The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs

A Novel

By: Katherine Howe

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik

A magical bloodline. A family curse. Can Connie break the spell before it shatters her future?

A bewitching novel of a New England history professor who must race against time to free her family from a curse, by Katherine Howe, New York Times best-selling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.

Connie Goodwin is an expert on America’s fractured past with witchcraft. A young, tenure-track professor in Boston, she’s earned career success by studying the history of magic in colonial America - especially women’s home recipes and medicines - and by exposing society's threats against women fluent in those skills. But beyond her studies, Connie harbors a secret: She is the direct descendant of a woman tried as a witch in Salem, an ancestor whose abilities were far more magical than the historical record shows.

When a hint from her mother and clues from her research lead Connie to the shocking realization that her partner’s life is in danger, she must race to solve the mystery behind a hundreds’-years-long deadly curse.

Flashing back through American history to the lives of certain supernaturally gifted women, The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs affectingly reveals not only the special bond that unites one particular matriarchal line, but also explores the many challenges to women’s survival across the decades - and the risks some women are forced to take to protect what they love most.

©2019 Katherine Howe (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

magic

good book. I liked the story, character and reader
a good listen!!
I liked it a lot

I hope this turns into a series 🖤

I love the way this story unfolded. I loved the historical fiction tied into a modern story. I fell in love with the characters and didn’t want the story to end. Honestly, when it was over s cried a few happy tears. The best part is that the characters have so much mire story to tell! I really really hope we get several more books with these women!

A story for autumn ...

I enjoyed the story, actually hated it ended... that's usually a good sign. i like the voice changes & delivery of narrator. was not boring.

Just as good as Deliverance Dane

If you liked the first book, you should love this one. I loved it. Characters are just as endearing, and the storyline is as creative as the first novel in this series.

loved the story

An excellent sequel to The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. Thoroughly enjoyable, I didn't want to put it down.