![]() ![]() ![]() But Tabitha is dead, and her ghost, who can not leave the manor, speaks through her familiar, a crow named Widget. Ivy, another of the witches, has a talent for plants, and Jezebel has unusual sexual talents, while Tabitha is the animal specialist among them. They need an enormous sum of money to save their manor, their distillery, and the beloved forest surrounding them. Queenie, the mechanical genius and inventor of the group, admits to the rest of the witches that they've fallen way behind in their mortgage payments. ![]() Soon after, an angry mob of men, armed with a wrecking ball instead of torches and pitchforks, arrives at their old manor house, threatening to knock it down. Checking all of her usual tools of foretelling the future-tarot cards, palms, and her crystal ball-she sees nothing but disaster ahead. ![]() It's the story of six octogenarian witches trying to save their old manor house and land.Īs the novel opens, Ursula wakes with an ominous feeling. Her third novel, newly released, The Witches of Moonshyne Manor is a complete departure for her, but her excellent writing is here, along with her insights and sense of humor. Those were both historical fiction, family/friendship dramas with a good sense of humor, set in South Africa during and just after apartheid. I am a huge fan of Bianca Marais and loved her first two novels, Hum If You Don't Know the Words (one of my Top 10 of all time!) and If You Want to Make God Laugh. ![]()
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