The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland

Most visitors to Skerry Island see only its lush greenery,picturesque cemeteryand quaint downtown. Yet generations of local women know that on Skerrytheir benevolent witchcraft is at its most powerful. Beatrice Barnard doesn’t believe in magic. She definitely doesn’t believe the predictions of the celebrity psychic who claims that she will experience seven miracles and soon after she will die. When she discovers her husband is cheating on herBea flees to Skerry Islandoff the Pacific Northwest coastin desperate need of solitude–taking her husband’s birthday vacation by herself. Immediately upon arrivalshe finds her life on the line as a rogue woodchopper blade almost kills her. Her survival feels like a miracle. And then things get more miraculous when she discovers her twin sisterCordeliawhom she never knew aboutand her mother Astridwho supposedly died when Beatrice was two years old. Astrid and Cordelia reveal that Beatrice (given name Beatrix) is an immensely powerful witch who can commune with the deadlike all the local Holland family witches. When their twin magic is joinedit shines like a beacon to the Velamen familywhose malevolent spirits are locked in an age-old struggle for magical dominance over the Hollands. Beatrice doesn’t know what to believebut she begins to fear that the seven predicted miracles may occurand that her imminent death will rip her away from her rediscovered family. Beatrice resolves to learn everything she can about her own powerin the hope of saving herself. But when her nieceMinnagoes missingBea’s own life suddenly seems much less important. Beatrice must join her mother and her sister to save Minna even if she dies in the process.