April 2026
Theme = Faerie Bargains
Those in need do hear the call, for under spells most humans fall. To colour beyond mortal margins, they will swear on faerie bargains.
Items inspired byThe Courting of Bristol Keats, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and the monthly theme.
💛 Wayward Realm Mug – artwork by @rosiethorns88 inspired by Emily Wilde.
💛 Twisted Bargains Oven Glove – artwork from @_smurfee inspired by The Courting of Bristol Keats
💛 Faerie Bookshelf Cross Stitch Bookmark Kit with artwork from @escheeseman
💛 Fae Enchantments Stamp Washi Tape Set inspired by Lore of the Wilds, These Hollow Vows and The Rose Bargain. Artwork by @forensicsandflowers
💛 FEATURED BOOK 💛
Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan
✨ An exclusive redesigned cover (art by @niallcgrant)
✨ Full colour artwork on the hardback with foil details (art by @harkalelinai)
✨ Digitally printed edges on all three sides (by @harkalelinai)
✨ Endpaper artwork; different front and back (by @olyfrogg)
✨ Bonus content
✨ Bound-in author letter
✨ Digital signature
BLURB
Faeries disappeared over one hundred years ago, as suddenly as slipping through a doorway. It was only the very foolish, or the very determined, who held out hope for their return.
Welcome to Thistlemarsh—a ramshackle estate where an impoverished orphan and a beguiling Faerie collide in an enchanting novel of love, revenge, and ruin.
In the wake of World War I, the world is a decidedly unmagical place for Mouse Dunne. She once dreamed of becoming a Faerie anthropologist, but with one telegram, her world shattered. At the Battle of the Somme, her cousin’s body disappeared into the mud, and her brother was left with debilitating shell shock. It was time, she knew, to put aside childish dreams.
When Mouse receives news that her uncle has left her the Faerie-blessed Thistlemarsh Hall, a dilapidated manor in the English countryside, she must leave her brother’s side and return to her childhood home to claim her birthright. But there is a catch in her uncle’s will: If Mouse does not rehabilitate the crumbling house in one month’s time, she will forfeit her inheritance and any hope of caring for her brother.
It quickly becomes clear it’s impossible to repair the manor in the allotted time, until a mysterious Faerie appears with a proposition. He offers to restore Thistlemarsh…for a price. Mouse knows better than to trust a Faerie—especially one so insufferably handsome and arrogant—but she is out of options. There are dark and magical forces at work in the house, and Mouse must confront the ghosts of her past and the secrets of her heart or lose Thistlemarsh, and herself, in the process.
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