by Emily Tesh
First published 2019
Tobias lives alone in Greenhollow forest, bound to the ancient trees and their whispered secrets. His cottage sits quiet among the dryads, his cat for company, his past deliberately forgotten. The woods know him as their Wild Man, their guardian, their prisoner. Then Henry Silver buys the grand hall nearby. Silver asks too many questions and notices too much. He pokes at old stories, digs where he should not dig, forces Tobias to remember what he buried long ago. The forest holds dark secrets alongside its green magic. Some things sleep better left undisturbed. Silver will not stop searching. Tobias cannot run. The woods that shelter him also chain him. Now he must face what he fled from, confront the shadows that made him what he is, and decide whether the truth will destroy everything he has built in his hidden sanctuary.
Genres: fantasy, magical-realism, dark-fantasy, contemporary-romance
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Greenhollow Forest
Period: contemporary
92 pages · Kindle Edition · Tordotcom
Content warnings: violence