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THE WINTER GARDEN
SFX
|October 2021
RELEASED OUT NOW!
528 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook
Author Alexandra Bell
Publisher Del Rey
Beatrice is only eight when her mother dies, but her grief is tempered by the appearance at night of the Winter Garden – a magical place ruled by the Spider Queen that allows her to visit for seven nights before vanishing, possibly forever.
Seventeen years later, she walks out on a wedding to pursue her love of botany and to search the world for any trace she can find of the garden. Her friend Rosa, herself doomed to an unhappy marriage, is also entranced by the idea – and soon they’re both invited to create spectacular pleasure gardens of their own to delight the Queen. The winner of her contest will receive one wish, and with both of them looking back at past decisions with regret, it’s a competition that will test their friendship.
This story is from the October 2021 edition of SFX.
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