The New York Times Best Sellers - August 3, 2014

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Top Fiction Book This Week: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew's ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches--with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency. In the trilogy's final volume, Harkness deepens her themes of power and passion, family and caring, past deeds and their present consequences. In ancestral homes and university laboratories, using ancient knowledge and modern science, from the hills of the Auvergne to the palaces of Venice and beyond, the couple at last learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago. (Publisher's Summary)

Book Review: 'The Midnight Witch' by Paula Brackston

"Midnight is the most bewitching hour of them all…

From Paula Brackston, the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch’s Daughter and The Winter Witch, comes a magical tale that is as dark as it is enchanting. Set in high society Edwardian England, The Midnight Witch is the story of a young witch who faces the choice between love and loyalty to her coven…" (Provided by Publisher)

Beautiful, young Lady Lilith Montgomery is the daughter of the sixth Duke of Radnor. When her father dies, her drug addict brother Freddie takes over the Duke title, but it is Lilith (who has been instructed in the art of necromancy) who takes on her father's role as Head Witch of the Lazarus Coven.

"Depicting a time of great social change allows Brackston (The Witch's Daughter) to create a pleasing character arc for Lilith, who seems of her time but still willing to defy convention to achieve happiness. There are balls and gowns as well as slums and opium dens, all painting a picture of a lost age, with just enough magic to keep things exciting for fantasy fans." (Library Journal Reviews)

Looking for Paula Brackston's earlier books? You can find them at the Community Library!

	The Winter Witch (2013) The follow-up to The Witch's Daughter finds Morgana, a mute fledgling witch married to a kind farmer,and living in the far off hills for her protection. Before long she is targeted by local townspeople who are being manipulated by a murderous dark force that compels Morgana to harness her powers.
	The Witch's Daughter (2011) After witnessing her witch mother's death in the spring of 1628, Bess turns to secluded Warlock Gideon for protection. Her master teachers her formidable powers including immortality, skills she begins teaching to a new apprentice centuries later. When Warlock Gideon finds out, he insists on payment for saving her life.

Local Read: Witches of East End

The bestselling author of the young adult series Blue Bloods, Melissa de la Cruz, now turns her hand to writing fiction for adults in Witches of East End, the first of a planned series set not too far from here, in the fictional South Fork community of North Hampton. In this newly-published book, two sisters are reincarnated witches who were killed in the Salem witch trials. When they innocently break the witching community's ban on magic, a modern day Salem ensues (with a few sexy encounters along the way). With such a dedicated fan following, this new series premiere is sure to be in high demand; reserve your copy today.

Witch and Wizard: Reader Review

Title: Witch and Wizard

Genre: Fantasy Fiction

Author: James Patterson

Rating: 1/5 (terrible)

Review: Sister and brother are torn from their family and don't know why. The New Order is getting rid of all witches and wizards...pass on this read.

Reviewed by: EL