An enchanting fairytale for adults, this atmospheric tale has it all: enchanted forests, magic spells, witches, time travel and more. The wonderful aspect of this book is that the author successfully weaves all this together into an edge of your seat mystery.

The book opens with Revelation (Reve) Dyer accidentally shooting and killing her husband during their Las Vegas magic performance when someone exchanged the real bullets for the blank ones. Propelled by grief, Reve takes her three daughters and moves back to Massachusetts and her roots. Here Reve will learn that these roots contain a line of powerful, magical female ancestors extending back hundreds of years; all documented in the 'Hawley Book of the Dead'. As she learns of her heritage, Reve will realize that her husband's murder is tied to events in her past and that past has returned.

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