{"product_id":"upon-a-starlit-tide-hardcover","title":"Upon a Starlit Tide - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpon a Starlit Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark and enchanting historical fantasy combining elements of \"The Little Mermaid\" and \"Cinderella\" into a wholly original tale of love, power, and betrayal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*The hardcover edition features beautiful custom endpapers.*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaint-Malo, Brittany, 1758.\u003c\/i\u003e To Lucinde Leon, the youngest daughter of a wealthy French shipowner, the high walls of Saint-Malo are more hindrance than haven. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile her sisters are busy trying to secure advantageous marriages, Luce spends her days secretly being taught to sail by Samuel, her best friend--and an English smuggler. Only he understands how the waves call to her. Then one stormy morning, Luce rescues a drowning man from the sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImmediately drawn in by the stranger's charm, Luce is plunged into a world of glittering balls and faerie magic, seduction and brutality. Secrets that have long been lost in the shadowy depths of the ocean begin to rise to the surface, but as Luce wrestles with warring desires, she finds that her own power is growing brighter and brighter, shining like a sea-glass slipper. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOr the scales of a sea-maid's tail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Magnificent. This is a must-read!\"--Juliet Marillier, award-winning author of the Sevenwaters and Blackthorn \u0026amp; Grim series\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103665787103,"sku":"9781250852519","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Z-Lzhhv9o69781250852519.webp?v=1781097401"},{"product_id":"after-the-forest-paperback","title":"After the Forest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the Forest \u003c\/i\u003eis a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of \"happily ever after.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGinger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its people starving in the aftermath of a brutal war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreta has a secret, though: the witch's grimoire, hidden away and whispering in Greta's ear for the past two decades, and the recipe inside that makes the best gingerbread you've ever tasted. As long as she can bake, Greta can keep her small family afloat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut in a village full of superstition, Greta and her mysteriously addictive gingerbread, not to mention the rumors about her childhood misadventures, is a source of gossip and suspicion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd now, dark magic is returning to the woods and Greta's magic--magic she is still trying to understand--may be the only thing that can save her. If it doesn't kill her first.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104514183391,"sku":"9781250852496","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/7LQiVogIXK9781250852496.webp?v=1781108499"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/kell-woods.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}