{"product_id":"9781398520820-corn-bride","title":"The Corn Bride","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe witchiest, ghostliest, most hilarious folk-horror wartime romance you'll read this year . or ever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are cordially invited to the strangest wedding of the year in book 5 of the Witches of Woodville series, a warmly witty WW2 fantasy adventure for fans of Lev Grossman and Terry Pratchett.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A rural Ben Aaronovitch!’ \u003cb\u003eC. K. McDonnell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Fast-paced, entertainingly creepy, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuinely moving’ \u003cb\u003eMichelle Paver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDear reader, you are cordially invited to the strangest wedding of the year . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It’s May 1941, and the war is in full swing. Yet in the quiet village of Woodville in rural Kent a happy event is on the horizon, as Faye Bright interrupts her training with the British Secret Service to return home and marry her true love, Bertie.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But as preparations get underway, a ghostly premonition throws a spanner in the works. Who is the Corn Bride, and is her burning visage a warning, or a threat to the happiest day of Faye’s life?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As Faye and the witches investigate, it’s soon apparent that there’s much more on the line than dress fittings, cake and Bertie’s stag do. For an old enemy is stirring in the shadows, bent on vengeance. And he’s not above crashing a wedding to get it.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Will the happy couple make it to the church on time? Or, after all she’s survived, could it be getting hitched that finally spells Faye’s doom?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmbark upon an adventure that weaves together romance, undead Nazis, pensioner spies, spectral schoolchildren and a talking budgerigar, and still somehow manages to prove that love is the most powerful magic of all.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Lev Grossman and Terry Pratchett comes the fifth novel in this delightful series of war, mystery and a little bit of magic .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Don’t miss the other magical books in the WITCHES OF WOODVILLE series!\u003cbr\u003e #1 \u003ci\u003eThe Crow Folk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e #2 \u003ci\u003eBabes in the Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e #3 \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost of Ivy Barn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e #4 \u003ci\u003eThe Holly King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41793805221985,"sku":"9781398520820","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31831146.jpg?v=1734623952","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398520820-corn-bride","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}