While we wait to transport back into the lives of Winifred, Sarah, and Mary, we’ve rounded up other sister witches who have had their own share of near-death experiences, teenage meddling, and plans gone wrong. Here are 10 fantasy books inspired by sisterhoods of witches.
The Wicked Deep
Shea Ernshaw
Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them under.
Like many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year, on the eve of the sisters’ return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives; unaware of the danger he has just stumbled into.
Release Date: March 8, 2018
The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow
In 1893, there’s no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box.
But when the Eastwood sisters―James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna―join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women’s movement into the witch’s movement.
Release Date: September 28, 2021
The Witch of Willow Hall
Hester Fox
Something has awakened in Willow Hall. Eighteen-year-old Lydia Montrose can feel it. But she has no idea what it is. Rocked by rumor and scandal, Lydia, her parents, and her sisters, Catherine and Emeline, fled their sparkling life in Boston for the sleepy country estate. But bone-chilling noises in the night have Lydia convinced their idyllic new home wasn’t exactly vacant when they arrived. The Salem witch trials cast a long shadow over the Montrose family as the cloying heat of summer in Massachusetts mingles with something sinister in the air. The sprawling history of Willow Hall is no stranger to secrets.
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Bewitched and Bewildered
Constance Barker
The Triplets’ father is home for a visit, and the girls have questions…like is he a wizard or sorcerer? And how is it he can traipse in and out of the Twih so easily? But just like their mother, some questions get answered but more pop up. What will the triplets find out about their parentage? Or are they better off not knowing? And there’s a lion on the loose, only no one can see him, except his shadow. He’s wreaking havoc on the town and someone is pulling the strings, but who? One of several children who see the lion in their dreams, or a family from South Africa who may be sworn to revenge? The Triplets plus Dad are on the hunt for a witch with seemingly unlimited powers.
Release Date: February 7, 2019
A Murder Spells Trouble
K. J. Emrick
As members of the Kilorian Coven, Addie and her two sisters, Kiera and Willow, were born to the use of magic. Together the three are the sworn protectors of Shadow Lake, tasked with keeping evil at bay and the townsfolk safe. When a dead body is found on Luna Moth Trail Addie is forced to get involed after a strange woman begs her for help.
The first officer on scene is the enigmatic Detective Lucian Knight who seems to be more than he appears. He reveals to her that the murder isn’t the only incident that has occured in town recently.
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Witch
Finbar Hawkins
In 17th-century England, civil war rages and witches have become pawns in a plot to oust the king. Red-haired Evey does not want to be a witch, but she cannot deny the magick coursing through her veins. In a country seething with civil war, superstition, dread and dark forces are at work. A storm is coming. After witnessing the brutal murder of her mother by witch-hunters, Evey vows to avenge her and track down her killers. Fury burns in her bright and strong. But she has promised her mother that she will keep Dill, her little sister, safe. Dill: the gifted one, their mother’s favourite. Dill, who their mother entrusted with the scrying stone, which should rightfully be Evey’s.
Release Date: October 1, 2020
Once Blessed, Thrice Cursed
Coralie Moss
My name is Clementine and my magic is making me lose sleep. My two sisters and I have forty-eight hours to find someone our talented mother could not. If we don’t succeed, someone will die. My magic allows me to see memories the dead leave behind–which forces me to relive the moment my mother was attacked by fae.
I must tell my sisters what I’ve seen, because I know what we need to do. Except I’m afraid they’re done with my “leap now, look later” escapades. They’ve had my back for over twenty years.
Release Date: November 30, 2019
A Secret History of Witches
Louisa Morgan
After Grand-Mere Ursule gives her life to save her family, their magic seems to die with her. Even so, the Orchires fight to keep the old ways alive, practicing half-remembered spells and arcane rites in hopes of a revival. And when their youngest daughter comes of age, magic flows anew. The lineage continues, though new generations struggle not only to master their power, but also to keep it hidden. But when World War II looms on the horizon, magic is needed more urgently than ever — not for simple potions or visions, but to change the entire course of history.
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The Witches of BlackBrook
Tish Thawer
Through space and time, sisters entwined. Lost then found, souls remain bound. Three sisters escape the Salem witch trials when the eldest casts a spell that hurtles their souls forward through time.
After centuries separated, fate has finally reunited them in the present day. One the healer, one the teacher, and one the deceiver.
Will their reunion return their full powers, or end their souls journey forever? A Witches of BlackBrook novel.
Release Date: June 23, 2015
The Lighthouse Witches
C.J. Cooke
When single mother Liv is commissioned to paint a mural in a 100-year-old lighthouse on a remote Scottish island, it’s an opportunity to start over with her three daughters–Luna, Sapphire, and Clover. When two of her daughters go missing, she’s frantic. She learns that the cave beneath the lighthouse was once a prison for women accused of witchcraft. The locals warn her about wildlings, supernatural beings who mimic human children, created by witches for revenge. Liv is told wildlings are dangerous and must be killed. Twenty-two years later, Luna has been searching for her missing sisters and mother.
Release Date: October 5, 2021