Maud has grown up in a house made of gingerbread , wanting nothing more than to be a witch like Mother Agatha. But just like all of Agatha s gingerbread creations—from the magical house to the chocolate mousse squirrel—Maud will turn back into crumbs if anything ever happens to Agatha. This seems unthinkable…until Hansel and Gretel, a pair of witch hunters, push Agatha into the cottage s oven. To save herself and the other creations, Maud will have to go into the dangerous forest of the Shadelands to find the First Witch s spellbook. But with witch hunters on her trail and others interested in the book for their own means, can Maud bring back the only mother she s ever known…or will witch hunters capture her before she can save her gingerbread family?