Black Candle Women

A Novel

By: Diane Marie Brown

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show

“If you like Practical Magic… you will love Black Candle Women.”—Jenna Bush Hager

Named a Best Book of the Month by: Shondaland, MS. Magazine, TODAY.com, Reader’s Digest, Katie Couric Media, AARP Sisters, Goodreads, BookRiot

A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women, a family love curse, and the secrets they keep for and from each other over one very complicated year

Generations of Montrose women—Augusta, Victoria, Willow—have always lived together in their quaint California bungalow. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them. But when young Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray.

For the family has withheld a crucial secret from Nickie all these years: any person a Montrose woman falls in love with will die. Their surprise guest forces each woman to reckon with her own past choices and mistakes. And as new truths about the curse emerge, they're set on a collision course dating back to 1950s New Orleans’s French Quarter—where a hidden story in a mysterious book may just hold the answers they seek in life and in love…

“Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists.”—Sadeqa Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, a Reese's Book Club Pick

“Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder.”—Ava DuVernay

©2023 Diane Marie Brown (P)2023 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

Awesome story

Enjoyed the story of the three generations and how their lives are intertwined. You are affected by the history of your family and this is a story of how one bad decision can affect generations to come.

Could not stop listening

I couldn’t stop listening. I was up all night. I listen to it in one night. The story the characters everything about it was just fabulous. Maybe it’s because I grew up in LA and I love New Orleans but I just found this book to be such a light hearted and Fun listen

A new love

This was so good I had to keep listening I didn’t want to even put it down after I had to go to work. This was a great interpretation to hoodoo and what the different ways it could affect a family. I want to read more from this author.

Interesting read

Narrator did a great job distinguishing between characters. Hoodoo, voodoo was interesting in this story.

Interesting

Nice story line. Different from what I usually read but it held my attention.

Loved it 💕

It’s about family love, secrets and pride of one’s roots after the truth is told. People from 13 years old to 113 years old can enjoy this book

Light yet very entertaining read

Loved the book, great narration, and good ending. Would read from this author again no question

Amazing

This book was beautifully written. It showed the dynamic and difference of perspective within a family. In the end family and love was all that mattered.

Interesting story

Overall, I enjoyed this book. The beginning was slow and a bit difficult to get into. However, the story did begin to really capture my attention somewhere in the middle. I like how the author wound all of their lives so closely together, in that all of their stories were intertwined. At the end of it all, there was forgiveness, which brought the story full circle.

Here for It!

This book had me laughing and crying all at the same time! I loved how the author wrote this story and how real the characters were. I couldn’t put the book down and the cover is absolutely gorgeous! I love how the author made this about black women with real family issues.