{"product_id":"verdant-witch-rising-lily-mackenzie-duffin-9798994637111","title":"Verdant Witch Rising","description":"\u003cp\u003eMagic never asked to be believed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt waited to be remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancesca DiLegna has spent her life feeling misplaced inside her own skin. Raised in the Greyvale, the mortal world, by a family that prized silence over truth and appearances over warmth, Frankie learned early how to make herself smaller, quieter, easier to ignore. Her grandmother was never spoken of. Her lineage was a closed door. And the strange pull she felt toward growing things, forgotten paths, and places where the earth seemed to breathe was dismissed as imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil the day it wasn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a series of impossible events cracks the careful boundaries of her world, Frankie is drawn beneath the surface of reality and into Velhollow, a subterranean magical realm hidden from immortals and mortals alike, a place of living stone, ancient forests, sentient magic, and long-kept bargains. There, she learns the truth her family buried: magic is not something she stumbled into. It is something that has always known her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVelhollow is a realm shaped by balance, memory, and old power, and it is under threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Frankie awakens to her inheritance, she discovers she is no ordinary witch. She stands at the center of an ancient prophecy, one whispered through roots and rivers, one that speaks of renewal, reckoning, and a power that cannot be claimed, only chosen. Her magic is verdant, wild, and dangerously rare, capable of healing what has been poisoned... or unmaking what refuses to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut power does not rise in isolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBound to her path is Griffon, a warrior of stone and shadow whose own magic carries a volatile legacy. When their powers intertwine, something unprecedented is born, an alchemy neither of them fully understands, and one that draws the attention of forces long thought sealed away. Together, they must learn what it means to wield strength without surrendering themselves to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the greatest danger does not come from monsters in the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes from a presence older than Velhollow's deepest roots, an entity bound once before, patient enough to wait generations for the moment when blood, power, and vulnerability align. As truths surface, Frankie is forced to confront the most devastating revelation of all: evil does not always come from strangers. Sometimes it grows inside the family tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Festival of the Veil approaches and the boundary between worlds thins, Velhollow must decide who it will stand behind. Frankie must decide who she is willing to become. And the realm itself must choose whether it will bend to fear, or rise with her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerdant Witch: Rising is a lush, atmospheric fantasy about inheritance and identity, chosen family, love forged in fire, and the quiet defiance of becoming yourself in a world that would rather you stay small. Rooted in cottage-core magic and dark folklore, it is a story of growth, grief, and the courage it takes to stand in your own name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Book One of The Verdant Witch Trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe forest is listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magic is awake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the path has finally found her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lily MacKenzie Duffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994637111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lily MacKenzie Duffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Lily MacKenzie Duffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001222373631,"sku":"9798994637111","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/verdant-witch-rising-lily-mackenzie-duffin-9798994637111","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}