Leafield, England, 1825For ten years, Gideon Snow has lived beneath the shadow of family tragedies no one will speak of.Now the disgraced and devastatingly beautiful Earl of Wychcombe has returned to the village he once called home, determined to redeem what remains of his family’s name. But Wychwood remembers. Its people whisper. Its forest keeps secrets.And there is a huntsman.Matilda Greene has spent her life in the Hollow, a private community where seven women keep their own counsel, their own remedies, and their own justice.She has never wanted anything from the world beyond the forest. Then Gideon Snow arrives in hers. And Matilda, who has been taught everything about consequences, begins to learn about desire.Gideon came home intending to restore his name and become the man his title demands. He did not expect the refuge Matilda offers him—or how quickly the strange, secluded life of the Hollow begins to feel more like home than the one he must return to.But Gideon cannot remain hidden forever. Beyond Wychwood Forest lie his title, his duty, and a future already laid out for him. And the longer he stays with Matilda, the harder it becomes for either of them to imagine surrendering what has grown between them.As reality closes in and the future can no longer be denied, Gideon must decide what he is willing to sacrifice for the life everyone expects him to reclaim.Because fairy tales have never been kind to beautiful things lost in the woods.A darkly lush, sensual gothic historical romance inspired by Snow White, where the beautiful Earl is the hunted one, and the women in the forest are no damsels in distress.