02049cam a2200277 i 4500 1895881414 TxAuBib 20250128120000.0 240920s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024043717 9781250835451 PAP 19.00 1250835453 PAP 19.00 DLC eng rda DLC TxAuBib rda Morgyn, Ava, author. The bane witch : a novel / Ava Morgyn. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2025. pages cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Practical Magic meets Gone Girl in Ava Morgyn's next dark, spellbinding novel about a woman who is more than a witch-she's a hunter. Piers Corbin has always had an affinity for poisonous things-plants and men. From the pokeweed berries she consumed at age five that led to the accidental death of a stranger, to the husband whose dark proclivities have become... concerning, poison has been at the heart of her story. But when she fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her volatile marriage and goes tostay with her estranged great aunt in the mountains, she realizes her predilection is more than a hunger-it's a birthright. Piers comes from a long line of poison eaters-Bane Witches-women who ingest deadly plants and use their magic to rid the world of evil men. Piers sets out to earn her place in her family's gritty but distinguished legacy, all while working at her Aunt Myrtle's cafe and perpetuating a flirtation with the local, well-meaning sheriff to allay his suspicions on the body count she's beenleaving in her wake. But soon she catches the attention of someone else, a serial killer operating in the area. And that only means one thing-it's time to feed. In Ava Morgyn's dark, thrilling novel, The Bane Witch, a very little poison can do a world ofgood"-- Provided by publisher. ONORDER061228. Witch fiction. Fantasy fiction. Novels.