A Wild and Hungry Place

Cricket has spent her marriage living under the suffocating shadow of a blood curse cast by her mother-in-law. When she finds herself a widow, the threat of an asylum—or a quiet, permanent disappearance—becomes imminent. In a desperate bid for survival, she flees the reach of her family, casting her lot with Gabriel Throckmorton, a recluse in a remote New England town who is as enigmatic as he is unwilling to help. Throckmorton’s garden is a sanctuary of poisonous flora and hidden intentions, a place where a predator’s smile can mask a complicated vulnerability. As he and Cricket begin the dangerous work of dismantling the curse, the forest beyond their wall starts to bleed into their reality. A spectral woman haunts Cricket’s dreams, blurring the lines between seductive apparitions and desperate pleas for salvation. As they peel back the layers of ancient magic, they unearth more than just broken spells; they find buried bones, gateways to primal power, and a town consumed by a violent, encroaching wildness. Navigating this landscape of forbidden desires and dark secrets, Cricket must decide if she is truly the victim of her circumstances or the architect of a new, dangerous freedom that threatens to consume her entirely.