Books like Chase a Green Shadow by Anne Mather

In a South Carolina penitentiary, a death‑row supervisor encounters an inmate with miraculous healing powers, weaving themes of death, empathy, and the supernatural into a haunting tale of justice and humanity.

Orphan Alina Starkov is pulled from a war-torn world into a secretive school of magic where she discovers she may be the Sun Summoner capable of vanquishing the monstrous forces of the Fold.

Seventy‑two‑year‑old Olivia Morrow holds letters that could unmask her late cousin Sister Catherine’s secret child and the true heir to a family fortune, a truth that some will kill to keep hidden.

Anna Kavan's earlier short stories are already regarded by prominent critics as classics. Her volumes of stories Asylyum Piece and I am Lazarus established her in the front rank of English writers, and admirers of her work will not be disappointed with this new collection. The title story is allegorical writing at its best, and bears the stamp of the author's compulsive power. In contrast, the other stores, like Happy Name, The Birds Dancing and New and Splendid, show her grasp of the conflict between dream and reality, and an acute awareness of human dignity constantly threatened by insensitive unkindness. Ice Storm and The End of Something, in their delicate evocation of mood, stand as testament to Miss Kavan's wide range. (From the book jacket, first british edition published in 1958). Stories in this Edition: A Bright Green Field, Annunciation, Happy Name, One of the Hot Spots, Ice Storm, Mouse, Shoes, The End of Something, The Birds Dancing, Christmas Wishes, A Visit fo the Sleepmaster, Lonely Unholy Short, All Saints, **New and Splendid**.

Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa.

When a modern witch searches for hidden spell books in the ancestral home of Green Knowe, the residents find themselves drawn into a mysterious world of alchemy, black magic, and folklore.

"It will never work," her friend warned Helen winced at the frank assessment of her chances for romantic happiness. For she had loved Heath since childhood, and as she'd grown into a woman, her emotions had deepened and changed in ways she was only starting to understand. Suddenly Helen wanted more than the warm affection Heath had always given her - she wanted the heat of his passion. But Heath thought of her as a child - and when he finally saw her for the woman she was, he sent her away...

Two lovers brave the forces of time and fate in 1968 England as they revisit a tragic romance from sixteenth‑century England.

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