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A Spell of Rowans

4.4 203 ratings on Amazon
4.3 363 ratings on Goodreads

Magic and troubles come in threes.

The Rowan family: Victoria, whose empathic talent reads hidden feelings. Phillipa, with a glamour that bewitches. Liam, who can touch an object to reveal its past.

We all had our magic twisted by our mother’s games, but after her death, I thought it was safe to come back home. Instead, the police haul in my autistic brother for questioning about a murder, while my sister is keeping a secret about what Mother was really doing. Hint: nothing good.

And that hometown boy I dumped? He’s now with the FBI and thinks he knows the truth about me.

“Swathed in small-town gossip and values, the fantastical novel – combines murder mystery, magic, and mayhem for an exciting tour of a family’s history and trauma.” – 5 stars, Clarion review

An emotional page-turner about healing from a haunted past.

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Fans of Alix E. Harrow, Alice Hoffman, Paula Brackston, Sarah Addison Allen, Kate Morton, Adrienne Young (Spells for Forgetting, The Unmaking of June Farrow); and The Last of the Moon Girls (Barbara Davis), will enjoy the Magical Realism and complex family dynamics in this small town mystery.

Editorial reviews by Clarion, 5 stars and the Booklife A Rating. View and download the Bookstores and Libraries Wholesale Sell Sheet

Suitable for 18+, contains scenes of childhood trauma, suicide, and abuse.

What Readers are Saying

“This was a great read. I’d like to see it turned into a movie. It was such an intriguing storyline and I hated to see it end.”
Bookworm Scholar
Amazon
“This book got me hooked up from the very first page and I would overall describe it as captivating, mind blowing and the perfect combo of contemporary with thrilling magic. This may be one of my top five reads this year.”
NetGalley review
“The way Byrd Nash taps into the emotions of a broken adult due to childhood trauma is spot on.”
Santana Hicks
Bookbub
“Though Rachel is dead, we feel her presence throughout the book, just the way the author intended it. Her character is defined from the first. Yet, it’s only later that we begin to see the full extent of it.”
NetGalley review
“Byrd Nash has managed to build and incredibly deep, nuanced story of three siblings, their pained and tortured past, the current mess their mother left behind, and the future they choose to forge for themselves.”
Marjorie_
Bookbub
“They seemed so real that I felt their pain, cried for them, cried with them, felt for them.”
NetGalley review

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