Spark Point Studio provided this book to me gratis in exchange for my honest review.  This novel will released to the public May 26, 2026.

Cursed

When four generations of women find themselves all returned to the family home in Faith Hills Minnesota, decades of of magic and misunderstandings will manifest. The four strong women, each with their individual story, need to come together to fight the evil lurking.

Returning Home

Katrin Blackthorn has been living abroad for more than a decade. She isn’t even sure why? But after she discovers her husband infidelity, Katrin returns to the family Queen Anne mansion to see if and where she still might fit into her strange family.

The person Katrin is looking forward to seeing the most is her sister Jasmine. They were so close as girls. But Jasmine is haunted by something unknown, and no one can reach her. Not Katrin, not their mother Ursula – known as the town’s brewer of potions, not even their grandmother Velda – the charmer of the women. Something deep and unsettling is hiding in each of these women, and now that Katrin has returned, the curse has too, and with it the snakes.

The Blackthorn Women

What is it about The Blackthorn Women, the secrets they keep, the giant Queen Anne mansion and snakes? Each women is a piece of a deep and sinister puzzle, and the unfolding of the truth makes for a gripping and magical story reminiscent of of Practical Magic, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Unmaking of June Farrow.

Four stars for The Blackthorn Women by Jess Lourey – out in book stores this week. Thanks for reading my book review The Blackthorn Women by Jess Lourey. See last week’s book review The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner here.