Description

From the cherished tradition of Howl’s Moving Castle and The House in the Cerulean Sea comes a cozy, whimsical fantasy filled with charm, adventure, wit, and the unexpected power of love—featuring an outspoken butcher’s daughter, a hopelessly charming but rather inept sorcerer, and his unusually clever talking feline companion. Together, they will uncover secrets hidden deep in the magical heart of their kingdom.

Deluxe paperback edition with beautifully stenciled edges, printed interior covers, soft-touch finish, and a spot-gloss accented cover!

“Utterly delightful and irresistibly warm-hearted, Foss is incredibly charming, and her talking cat steals every scene! A Harvest of Hearts feels familiar yet wonderfully fresh; I absolutely adored it.” — Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

Everyone in Foss Butcher’s village knows the terrible truth: when magic-workers come, they harvest human hearts as fuel for their spells. It’s simply how things are done within their kingdom. But Foss, who is decidedly ordinary, sturdily practical, and notoriously clumsy, never imagined anyone would take interest in her own heart. So when an inept sorcerer unwittingly snatches a piece of it, she is outraged—and determined to get it back, because the experience of losing a piece of one’s heart is mysteriously miserable.

In a fury, Foss marches straight to the enchanted City to confront the sorcerer who took her heart-fragment: Sylvester. However, Sylvester, handsome yet petulant, idle, and painfully inexperienced, has no idea how to reverse what he’s done—or how to properly handle magic at all, for that matter. Foss finds herself stuck in a magical House with shifting moods, walls with attitude, and a clever talking cat as her only ally. Determined to find a remedy, Foss soon discovers there is far more to the sorcerers, and to heart-taking itself, than she ever imagined possible.