The Devon Witches

Inspired by the true story of the last women to be hanged for witchcraft in England

The Village of Bideford, 1682

A woman rises from a shipwreck with nothing but a silk shift, a stolen name, and a necklace worth a fortune. She is taken in by three outcasts the town calls witches—an old beggar woman who laughs at The Devil, a foul-mouthed widow, and gentle Mary.

But fear is rising. A witchfinder has arrived. And the woman from the sea carries secrets darker than any spell…

A blazing story of survival, sisterhood, and fear – and of the women who refused, gloriously, to be silenced.

About the author

Melanie Hudson was born in Yorkshire in 1971, the youngest of six children. After joining the British armed forces in 1994, Melanie experienced a career that took her around the world on some exciting adventures. In 2010, when she returned to civilian life to look after her young son, on a whim, she found the time to write women's fiction. She now lives in Cornwall with her family.