Brown’s spell’ AVA DUVERNAYĪn ugly death for the ones with whom you fall in love’įor generations, the Montrose women have lived alone with their secrets, their delicate peace depending on the unspoken bond that underpins their family life – Voodoo and hoodoo magic, and a decades-old curse that will kill anyone they fall for. This gorgeous debut novel is a sweepingly fashioned love story where romance and rebellion intertwine with fear and family. ‘Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder. Magazine,, Reader’s Digest, Katie Couric Media, AARP Sisters, Goodreads, BookRiot everyone who reads it will be enchanted like I was’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader reviewĪ Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show and named a Best Book of the Month by: Shondaland, MS. "Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder.‘ evocative and tender book. "Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder." -Ava DuVernay Sadeqa Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, a Reese's Book Club Pick " Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists. And as new truths about the curse emerge, they're set on a collision course dating back to 1950s New Orleans's French Quarter-where a hidden story in a mysterious book may just hold the answers they seek in life and in love.
Their surprise guest forces each woman to reckon with her own past choices and mistakes. But when young Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray.įor the family has withheld a crucial secret from Nickie all these years: any person a Montrose woman falls in love with will die. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them. Generations of Montrose women-Augusta, Victoria, Willow-have always lived together in their quaint California bungalow. Magazine,, Reader's Digest, Katie Couric Media, AARP Sisters, Goodreads, BookRiotĪ warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women, a family love curse, and the secrets they keep for and from each other over one very complicated year Named a Best Book of the Month by: Shondaland, MS. you will love Black Candle Women." -Jenna Bush Hager A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show
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