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The historical must-listen for the autumn, perfect for fans of A Discovery of Witches and Outlander.

Years after the Salem witch trials one witch remains. She just doesn’t know it… yet.

Growing up Lydia Montrose knew she was descended from the legendary witches of Salem but was warned to never show the world what she could do and so slowly forgot her legacy. But Willow Hall has awoken something inside her…

1821: Having fled family scandal in Boston Willow Hall seems an idyllic refuge from the world, especially when Lydia meets the previous owner of the house, John Barrett.

But a subtle menace haunts the grounds of Willow Hall, with strange voices and ghostly apparitions in the night, calling to Lydia’s secret inheritance and leading to a greater tragedy than she could ever imagine.

Can Lydia confront her inner witch and harness her powers or is it too late to save herself and her family from the deadly fate of Willow Hall?

©2018 Hester Fox (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Coming of Age Fantasy Genre Fiction Historical Regency Romance Small Town & Rural Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Haunted Scary Paranormal Romance Ghost Magic Users Magic Witchcraft Fiction

Critic reviews

"Beautifully written...The Witch of Willow Hall will cast a spell over every reader." (Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me)

"With its sense of creeping menace...this compelling story had me gripped from the first page." (Linda Finlay, author of The Flower Seller)

"I was entranced by this intriguing and spellbinding novel with its messages of love and loyalty and being true to who you really are." (Kathleen McGurl, author of The Girl from Ballymor and The Pearl Locket)
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I tend to listen to audio books in bed as a way of relaxing before I go to sleep. The story was set at a pleasant pace; with parts that gripped me here and there that made me want to know what happened next, even though I had promised myself I would stop at the end of the chapter to go to sleep! It also ended on a satisfying note. Lauren Ezzo's voice is pleasant to listen to, although personally I sometimes wish that when a male character speaks, a male actor reads the spoken words. I always find a female voice reading a man's line in a deep voice somewhat comical. Still, it was a book I enjoyed listening to, and know I will happily listen to it again sometime in the future.

A Good Story

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Liked this book very much.
But the American lady reading it spoilt it abit for me as the "erbs" instead of "herbs" was annoying.
Apart from that it was very good listening.
Love witchy stories.

Enjoyable

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I am myself a pagan witch and so am automatically drawn to any book with witch/magick/spellcaster etc in the title. This was, literally, my only reason for choosing this book. I did hope it was going to be more historically correct and include more about the Salem witch trials, so although I enjoyed the somewhat predictable storyline, I was rather disappointed by the lack of realism. But it was advertised as fiction, so only to be expected. The narration of a lot of audible books puts my teeth on edge...American pronunciation, names being pronounced differently from one chapter to the next, etc. I much prefer to hold a book in my own hands and read it myself, but as I'm long term disabled, this isn't always possible; so audible are fantastic at keeping boredom away. I wish there was more care taken when selecting narrators. Some have been downright unbearable. I have over 100 books in my library and have only ever returned 3.. one was a duplicate, as the artwork on the cover changed and I thought it was new; one was abridged and the other was a new, recent, bundle of utter balderdash, that I can't remember the title of, and only managed to bear about half of the rot. So audible do a great job and I get the chance to try new authors. Some go on to become favourites, others get forgotten about immediately. This author is not likely to become a favourite but will not be forgotten either. I am going to try another book and see how that goes. A very easy listen, great for bedtime and falling asleep to. Make use of the "end of chapter" setting.

My first experience of this author

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Absolutely loved this book, It had my attention from start to finish, great read great characters

The witch Of Willow Hall

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ok, not very Witchey and a little predictable, listened whilst painting my living room, helped pass the time.

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