A Witch's Guide to Love and Poison

Bisma is a garden witch with a talent for potions, and the Enchanted Forest is the only home she has ever wanted. She came to it as a runaway, and she looks after other runaways with fierce loyalty. If a drop of her poison ends up in the porridge of someone who has hurt them, she considers that none of her business.

Xander Chapman, the apothecary's charming and handsome son, has a different approach. He is gaining a name for brewing cures, which puts him directly at odds with Bisma's craft, and she finds him the most irritating person she has met.

Then Bisma's sisters are poisoned. To find out who is behind it and save the only family she has, she has to set her dislike aside and ask Xander for help. The time to act is short.

This is a young adult fantasy with a cosy, warm tone and a cottagecore setting that carries a Pakistani influence. The romance follows a grumpy and sunshine dynamic, with Bisma as the prickly one. Found family and sisterhood sit at the centre, and the mystery of the poisoner gives the story its forward pull.