{"product_id":"will-the-devil-help-me-now-9798993477701","title":"Will the Devil Help Me Now?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Caytlyn Brooke\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Caytlyn Brooke\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Caytlyn Brooke\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContent in their quiet lives cocooned within their cozy cottage alongside Elpseth's four-year-old\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edaughter and a sassy black cat, the Blackwood sisters spend their days gardening and grinding an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earray of flora into tonics and salves. No, life isn't perfect. Isla hides a forbidden love and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElspeth's dream of having the perfect family crumbled the moment her lover sailed away and left\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher with a swollen belly, but these yearnings aren't anything a hard day's work in the soil can't\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecure. The year is 1649 in Fife, Scotland, and they are renowned for their kindness and knowledge of botany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValerian root to combat melancholia, yarrow leaves to reduce bleeding, and milk thistle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto lower blood sugar, the town has relied on their natural remedies for a decade. That is, until an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eelderly patient dies from pneumonia and a young mother and her newborn are taken by the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereaper after the doctor ignores Isla's pleas to operate and bleeds the woman instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree corpses, one liar, and a dozen rumors suddenly grip the small town, thrusting Fife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto the hysteria that plagued the country for 175 years with Elspeth and Isla in its eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriendships sour, suspicion poisons, and violence erupts as the sisters are deemed \u003cem\u003ebana-\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ebhuidseaches\u003c\/em\u003e. Witches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey try to plead their innocence, but their neighbors have no interest in the truth. With\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe arrival of John Kincaid, the professional witch pricker, the mania is accelerated and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etownspeople commit the most heinous act in the name of justice. Now, the sisters have nothing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eleft to lose and swear vengeance upon the community they dedicated their lives to healing. Ergot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efungus to create hallucinations, daffodils to induce vomiting, and cherry laurel to wield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erespiratory failure. Their neighbors cry their guilt, convinced they are in league with the devil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sisters refuse to disappoint.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caytlyn Brooke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47568758866071,"sku":"9798993477701","price":1671.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798993477701.webp?v=1774870635","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/will-the-devil-help-me-now-9798993477701","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}