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In the streets of York a secret goblin market tempts people with fruit, jewels and liquor, but all who enter die. The Wickett witch family has long defended their cobblestone streets, yet May Wickett falls for a goblin girl and becomes entwined in the market’s deadly lure. Seventeen years later, May’s niece Lou discovers the market’s call again when her youngest aunt Neela is kidnapped. Together with May, Lou must confront their family’s past to rescue Neela and resist the market’s seductive, fatal promises.
First publish date: 2022
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Fantasy
Authors: Tori Bovalino
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