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"Generations of Montrose women--Augusta, Victoria, Willow--have lived together in their quaint two-story bungalow in California for years. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them. But when seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray. For the other women have been withholding a secret from...
2) Almost there
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A year after Tiana makes a deal with Dr. Facilier, she has her restaurant, her friends are safe, and her father is still alive, but soon shadows begin to gather and Tiana must work with Naveen and Charlotte to set things right or risk losing her soul.
4) Sweet unrest
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"When seventeen-year-old Lucy Aimes moves to New Orleans and meets Alex, a boy who behaves as if they've known each other forever, she becomes caught up in a centuries-old vendetta"-- Provided by publisher.
5) The dolls
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"Eveny Cheval returns to Louisiana after growing up in New York and discovers she's a voodoo queen"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Jacqueline is a young Creole slave in antebellum New Orleans. An unusual stranger who has haunted her dreams since childhood comes to stay as a guest in her master's house. Soon after his arrival, members of the household die mysteriously, and Jacqueline is suspected of murder. Despite her fear of the stranger, Jacqueline befriends him and he helps her escape. While running from the slave catchers, they meet conjurers, a loup-garou, and a traveling...
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A twist on the Disney story "The Princess and the Frog" in which Tiana accepts the offer of the Shadow Man. Suddenly, Tiana faces a new reality, in which everything she has wanted is hers--she gets her own restaurant, her friends are healthy and safe, and her father is still alive. However, this new reality slowly becomes a nightmare, forcing Tiana to work with Charlotte and Naveen to set reality back to what it should be.
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Fifteen-year-old Haitian American Cicely is excited to celebrate the West Indian Day Parade with her aunt, and voodoo dabbler, Mimose, but when Mimose's dabbling goes awry and she becomes possessed by a spirit, Cicely, Renee, and Kwame, her crush, must find a way to set things right.
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Carrie and her best friend, Zora--who will go on to become the famous Zora Neal Hurston--find themselves having to grow up fast when a lynch mob crosses into their idyllic, all-black township of Eatonville. Then, a grave robbery brings to light secrets from the town's past trespasses and sets the town's first and only mayor against the charismatic preacher, who happens to be Reverend John Hurston, Zora's father. Finally, after all these struggles,...
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A practitioner of Vodou must test the boundaries of her powers to solve a ritual murder in New Orleans and protect everything she holds sacred. Haitian-American Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond runs a healing practice from her New Orleans home. Gifted with water magic since she was a child, Reina is devoted to the benevolent traditions of her ancestors. After a ritual slaying in the French Quarter, police arrest a fellow vodouisant. Detective Roman...
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Dayo practices Hoodoo with her family. One Saturday, she wakes from an interesting dream about a yellow bird. What could it mean? She knows that it's up to her to figure it out. Over the course of the day, as Dayo and her family move through their daily rituals (mantras and affirmations included), the message sent from her Ancestors through her dream reveals itself. This celebration of spirituality (and heritage) highlights the rich history of Hoodoo...