The Darkest Night — Heather Marie Adkins

Before there was Christmas, there was Yule -- the Winter Solstice.

For modern-day witch Mena McGinty, it may still be the season of rebirth, or at least second chances.

Mena flees a dark past, leaving behind everything she knows for the cold north, only to find that as the longest night of the year approaches, a new life may be her gift of the season.

The Darkest Night is a ten-thousand word novelette, approximately 40 pages. It is the prequel to the upcoming Hedgewitch Mystery series, and was originally featured in the Eclective's Holiday Collection.