The Candle Maker’s Wife

A Romantic Tale of Flame, Shadow, and the Magic of Remembered Love

De: Lydia Ann Belle

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In the quiet coastal village of Seabrook-on-Hale, where tides keep time and every window holds a story, Beatrice Holloway tends the last traces of her late husband’s craft—a candle shop filled with wax, silence, and memory. For twenty years, her world was measured in wicks and flame, her husband Henry’s steady hands guiding their shared life in golden light. But when he dies suddenly, Beatrice is left surrounded by the relics of devotion: unfinished candles, fading scents, and a grief that refuses to cool.

When she relights the hearth after months of silence, the impossible happens. The candles burn blue, violet, and gold—each flame whispering words she swears she hears. Drawn between fear and wonder, Beatrice discovers that Henry’s craft was never ordinary: every candle he poured carried a piece of memory, a quiet magic shaped by love itself. His death has awakened that enchantment, and it begins to speak.

As she reopens the shop, her life tangles with Elias Finch, a widowed glassblower whose lanterns shimmer with colors no fire should know. Elias is gentle where grief made her hard, precise where she is instinctive, and between them grows a slow, luminous connection rooted in shared solitude. Together, they uncover the truth: Henry’s secret art bound memory to flame, leaving behind fragments of his soul—and Beatrice’s sorrow has stirred them back to life.

But Seabrook is a village that watches, and superstition burns quickly. Whispers of haunting spread, and Beatrice must decide whether to preserve what remains of the past or let it burn away for good. As the festival of lanterns approaches, the flames inside her shop—and her heart—demand their own reckoning.

The Candle Maker’s Wife is a sweeping, intimate romantasy about the alchemy of grief and renewal. Blending lyrical realism with quiet magic, it celebrates love not as destiny but as craft: shaped by time, scarred by loss, made beautiful in imperfection. Beatrice’s journey—through widowhood, rediscovery, and the courage to begin again—will resonate with anyone who has ever rebuilt a life by hand.

Perfect for readers of The Lost Apothecary, The Keeper of Lost Things, and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, this is a novel where enchantment hides in the ordinary and healing is found in the warmth of shared work. It is a love story for grown hearts—tender, sensual, and steeped in candlelight.

A tale of flame and forgiveness. Of craft and resurrection. Of how we carry love forward, one steady light at a time.