Daughters of Temperance Hobbs -- Katherine Howe

<p><b>A bewitching novel of a New England history professor who must race against time to free her family from a curse by Katherine Howe, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.</i></b> <p/><b>A magical bloodline. A family curse. Can Connie Goodwin break the spell before it shatters her future?</b> <p/>Connie Goodwin is an expert on America's fractured past with witchcraft. A young, tenure-track professor in Boston, she's earned career success by studying the history of magic in colonial America--especially women's home recipes and medicines--and by exposing society's threats against women fluent in those skills. But beyond her studies, Connie harbors a secret: She is the direct descendant of a woman tried as a witch in Salem, an ancestor whose abilities were far more magical than the historical record shows. <p/>When a hint from her mother and clues from her research lead Connie to the shocking realization that her partner's life is in danger, she must race to solve the mystery behind a hundreds'-years-long deadly curse. <p/>Flashing back through American history to the lives of certain supernaturally gifted women, <i>The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs</i> affectingly reveals not only the special bond that unites one particular matriarchal line, but also explores the many challenges to women's survival across the decades--and the risks some women are forced to take to protect what they love most.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Katherin