The Farewitch of Foxe Holler

"A delicious treat of a novel! Heartfelt, hilarious, poignant, and lovely!" --Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

Steel Magnolias meets Practical Magic in this charming contemporary fantasy about a thirty-something kitchen witch who is recruited to help a reclusive warlock and discovers love on the other side of the next bake.

Honey Frost is Foxe Holler's dependable Farewitch. With a dash of flour and a pinch of charm, Honey carries on her family's legacy for healing any ailment with the right recipe. She just didn't expect to inherit the role twenty years early.

When the Holler's reclusive Warlock suddenly requests a Farewitch to cure his mysterious illness, Honey's ordered life turns upside down. Honey is reluctant to help--witches and warlocks do not get along. Then he tempts her with the one thing she can't resist: access to his infamous library of spellbooks and kitchen grimoires.

Soon, Honey is the newest resident of his moody farmhouse, which has one gorgeous kitchen. And a Warlock that maybe...isn't so frightful after all. Or old. Or bad looking.

Healing the Warlock would be simple if he weren't hiding a web of secrets. As Honey works to unravel his illness, a darker threat looms: the Widow Witch, who steals a soul from Foxe Holler every year, is due--and this time, she wants the Warlock.

"Equal parts charming and whimsical. A cozy page-turner." --Heather Fawcett

"Will have readers believing in the magic of full tables, open hearts, and stories that we hope will never end." --Stacy Sivinski

Author: Ellen Pauley Goff
Publisher: S&s/Saga Press
Published: 07/07/2026
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.52w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9781668099179


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2026 pg. 71
Publishers Weekly 05/25/2026

About the Author
Ellen Pauley Goff (she/her) was born and raised in the wilds of Kentucky. Her short fiction has appeared in the Indiana Review, Hunger Mountain, F(r)iction, and New Millennium Writings, among others. Her poetry can be found in the Atlanta Review, and her creative nonfiction in The Inquisitive Eater and Karma Comes Before. Ellen received her BA from the University of Chicago and her MFA dual degree in fiction and writing for children and young adults from The New School. When she's not writing or reading recipes, Ellen works in publishing and international rights. She is also the founder of a longstanding writing workshop and critique group in Manhattan, with the goal of providing publishing knowledge to emerging writers. The Farewitch of Foxe Holler is her debut novel.