Bee in her Bonnet

Second generation witch, Augusta "Auggie" Sprayberry immigrated to Mississippi, America, from Bristols, UK, to escape a powerful abuser and save her mother's life. When she moved to the Bible Belt, she feared persecution; she never dared dream she'd find her tribe in C.O.V.E.N. H.E.A.R.T.—and, maybe, her soulmate, too?

Perpetually on the run since childhood, Auggie has never been able to make a true home anywhere she has lived, for fear of their past catching up; but, Auggie's never longed to plant roots anywhere so much as Starkville, Mississippi. She has found her people among the witches of Mississippi State University, and her dream home in a tiny cottage in the woods, just outside town.

She has all she could ever ask of life—except the freedom to stop looking over her shoulder. She dreams of relaxing into her quaint life of cottagecore bliss, helping her mother tend their beehives and harvest honey to sell at the local farmers' market, dancing naked in the woods with her coven-siblings, making TikToks and live-streaming circles online to help lead other young witches to their magical paths, and perhaps falling in love and getting married to the person of her dreams…

But, the mistake of dropping her guard could have fatal consequences when a man as dangerous as her father is always, always searching for them…