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Two women A history of witchcraft And a deeprooted female power that sings across the centuries
Once there was a young woman from a welltodo New England family who never quite fit with the drawing rooms and parlors of her kin
Called instead to the tangled woods and wild cliffs surrounding her familys estate Margaret Harlowe grew both stranger and more beautiful as she cultivated her uncanny power Soon whispers of witch dogged her footsteps and Margarets power began to wind itself with the tendrils of something darker
One hundred and fifty years later Augusta Podos takes a dream job at Harlowe House the historic home of a wealthy New England family that has been turned into a small museum in Tynemouth Massachusetts When Augusta stumbles across an oblique reference to a daughter of the Harlowes who has nearly been expunged from the historical record the mystery is too intriguing to ignore
But as she digs deeper something sinister unfurls from its sleep a dark power that binds one woman to the other across lines of blood and time If Augusta cant resist its allure everything she knows and lovesincluding her very lifecould be lost forever
Delve into the magical power of flowers in Hester Foxs captivating new novel THE BOOK OF THORNS where longlost sisters reunite on opposite sides of the Napoleonic Wars and must uncover the secrets of their mothers disappearance and their mystical powers
Look for these other gothic mysteries from Hester Fox
- The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
- The Witch of Willow Hall
- The Widow of Pale Harbor
- The Orphan of Cemetery Hill
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