{"product_id":"will-the-devil-help-me-caytlyn-brooke-9798993477701","title":"Will the Devil Help Me Now?","description":"\u003cp\u003eContent in their quiet lives cocooned within their cozy cottage alongside Elpseth's four-year-old\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edaughter and a sassy black cat, the Blackwood sisters spend their days gardening and grinding an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earray of flora into tonics and salves. No, life isn't perfect. Isla hides a forbidden love and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElspeth's dream of having the perfect family crumbled the moment her lover sailed away and left\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher with a swollen belly, but these yearnings aren't anything a hard day's work in the soil can't\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecure. The year is 1649 in Fife, Scotland, and they are renowned for their kindness and knowledge of botany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValerian root to combat melancholia, yarrow leaves to reduce bleeding, and milk thistle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto lower blood sugar, the town has relied on their natural remedies for a decade. That is, until an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eelderly patient dies from pneumonia and a young mother and her newborn are taken by the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereaper after the doctor ignores Isla's pleas to operate and bleeds the woman instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree corpses, one liar, and a dozen rumors suddenly grip the small town, thrusting Fife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto the hysteria that plagued the country for 175 years with Elspeth and Isla in its eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriendships sour, suspicion poisons, and violence erupts as the sisters are deemed \u003cem\u003ebana-\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ebhuidseaches\u003c\/em\u003e. Witches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey try to plead their innocence, but their neighbors have no interest in the truth. With\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe arrival of John Kincaid, the professional witch pricker, the mania is accelerated and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etownspeople commit the most heinous act in the name of justice. Now, the sisters have nothing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eleft to lose and swear vengeance upon the community they dedicated their lives to healing. Ergot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efungus to create hallucinations, daffodils to induce vomiting, and cherry laurel to wield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erespiratory failure. Their neighbors cry their guilt, convinced they are in league with the devil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sisters refuse to disappoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caytlyn Brooke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993477701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Caytlyn Brooke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Booklife Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2026","brand":"Caytlyn Brooke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520208580863,"sku":"9798993477701","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c081ba12-4f84-4f8d-9e0b-d16378915f57.jpg?v=1778741384","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/will-the-devil-help-me-caytlyn-brooke-9798993477701","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}