November Book Club

November... it calls for witches 

The Witch by Freida McFadden and Royal Witch by Philippa Gregory 

The Witch (Thriller and Suspense)

A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Housemaid!

Some secrets don't die—they wait.

When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she's there to check in on her aging grandmother. Unofficially, she's hoping the old house will give her a place to disappear.

Instead, Pemberton begins to unravel her.

Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning. And a disembodied voice cries for help outside Julia's bedroom door.

As Julia digs into the house's dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692—and realizes the past may not be finished with Pemberton yet. When decades of family lies begin to surface, Julia must confront a terrifying truth: Pemberton may be haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.

Royal Witch (Historical Fiction)

1420: Eleanor Cobham arrives at the court of Henry V. Pretty but not highborn, she hopes for nothing more than to marry well.

It is a golden age for England, its royal family's dynasty stretching across Europe. But ancient rivalries and restless ambition mean chaos waits in the shadows.

Working in the household of a countess who commands her own army, Eleanor begins to see what a woman is capable of . . . and what men's promises are truly worth.

For the first time, she dares to dream of rising further. Perhaps further than any woman before. And for that she will need to turn to darker arts . . .

They say she summoned the devil himself.

They say she plotted to murder a king.

This is the tale of the woman they called witch. Who would have called herself queen.

Philippa Gregory tells a breathtaking story of sorcery, ambition and one woman's extraordinary rise.