Tallow and Bone

If Salem would rather kill witches than let them exist, how much will one witch sacrifice to save it?
After her family flees allegations of treason in Europe, Amity Merriweather hopes Salem will be a fresh start. Instead, she finds a land poisoned: Toxic relationships. Crop failures. Sick children. Deep-seated superstition and irrational fear. With every death, the curse buried beneath Salem's cobblestone streets grows stronger.
Gifted with rare earth magic, Amity has spent her entire life hiding, suppressing her magic. She has a chance to heal the town before hysteria turns neighbor against neighbor. But Salem doesn't want saving. Every acre of poison she clears will risk discovery, and she'll get no thanks from its citizens.
Meanwhile, Amity must choose between two very different men:
A male witch hardened by abuse, who would gladly burn Salem to its poisoned roots... Or a scarred shoemaker with a heart too generous for its own good. Knowing which path to take requires knowing both men, but more importantly, it requires knowing herself.
Amity has worn as mask for so long, she no longer can be sure of who she truly is.
As accusations mount and innocents are dragged to the gallows, Amity faces an impossible choice. Keep sacrificing herself for people who would rather see her burn-or abandon Salem to the curse consuming it.
Tropes and Triggers:
- Love Triangle with a masked MMC
- Surprise (unwanted) pregnancy
- Elemental magic
- Generational curse
- Witch Trials
- Religious Trauma
- Morally gray characters
TALLOW AND BONE is a dark paranormal romance. It is a retelling of the Salem Witch Trials with a healer witch, a cursed village, and the choice between mercy or retribution.
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Community Reviews
When I said I always choose the morally grey mmc? This book proved me wrong. When I said golden retriever mmc.. yuck? Im eating my words now.
Its been a while since I was this obssessed with wanting to finish a book. I even had kindle read me this book so I could listen in the car and while I got ready. I stayed up til 4am reading and I cried. This town and people were so terrible and yet we got to live in a little bubble while all the worst things were happening and you still felt the darkness encroaching. This book was so spicy and so good and I'm normally not about it. Amity is all of us before we knew better. Choosing a man who wont choose us and realizing too late that it wont bring the happiness we think it will when and if they choose us back. She got her HEA but man its not the one I wanted. Heartbroken.
Thats all I will say bc I dont want to ruin this experience for anyone else.
Last... I felt like she forgot all about her brother Jacob in VA.