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Alice Hoffman
My name is Alek. They call me the boss, and for damn good reason. I rule over this city with an iron fist, and my crew fears and respects me…
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The stunning conclusion to the beloved Practical Magic series
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Colt is the kind of guy you call when you want a job done clean, no fuss. Possessive, dangerous, as cool as ice, and rock-solid in his conviction. He takes…
Everyone needs a little magic in their lives… and for the Owens sisters, magic is inevitable. Practical Magic is the beloved novel by Alice Hoffman, inspiration for the classic film.
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A Prequel to Practical Magic
Where does the story of the Owens family begin? With a baby abandoned in a snowy field in the 1600s. Under the care of Hannah…
The stunning prequel to Alice Hoffman’s bestselling and most beloved novel ever, Practical Magic, taking us into the lives of Jet and Frances Owens.
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You ever feel like life hands you a script, and you're just playing your part? Well, that was me--Diana, living the life my mom mapped out. Runway walks, posh living…
Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history's most acclaimed figures, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding.
Anne…
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In Berlin in 1941 during humanity’s darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers…
The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magic of books and is a "wonderful story of love and growth" (Stephen King). One June…
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of the Practical Magic series comes an enchanting novel about love, heartbreak, self-discovery and the enduring magic of books.
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A magical novel of women forging their own paths, love, friendship and the timeless power of books, from the bestselling author of Practical Magic.
When the women in the Sparrow family reach 13, they develop a unique ability. In Stella’s case, the gift is the ability to see a person’s probable future. When Stella…
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John Moody takes Arlyn to live in a house made of glass. Her life there is not the romantic destiny she envisaged. Soon Arlyn is gone - her children, Sam…
Arlyn Singer believes in destiny and in love. But fate played a trick on her the night John Moody knocked on her door to ask for directions. Arlyn and John…
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Verity, Florida, is a town remarkable only for its unbearable heat, strange inhabitants and the high number of women divorcees who live there. Lucy and Bethany Lee are two of…
In the late 1950s, when Nora Silk moves into Hemlock street, the neighbors are shocked by her Toreador pants and scandalous behavior. But when they get to know her, they…
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In [a] … novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, … author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem and matriarch of…
During the Spanish Inquisition, sixteen-year-old Estrella, brought up a Catholic, discovers her family’s true Jewish identity, and when their secret is betrayed by Estrella’s best friend, the consequences are tragic.
Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret…
After 19 years in California, March Murray returns to the small Massachusetts town where she grew up and reignites her relationship with Hollis. As her past catches up with her…
Hoffman is at her haunting, thought-provoking best with these interconnected stories about a Long Island family, the Samuelsons, and the lessons in survival and transformation that life brings to every…
Available in trade paperback for the first time, here is the brilliant story of Esther the White, a Russian migr who chooses to live cut off from normal human experience…
For more than 13 years, devoted father and husband Ethan Ford has been running from his past. But one day the police show up at his door–and his life as…
The small town of Haddan, Massachusetts is divided, as if by a line drawn down the centre of Main Street, separating those born and bred in the village from those…
Ethan and Jorie, the perfect couple, have been married for 13 years, and are still very much in love. But 13 years ago, Ethan committed a brutal rape and murder…
Vonny lives on the island of Martha’s Vineyard with husband Andre and son Simon. Their elderly neighbour, Elizabeth, has an accident and her granddaughter, Jodie comes to nurse her. So…
The Night of the Wolf. On the Avenue, in the bleak area where New York City blends into suburbia, the Orphans - their fast Fords and Chevys coated by ice…
With a sense of place that is uncanny, and vividly real characters whose lives don’t run smooth and whose stories loop together across space and time, this is work from…
A little girl makes a wish one night and ruins her life. She grows up with a splinter of ice in her heart until one day, she is struck by…
Their mother’s illness cast a shadow over their childhood, and both Madeline and Allie are still searching for something missing in their lives. Back in the Swinging Sixties, the bridegroom’s…
Told from Gretel Samuelson’s sly and knowing perspective, Local Girls charts her progress as she navigates from childhood to the brink of womanhood, picking her way though the tragedies and…
Evoking the tempo of small-town life and the mysterious atmosphere of the surrounding marshy countryside, this novel draws the reader inside a consuming love affair, its history and the ripples…
Elizabeth is an elderly widow suffering from spells of fantasy and failing sight. Andre and Vonny are a young couple trying to make ends meet. Jody is a teenage runaway…
Novelist Hoffman weaves a 200-year-long web of tales, all set in Blackbird House, a small, bewitching farm on the outer reaches of Cape Cod. Inside Blackbird House more than a…
A magical and daring (New York Times Book Review) novel by the bestselling author of At Risk and Second Heaven. Coping with a divorce-in-progress and a troubled teenaged son, Robin…
A family is shattered when one of three sisters dies tragically in an automobile accident. How the family survives–separates, reconfigures, and reconciles–is at the heart of this exquisite exploration of…
A small town librarian lives a quiet life without much excitement. One day, she mutters an idle wish and, while standing in her house, is struck by lightning. But instead…
A lonely outsider determinedly tries to become the property of a local gang’s brooding leader–but she discovers what can and cannot be possessed and what can happen when you hand…
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Museum of Extraordinary Things: a forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the…
Dovekeepers is Hoffman’s most ambitious and mesmerizing novel about four bold, resourceful women who survive on a mountain in the Judean desert 2,000 years ago against Roman armies.
An extraordinarily imaginative and immersive novel, this one set in New York from 1911-1925 –
