The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt: A Novel

"A sweeping tale of a woman on the edge." —Publishers Weekly "Comparisons to authors like Alice Hoffman or Sarah Addison Allen are apt...highly recommended." —Booklist "This unearthly story flows with an elemental eeriness." —Historical Novel Society A lush, enchanting story of a woman who must use the magic of the fantastical plants that adorn her crumbling estate in Victorian London to thwart the dark plots of the men around her... Harriet Hunt is completely alone. Her father disappeared months ago, leaving her to wander the halls of Sunnyside house, dwelling on a past she'd rather keep buried. She doesn't often venture beyond her front gate, instead relishing the feel of dirt under her fingernails and of soft moss beneath her feet. Consequently, she's been deemed a little too peculiar for popular Victorian society. This solitary life suits her fine, though – because, in her garden,... A young woman channels the magic of the lush, fantastical plants that adorn her crumbling estate in The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt, a darkly enchanting novel for fans of The Magician's Daughter and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Since her father's disappearance, Harriet Hunt has been completely alone. Her only company is the garden she cares for meticulouslya wild place full of twisting ivy, thorny roses, and more magic and miracles than bees buzzing. But being alone as a woman in the world means she is vulnerable, and when suspicion for her father's disappearance falls on her, she marries to protect herself. But her new husband might be worse than her father, and she soon realizes she's integral to a dark plot created by the men around her. To free herself and discover the truth, she must learn to channel the power of her strange, magical garden.