Hivebound

By Jacqueline Ward

Two women centuries apart, connected by bees and a remarkable legacy, must protect the knowledge generations refused to let die in an inspiring novel about empowerment and the refusal to be erased.

New Yorker Melissa Jordan arrives in Manchester, England, to inherit her aunt's quirky herbal shop Hivebound, complete with a rooftop apiary. Hoping to recover from a toxic relationship, Melissa finds herself battling a local landowner but holds on to the inexplicable pull of her aunt's legacy, the uncanny connection to the bees, and the empowering revelations emerging from an ancestor who faced trials of her own.

It's 1611 when Henry Justin Percy comes to herbalist Eliza Jordan's village. Her healing honey-based balm helps women survive childbirth, but to him it's punishable proof that both Eliza and her friend Mary, the village midwife, are witches. As even Eliza's family is swept up in the persecution, her resolve grows, and she'll do anything to stop the men determined to destroy her and everything she holds dear.

A hard-won legacy has been handed to Melissa. For herself, for Eliza, and for the generations of women between them, it's up to Melissa to protect it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1662547137
• ISBN13: 9781662547133
• Release Date: April 2027
• Publisher: Lake Union Publishing