{"id":305,"date":"2025-07-31T01:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T01:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christinaveillette.com\/?p=305"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:10:01","slug":"new-release-the-witch-they-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christinaveillette.com\/?p=305","title":{"rendered":"The Witch They Wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now Released: The Witch They Wanted<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

They locked her in a tower and called her wicked.
She was just a girl\u2014until the tower whispered back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m thrilled to share that my newest dark fairytale novella, The Witch They Wanted<\/em>, is now available on Kindle and in paperback. This story has lived in my bones for a long time \u2014 an origin tale for the witches who don\u2019t start out wicked, who are shaped by silence, hunger, and being forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a retelling of Rapunzel\u2026but not the one you remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This version begins in a tower, yes, but the girl inside is no damsel. She braids her hair not for romance or vanity, but for survival. When a prince appears below, all golden cloak and easy promises, she dares to hope. But hope, like hair, can be cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What follows is a transformation: of grief into power, of stone into magic, of girl into witch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read it Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

What to Expect Inside the Book:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n