occult fiction

Depicts Joannna and her daughters, Ingrid and Freya, who have finally found peace after the centuries-old ban against practicing magic has been lifted. But when everything gets turned upside down, the romantic interest of each woman creates tension: Joanna is caught between her ex-husband and a new man; Ingrid is fearful about her first real relationship with a mortal; and Freya is forced to doubt the man she loves. Further complications arise when a dead spirit attempts to contact Joanna and they are unsure whether it will be helpful or harmful.

Having been prevented from using magic for centuries, witches Joanna, Freya and Ingrid decide they can no longer hide their true selves and begin weaving spells once more. When a series of violent attacks begin to plague their town soon after, however, they realize they must uncover the dark forces working against them and causing havoc.

A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them, and the ruling regime will do anything in order to suppress life and liberty, music and books.

"West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter. Now, in the present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister, Fawn. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that has weighty consequences when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished. In her search for clues, she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Shea's diary hidden beneath the floorboards of her mother's bedroom. As Ruthie gets sucked into the historical mystery, she discovers that she's not the only person looking for someone they've lost. But she may be the only one who can stop history from repeating itself."--Back cover.

Kimihiro leaves Y?uko's side and, with his rival D?omeki, goes on a spirit-busting adventure for his beloved Himawari. Then Y?uko gives a woman a box that must never be opened because it contains a terrifying magical device.

Now that Nick's accepted the demon that lives inside him, he must learn to control it and temper the very emotions that threaten the lives of everyone he cares for.

Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin, having agreed to handle the sale of her grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, Massachusetts, comes across an ancient key while going through the house which holds a piece of parchment with the name Deliverance Dane written on it, and in her efforts to discover more about the mysterious Deliverance, Connie soon finds herself having visions of the Salem witch trials and wondering about the extent of her family's connection to history.

"One night, with the sound of a young man's scream, high school senior Lorelei discovers that her stern but loving father, who adopted Lorelei and her sisters as infants, is no ordinary man. He has raised his beautiful girls for one purpose: to lure young men into their world of shadows. Like her sisters, Lorelei has been trained in the art of seduction and warned to never fall in love. But when she meets a handsome and charming classmate, she boldly defies her family and follows her heart--even if love is a poison..." --Cover, p. 2.

When demons begin appearing on Earth unpredictably, foreshadowing a cataclysmic breakdown of their magic, Artemis and his friends face a new foe--a twelve-year-old girl whose intellect just might match Artemis's own--as they try to prevent catastrophe.