About this Event
Join us for a bewitching conversation with authors Wendy Webb and Olesya Salnikova Gilmore for Webb's new novel, The Witches of Santo Stefano.
About the book:
An investigative journalist uncovers the haunting secret history of her own ancestors in a bewitching novel by the bestselling author of Daughters of the Lake.
When Cassie Graves discovers her husband's affair, it's enough to chip away at the foundation of her life. But after researching her family's Italian ancestry, it completely crumbles beneath her.
Her grandmother Gia's often-told stories about the past are a lie. Her much-romanticized great-grandfather Giovanni may not even have existed. Most alarming of all, it appears her mysterious great-grandmother Violetta died by stregoneria--witchcraft. Now, piecing together the puzzle of her family tree in the small, centuries-old hill town of Santo Stefano, Cassie finds help from a welcoming group of locals: the accommodating Renzo; Dante, whose own family history connects with Cassie's; and the ethereal Luna, an interpreter of dreams who gives Cassie a protective amulet--and the warning that she may have walked into a trap.
When Cassie comes upon an old spell book, she gets closer to unearthing long-buried family secrets, the truth about a powerful female lineage, and the haunting discovery of who she really is.
About the authors:
Wendy Webb is the #1 Amazon Charts and Indie bestselling, multiple award-winning author of nine novels of gothic suspense, including The Stroke of Winter, The Keepers of Metsan Valo, The Haunting of Brynn Wilder, Daughters of the Lake, The Vanishing, The Fate of Mercy Alban, The Tale of Halcyon Crane, and The End of Temperance Dare, which has been optioned for both film and television. Her books are sold worldwide and have been translated into a dozen languages. Dubbed "Queen of the Northern Gothic" by reviewers, Wendy sets her stories on the windswept, rocky shores of the Great Lakes. She lives in Minneapolis, where she is at work on her next novel when she's not walking a good dog along the parkway and lakes near her home. For more information, visit her website at www.wendykwebb.com.
Olesya Salnikova Gilmore was born in Moscow, Russia; raised in the US; and graduated from Pepperdine University with a BA in English / political science, and from Northwestern School of Law with a JD. She practiced litigation at a large law firm for several years before pursuing her dream of becoming an author. She is happiest writing historical fiction and fantasy inspired by eastern European folklore. She lives in a wooded lakeside suburb of Chicago with her husband and daughter. Her new elegant gothic horror tale, The Haunting of Moscow House, is out now! For more information, visit her website at olesyagilmore.com.
Known for her stunning debut novel, The Witch and the Tsar, in which the maligned and immortal witch of legend known as Baba Yaga will risk all to save her country and her people from Tsar Ivan the Terrible—and the dangerous gods who seek to drive the twisted hearts of men.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Books & Company, 1039 Summit Avenue, Oconomowoc, United States
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