Through The Yew Hedge: A Tale of Identity Magic - Silverton Estate, #1

Through the Yew Hedge: A Tale of Identity Magic is a lyrical work of magical realism infused with Gothic atmosphere, botanical lore, and the disquiet of hidden histories.

When Stella discovers that her adoption did more than change her name, that it legally erased her origins and sealed away part of her identity, she begins to understand the strange phenomena that have followed her since childhood. Morning glories bloom in winter. Black roses appear in her footsteps. Mirrors reveal glimpses of worlds beyond her own.

At Silverton Estate, a secluded world of cedar groves, hidden libraries, medieval gardens, and forgotten archives, her adoptive mother, Sarah, a botanist and curator, has spent years documenting these "anomalies" without explanation. But the deeper truth lies with Ellen, Stella's first mother, whose strange inheritance is the gift of mirror-sight: the ability to walk the threshold between the human world and the realm of the fae.

Guided by three ancient fae guardians and drawn ever deeper into the Estate's concealed histories, Stella must confront the fracture at the center of her life. To survive, she must reclaim the selves adoption divided: Ruth Ann and Stella, scientific and enchanted, severance and reunion.

Blending magical realism with botanical Gothic Dark Academia, Islay Corwin explores identity, legal erasure, inherited memory, and the hidden systems that shape belonging. Readers drawn to the atmospheric worlds of The Thirteenth Tale and The Forgotten Garden may find a similar sense of mystery, hidden history, and emotional resonance in Through the Yew Hedge.