The Women of Wild Hill: A Magical Realism Tale of Witchcraft, Family Secrets, and Unearthed Powers on the Very Edge of Long Island. A Great Fall or Halloween Read

A witty, spectacular, and timely tale of modern-day witches waging war on the patriarchy, from fan favorite Kirsten Miller, the author of The Change and Lula Deanโ€™s Little Library of Banned Books.

There are places on earth where natureโ€™s powers gather. Girls raised there are bequeathed strange gifts. A few have powers so dark that they fear to use them. Such a place is Wild Hill, on the tip of Long Island. For centuries, the ghost of a witch murdered by colonists claimed the beautiful and fertile Wild Hillโ€ฆuntil a young Scottish woman with strange gifts arrived. Sadie Duncan was allowed to stay.

Five generations of Sadieโ€™s descendants called Wild Hill home, each generation more powerful than the last. Then, in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy, the last of the Duncans, once prophesized to be the most powerful of their kind, abandoned their ancestral home.

One of them, Brigid Laguerre moved to California and turned her dark gift into fame and fortune. Her sister, Phoebe, settled on a ranch in Texas, where women visit in secret for her tonics and cures. Phoebeโ€™s daughter, Sybil, has become a famous chef. Seemingly powerless, Sibyl has never been told of the Duncan bloodline.

Now Brigid, Phoebe, and Sibyl have been brought to Wild Hill to discover their family legacy. The Old One, furious at the path mankind has taken, has chosen three powerful witches to turn the tide. The Duncans will fulfill their destiniesโ€”but only if they can set aside their grievances and come together as a family.

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Published Oct 7, 2025

Average rating: 9.11

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@sweettea_and_a_book
Nov 10, 2025
8/10 stars
โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž, ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐Ž๐ซ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ.โ€ โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž. ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง, ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž.โ€ Hmm, I started this book eager to get into another powerful read comparable to The Change. This story focuses on several generations of witches and their unique gifts. It took me a while to really get into the story because of the pacing and the introduction of so many new characters. When I start to gain interest in character's story, the next chapter would shift to another character, which always throws me off. But I kept going and I was quickly absorbed in Wild Hill. The ending alone was absolutely FABULOUS! I love the idea of women taking down the money hungry oligarchs and powerful political tyrants. Epic! I could just imagine this all playing out at a certain $250 million gaudy ballroom that's in the works!ย  After the slow start, the story picked up steam and gave me a jolt of hope that maybe all is not lost! Women will save the day! A perfectly timely ragey witchy read ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ

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