Silver in the Wood

In a wood that feels like a corner of Victorian England, Tobias Finch has lived quietly for more than four hundred years, keeping watch over Greenhollow and the old powers that stir beneath its trees. His solitary life changes when Henry Silver, the wood's cheerful new owner and an eager student of local folklore, turns up at his door. Henry's curiosity about the legend of a wild man who carries young men away puts him in real danger, and Tobias must decide how much of his own strange history to reveal and where his loyalties lie. Emily Tesh's debut novella is a romantic retelling of the Green Man myth, and it won the World Fantasy Award for best novella. It suits adult readers who enjoy folklore and slow-burning romance.