THE SEVEN MIRACLES OF BEATRIX HOLLAND

PRACTICAL MAGIC meets THE PARENT TRAP in which a woman, fleeing the end of her marriage, finds unexpected family, love, and honest-to-goodness magic.

Beatrice Barnard doesn't believe in magic. She definitely doesn't believe the predictions of two psychics who claim that she will experience seven miracles in the next year, and that afterwards, she will die. The predictions seem not only woo-woo, but also, frankly, mean. Bea, who just found out that her husband is cheating on her, is in desperate need of solitude and reflection, and flees to Skerry Island. There she gets very little solitude, but lots of reflection - literally, in the form of her identical twin sister Cordelia, whom Beatrice has long believed dead in a car accident when the girls were two-years-old, along with their mother Astrid.

Astrid, who has successfully kept Bea and Cordelia away from each other all of these years, reveals that not only Cordelia, but Bea are immensely powerful witches. Both twins are furious at their mother for lying, and resolve to spend as much time together as possible. As more and more of the seven predicted miracles occur, Bea fears that her imminent death will rip her away from her rediscovered family - and from Reno, the fascinating woman with whom she's falling in love. She resolves to learn everything she can about her own power, in the hope of saving herself. But when her niece, Minna, goes missing, Bea's own life suddenly seems much less important. Together, the women battle to save Minna - even if Bea dies in the process.

Rachael Herron is the internationally bestselling author of more than two dozen books, including thrillers, mainstream fiction, romance, memoir and nonfiction about writing. She received her MFA from Mills College and taught writing workshops at both UC Berkeley and Stanford. A dual New Zealand-American citizen, she lives with her wife in Wellington, New Zealand.