THE SEVEN MIRACLES OF BEATRIX HOLLAND

Practical Magic meets The Parent Trap in which a woman, fleeing the end of her marriage, finds unexpected family, love, and honest-to-goodness magic

Beatrice Barnard doesn't believe in magic. She definitely doesn't believe the predictions of the celebrity psychic at her husband's holiday party who claims to sense three things about her: that her husband is cheating, that she will experience seven miracles in the next year, and that after she experiences said miracles, she will die. The predictions seem not only woo-woo, but also, frankly, mean. As it turns out, her husband is cheating on her - not that that proves anything. Bea, now in desperate need of solitude and reflection, flees to Skerry Island. There she gets very little solitude, but lots of reflection - literally, in the form of her identical twin sister, Cordelia, whom Beatrice has long believed dead in a car accident when the girls were two-years-old, along with their mother Astrid. Astrid, who has successfully kept Beatrice and Cordelia away from each other all of these years, reveals that not only Cordelia, but Beatrice (given name Beatrix) are immensely powerful witches. When their magic is joined, it shines like a beacon to the Velamen family, who are locked in an age-old struggle for magical dominance. Both twins are furious at their mother for lying, and resolve to spend as much time together as possible despite Astrid's fears. Beatrice doesn't know what to believe, but as the seven predicted miracles start to occur, she fears that her imminent death will rip her away from her rediscovered family - and from Reno, the fascinating woman with whom she's falling in love. She resolves to learn everything she can about her own power, in the hope of saving herself. But when her niece, Minna, goes missing, Bea's own life suddenly seems much less important. Together, the women battle to save Minna - even if Bea dies in the process. Rachael Herron is the internationally bestselling author of more than two dozen books, including thrillers, mainstream fiction, romance, memoir and nonfiction about writing. She received her MFA from Mills College and taught writing workshops at both UC Berkeley and Stanford. A dual New Zealand-American citizen, she lives in Wellington New Zealand with her wife.