Witchcraft Historical Fiction

Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1646. Thomas and Margaret Jones arrive from England to build a life in the New World. Though of differing temperaments, cautious Thomas and fiery Margaret, a healer, are bound by a love that has lasted decades. With a child on the way, their new beginning promises only blessings. But in this austere Puritan community, comely faces hide malicious intent. Wrong moves or words are met with suspicion, and Margaret’s bold and unguarded nature draws scorn. Soon, Margaret is mistrusted as more cunning woman than kind caregiver.

For over 300 years, a curse has kept the Owens family from love - but all of that is about to change. The novel begins in a library, the best place for a story to be conjured, when beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle and knows she has only seven days to live. Jet is not the only one in danger - the curse is already at work. A frantic attempt to save a young man’s life spurs three generations of the Owens women, and one long-lost brother, to use their unusual gifts to break the curse as they travel from Paris to London to the English countryside.

The Complete Series in One Novel-Length Compendium! Prestigious Schools of Magic and Wizardry train the brightest and boldest magic users... ...but alas, Magical Community College is a whole different flying ballgame. Living in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Brian's job sucks, his boss is overbearing, and he doesn't see much future in it. That is, until he walks into the halls of MCC, Magical Community College. He's just there to fix their server, but the hidden world of magic and the magicians who practice it need someone with his powers right now! See, his ability to solve ...

Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire that kills her father, Aila and her mother, Janet, move to the remote parish of Loth, north-west of Inverness. Blending in does not come easily to the women: Aila was badly burned in the fire and left with visible injuries, while her mother struggles to maintain her grip on reality. When a temporary minister is appointed in the area, rather than welcome the two women, he develops a strange curiosity for them that sets them even further apart from the community.

As a child, Coriel Halsing spent many glorious summers at Castle Auburn with her half-sister - and fell in love with a handsome prince who could never be hers. But now that she is a young woman, she begins to see the dark side of this magical place....

Get ready for Book 2 in the thrilling River Run Series by M.L. Bullock—Blood Run! The saga continues where the first book left off, diving even deeper into America's dark past and the mystery surrounding Mary Sanford and the infamous Fairfield Witches. In the first book, Mary Sanford, a young woman caught in the web of witchcraft accusations that turned her life upside-down. Along with her husband Andrew, she fought to clear her name, facing unimaginable hardships and heartbreaking loss. The story didn't end there; it came alive again when Sophia and Mike Boyson moved into River Run, the ...

"Witch Child", the enthralling finale to the River Run series, revisits the enigmatic and haunted River Run estate, where the echoes of a dark past linger ominously. This last installment follows the journey of the Lee family, who, unaware of the estate's chilling history, move into the infamous property, setting the stage for a new chapter of supernatural occurrences and gripping terror. As the Lees begin to settle into their new home, they are quickly confronted with a series of unexplainable and unsettling events. These disturbances eerily mirror the haunting legacy of River Run, ...

East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer, and servant, has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved seaside village of Cleftwater. Having lost her voice as a child, Martha has not spoken a word in years. One autumn morning, a sinister newcomer appears in town. A “witchfinder,” Silas Makepeace has been blazing a trail of destruction along the coast, and his arrival in Cleftwater strikes fear into the heart of the community. Within a day, local women are being detained.

The battle has been won, but the war is far from over. With her greatest ally at death's door, it's up to Lily Singer to make things right. Troublemaking witch friend and talking cat in tow, she must pursue her father as he seeks to discover an ancient evil and steal its power for himself. But her father isn't the only one seeking that power. When a queen of the fae gets involved and Sebastian's past comes back to haunt him, the three friends have to think fast and act faster to defeat legends that are, unfortunately, no longer in the past.

It’s winter 1947 when newlyweds Ellen and Tony Wylde move into an abandoned Cornish farmhouse overlooking the sea. For both, it’s a new beginning in the country, and together they’re bringing Carreg Cottage back to life. Yet Ellen can’t hide a creeping unease. There’s the ominous iconography painted on their bedroom ceiling, the sinister doll hidden away in the chimney. And Tony seems more familiar with the peculiar villagers than he’s letting on.

Dr. Waycross knows bleeding and blistering, the best scientific medicine of 1822. He arrives in the Georgia mountains to bring his modern methods to the superstitious masses. The local healers, the Winter sisters, claim to treat yellow fever, consumption, and the hell-roarin' trots just as well as he can. Some folks call the sisters herb women; some call them witches. Waycross calls them quacks. But when the threat of rabies - incurable and fatal - comes to town, Dr. Waycross and the Winter sisters must combine their science and superstition in a desperate search for a remedy.

A gothic fiction book set in New England during nearly two centuries. Silent Sorrow invites readers to step into the haunting world of the Pyncheon family and their ancestral home, the House of the Seven Gables. This evocative tale reveals the intricate web of guilt, prophecy, and redemption woven through generations, beginning with the dark legacy of an ancestor wrongfully executed for witchcraft. As the Pyncheons confront their family's tragic past, the story unfolds against a backdrop of ambition, betrayal, and the heavy burden of a curse that lingers through the ages. Delving deep into ...

When the train wreck took her husband, Adelaide Hartford thought grief was the cruelest thing the world could offer. She was wrong. Something ancient survived that night—something patient, furious that she refused its call. Now the dead won't stop whispering her name. And the living have begun to notice. Desperate, Adelaide turns to the church for deliverance. The ritual fails. But when the priest proclaims her healed, she realizes the lie might save her. If she can become the most pious woman in Mill Brook, the town will never suspect what still follows her home. All she has to do is ...

From the battlefields of World War II to the rolling hills of Scotland and the cattle ranches of Texas, the legacy of witches runs deep in We Merry Band of Witches, the third installment in The Eclectics series. Deidre Fleming, an elemental healer and Army nurse, takes her gifts into the heart of war, where compassion and magic intertwine. Across time, her descendants face curses, betrayals, and unexpected love—woven together by the unbreakable threads of family and magic. From a Scottish handfasting interrupted by dark forces, to a Texas ranch where love and loyalty are tested, each ...

Magic isn’t just folklore—it’s blood, bone, and legacy.Jane never asked for visions of gowns woven with color and scent, or for the whispers of a living grimoire that records her family’s history. Alongside her kin, Moira and Grace, she uncovers a connection to Scotland’s dark past—where the Black Witch of the Highlands Janet Horne, the last woman condemned as a witch, still casts a shadow over the present. From the heart of Texas hill country to the misty Highlands, the witches are pulled into a centuries-old struggle. An ancient enemy stalks their bloodline, seeking to claim ...

With The Music of the Spheres, Elizabeth Redfern emerges as an evocative and elegant writer of startling power, her gifts for characterization, atmosphere, narrative, and rich moral drama marking her as a new star in her own right.

For Alissa, life was once sweet, wrapped in the loving kindness of her mother, Alice, and innocent play with cousins. But a deadly epidemic and her mother’s false witchcraft conviction ended her childhood abruptly. She survived by leaning on her Aunt Rhody and forgetting the dark details that changed everything. However, as ugly rumors of another “witch” emerged in Windsor, Alissa could no longer hide from the past or herself. Through friendship and the support of her husband and later, her children, she confronts disturbing dreams and tragic events which unlock memories, reveal ...

"The breathless, spellbinding saga of Cara Wynters continues to the delight of her growing fan base." –BestThrillers.com It's a strange thing to wake up dead, knowing you are standing in the center of unchangeable destiny-strange, yet acceptable. When the moment holds the death of someone you love-that's where the rules of destiny deserve to be broken. Cara Wynter read a book that told her stories of another place, a forgotten time. As she read, she remembered the man she loved-the dark stranger in her dreams, re-lived her own death in his arms. Now, he is in front of her, wanting her, ...

Conceived on a May morning, Nell is claimed by the piskies and faeries as a merrybegot, one of their own. She is a wild child: herb gatherer and healer, spell-weaver and midwife...and, some say, a witch.

An imaginative retelling of a piece of New England history that switches between the eighteenth century and the present, The Strange Story of Maria Hallett is a tale of romance, shipwrecks, pirates, a magic book, and a centuries-old unpaid debt. When Joe, a Cape Cod hardware store owner, discovers an ancient library book, its supernatural power compels him to read it. He discovers the story of a passionate and headstrong teenage girl, Maria Hallett, who fell in love with Black Sam Bellamy, an infamous pirate and captain of the Whydah. As Joe learns more, he is pressed by a dark stranger to ...