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In this fiercely captivating novel, horror meets historical fiction when a curse bridges generations, binding the fates of three women.
Anne Bolton, a healer facing persecution for witchcraft, bargains with a dark entity for protection―but the fire she unleashes will reverberate for centuries. Mary Shephard, a picture-perfect wife in a suffocating community, falls for Sharon and begins a forbidden affair that could destroy them both. And Camilla Burson, the rebellious daughter of a preacher, defies conformist expectations to uncover an ancient power as her father's flock spirals into crisis.
Three women. Three centuries. One legacy of fury, love, and a power that refuses to die.
"Grotesque, weird, and entirely unflinching, this tale of female empowerment packs a punch." ―Publishers Weekly
"Fierce and fast-paced...a tale filled with rage and terror." ―Library Journal
"A deadly serious, witchy story propelled by rage against the extraordinary and everyday violence men perpetrate against women, Dark Sisters reaches out across the centuries with a terror that is all too timely." ―Booklist
"A beautifully written, mesmerizing horror epic that sparks with compassion, insight, and righteous anger. This book is a bonfire, a beacon, a balm, a rallying cry. Fierce and unflinching, tender and profound, genuinely frightening, with swift pacing and a taught, deftly threaded narrative. Magnificent." ―Rachel Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice
"Kristi DeMeester returns with Dark Sisters, a hauntingly beautiful exploration of revenge, feminine rage, and the secrets that bind women across time. Told in three equally eerie narratives, Dark Sisters reminds us that the past and present are inextricably linked―and in the end, the women won't be silenced. Frightening, subversive, and provocative." ―Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author The Lost Apothecary and The London Séance Society
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Kristi DeMeester (she/her) is the author of Dark Sisters, Such a Pretty Smile, which was selected as a Georgia Author of the Year finalist, and Beneath. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as The Dark, Black Static, multiple volumes of The Year's Best Horror, Year's Best Weird Fiction, and in her short fiction collection Everything That's Underneath. She lives, writes, and makes horror-themed candles in Atlanta, Georgia.
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