Murdered over the lies of a few young girls and the ravings of the fanatics who smell brimstone in every breath of air." "No, and so she told the court of oyer and terminer. "Bridget Bishop was not a witch." Earth spoke bitterly as she rose to her feet. They will hunt us down like thieves and brigands, murder us, as they have already murdered a poor innocent." "It is because of our way there is no other. She who was Fire threw back her hood in a gesture of defiance. There was sorrow in her eyes, but behind it lived a firm purpose. "Is there no other way for us?" Air touched a hand to Earth's shoulder, and both looked at the third. With her head bent, her thick brown hair fell forward free.
The part of her that wanted to weep and to rage over what had been done, over what was to come, was buried deep. "What we have shall do." Earth laid her parcel on the ground. "Have we all we need?" The one known here as Air pulled her hood closer so that not a single pale lock of hair could be seen in the light of the dying day. This midsummer was a time of ignorance, and of death. There would be no celebration, no rite of thanksgiving for the light, the warmth, on this Sabbat of Litha. Soon the longest day would become the shortest night of the solstice.
And now, with the help of two other strong, gifted women-and the nightmares of the past haunting her every step-she must find the power to save her home, her love…and herself.In the dark green shadows of the deep woods, an hour before moonrise, they met in secret. Just as Nell starts to wonder if she’ll ever be able to break free of her fear, she realizes that the island suffers under a terrible curse-one that can only be broken by the descendants of the Three Sisters, the witches who settled the island back in 1692.
One careless word, one misplaced confidence, and the new life she’s so carefully created could shatter completely. But there is a part of herself she can never reveal to him. When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she’s finally found refuge from her abusive husband-and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago…Ĭareful to conceal her true identity, she takes a job as a cook at the local bookstore café-and begins to explore her feelings for the island sheriff, Zack Todd. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts-hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a storyteller of immeasurable diversity and talent”-presents the first book in her Three Sisters Island trilogy.
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