Tag: magic
+ fiction, India, literature, loss, love, magic, Magical realism, relationships, review, short stories, sisterhood, spirituality, supernatural, superstition
The Soul Catcher by Monica Bhide
Set in modern India in a dimension where time and space are fluid, Monica Bhide’s The Soul Catcher, a novel in stories, is a mosaic narrative about destiny, grief, loss, faith, love, and sisterhood. It takes us on a magical journey that begins with an unspeakable tragedy, and concludes with a surprising resolution. It chronicles the life of Yamini Goins — the Soul Catcher — … Read More The Soul Catcher by Monica Bhide
+ child abduction, crime fiction, Detective novel, fiction, magic, murder, murder mystery, police drama, police procedural, review, supernatural, thriller
Three Little Girls (Karen Thorpe series #2) by Jane Badrock
Three cold cases. One determined cop.Someone’s playing tricks on Karen at home and at work.When two cold case files about missing girls turn up on her desk, she’s fuming. When a third file arrives…she blows a fuse. #ThreeLittleGirls @janebadrock @Zooloo’s Book Tours @zooloo2008 #ZooloosBookTours #blogtour Her boss demands she takes holiday leave just as Karen discovers her late father was involved in one of the cases. Now … Read More Three Little Girls (Karen Thorpe series #2) by Jane Badrock
+ childhood, community, cult, family, fiction, folklore, haunting, literature, magic, mythology, review, Scotland, sisters, supernatural, superstition, thriller, witchcraft
The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cooke
Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse.A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms. Mysterious and terrible events have happened on this island. It started with a witch hunt. Now, centuries later, islanders are vanishing without explanation. Coincidence? Or curse? #TheLighthouseWitches #blogtour @CJessCooke @annecater @RandomTTours #RandomThingsTours Liv Stay flees to the island with her three daughters, in search of … Read More The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cooke
+ childhood, coming-of-age, family, fiction, folklore, friendship, loss, love, magic, Magical realism, motherhood, mythology, review, supernatural, superstition
She Never Told Me About The Ocean by Elisabeth Sharp McKetta
Told by four women whose stories nest together, She Never Told Me About the Ocean is an epic about a rite of passage that all humans undergo and none remember: birth. Eighteen-year-old Sage has been mothering her mother for as long as she can remember, and as she arrives on the shores of adulthood, she learns a secret: before she was born, she had … Read More She Never Told Me About The Ocean by Elisabeth Sharp McKetta
+ dark humour, fantasy, fiction, folklore, humour fiction, lycanthropy, magic, review, supernatural, superstition, werewolf
The Stranger Times by by CK McDonnell
There are Dark Forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular) and so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them. A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but more often the weird) of modern life, it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable . . . At least that’s their pitch. The reality is … Read More The Stranger Times by by CK McDonnell
Fae Child by Jane-Holly Meissner
When eight-year-old Abbie Brown discovers a quiet pool of water while wandering through the woods behind her Oregon home, she wades out into it and discovers she’s not alone. A wild-haired boy in green stares at her from the other side of the water. Mesmerized, Abbie reaches down to him and is yanked underwater. #FaeChild @hanejolly #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours She emerges on the other side as … Read More Fae Child by Jane-Holly Meissner
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