WORMWOOD ABBEY

Intricately plotted and beautifully researched, this charming page-turning series combines the cozy whimsy of Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries with the Victorian lady naturalists of Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons, and the gothic family secrets of Jane Eyre. Readers of Rebecca Yarros, Rachel Gillig and Charlie N. Holmberg will also root for the feisty, warm and surprising heroine.

A cosy gothic novel of mystery, dragons, and the perils of friendship. As a Victorian clergyman's daughter, 21-year-old Edith Worms has seen everything until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap. When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling gothic Abbey in the wilds of Yorkshire. Wormwood Abbey isn't just full of curious beasts and ancient family secrets: there's also a tall, dark, and entirely too handsome neighbour who is strangely reluctant for her to leave. An unexpected bond with her prickly cousin Gwendolyn gives Edith a reason to stay in this strange world especially when it turns out that Edith herself may have a role in guarding her family's legacy. But not all of the mysteries of Ormdale are small enough to fit in her lap...and some of them have teeth. Christina Baehr lives in Tasmania with her tall, dark and handsome husband and their ten children (!!!) on a hilltop also inhabited by poisonous snakes, which fortunately hibernate for much of the year (the snakes, not the children). She writes about historical dragons and Victorian heroines in books that readers are calling "a cosy cup of tea on a stormy night." Christina is also a harpist, singer, and composer, and is entirely fuelled by tea and grace. You can find out more about her on her website: www.christinabaehr.com, and her social media: www.instagram.com/baehrlyreading, www.facebook.com/christinabaehrauthor