The Apothecary Witch and the Wolf Detective (The Foxglove Harbor Witches #2)
Arden Ashwood
The Apothecary Witch and the Wolf Detective
Foxglove Harbor Book 2
Foxglove Harbor has always kept its secrets close to the tide.
Nessa Thorne runs the town’s apothecary with steady hands, a sharp tongue, and a talent for reading the hidden language of herbs, metal, and old magic. Most days that means curing coughs, brewing storm teas, and keeping the harbor’s quiet rhythms intact.
But lately, Foxglove Harbor has been changing.
A bakery kitchen erupts with strange heat that behaves like a living thing. Old ledgers return from the town archives hollowed out. Pieces of ancient harbor metal, objects once hidden in ordinary books and forgotten records, are quietly disappearing.
Someone is collecting them.
When Marcus Vale arrives from the Supernatural Investigations Division, he claims to be tracking a smuggling ring dealing in rare magical artifacts. Nessa knows better. The stolen objects are not relics.
They are pieces of the system that protects the town.
For centuries, Foxglove Harbor has relied on an unseen network of ancient linecraft; anchors, routes, and storm keys that keep dangerous magic from breaking loose during the worst coastal weather. Remove enough pieces, and the system doesn’t just weaken.
It turns.
Now Nessa and Marcus must follow a trail of stolen metal through dockside warehouses, private appraisal rooms, and shadowy buyers who believe old magic belongs in private collections instead of living communities.
But the deeper they dig, the more dangerous the truth becomes.
Because the man behind the thefts, wealthy antiquarian Ambrose Wren, is not simply collecting magical artifacts.
He is assembling them.
And if he gathers enough pieces of Foxglove Harbor’s hidden infrastructure, he may be able to do more than steal its history.
He may be able to control it.
As storms gather offshore and the town’s protective system begins to fail, Nessa and Marcus must decide who they trus: each other, the town, or the fragile system that has protected Foxglove Harbor for generations.
Because if the wrong person learns how the harbor’s magic truly works…
the next storm won’t stop at the lighthouse.
The Foxglove Harbor Series
Perfect for readers who love:
• Atmospheric coastal fantasy
• Slow-burn romance between sharp minds
• Witchcraft rooted in place and tradition
• Supernatural mysteries with real stakes
• Small towns with big secrets
Begin the series with The Bookshop Witch and the Wolf Sheriff, and continue the story in The Apothecary Witch and the Wolf Detective, where the secrets of Foxglove Harbor run deeper than the tide, and every answer uncovers a more dangerous question.
