The Binding Spell

A debut atmospheric fantasy, think dark academia meets Mexican Gothic. Morgan believes her nightmares are over when she moves to the country. She confides in a local boy, Joe Harper, whose secrets seem as tangled as hers. And their time together is magic. But Morgan’s bad dreams return when her archaeologist father starts working on an ancient grave. With every relic unearthed, a creeping horror emerges – a deadly spell that binds them all . . . The debut novel from the Times/Chicken House 2023 award winner, historian and professor Marisa Linton. A stand-alone YA contemporary fantasy novel with folk horror elements, set in a creepy rural village.  Spells, legends, druids and all things supernatural.