Montréal, 1680s: Minique has a secret she can't ever tell. She knows there are horrific consequences for girls and women who do not conform. Her solitary existence is interrupted when she learns that Antoine de Cadillac is after a monopoly of the fur trade in New France. Soon, their paths start to cross as Cadillac's determination to learn more about the "witch in the wood." They forge a reckless, passionate connection with an ever-shifting dynamic that Minique welcomes until she realizes that everything - down to the core of who she is and the secret she carries - is at stake.
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