The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman (Hardback)

From the bestselling author of Practical Magic comes a brand-new series steeped in magic, history and sisterhood.

By the 1950s, Cambridge, Massachusetts feels a world away from the witch trials that marked its earliest colonial days. Ava, a bright young woman from a small town in Maine, arrives for her first year at Radcliffe College. There she meets Lauren — her opposite in every way, the wild and brazen daughter of a wealthy, well-established Cambridge family. Yet the two have far more in common than they realise.

Both are recruited into the Lilith Society, a secret organisation of witches at Radcliffe dating back to colonial times and meeting in the name of Lilith — Adam’s first wife, banished for refusing to do as she was told. As Ava and Lauren uncover their legacy, they form a close bond that will be tested as they learn to navigate new power, friendship and love.

But Radcliffe is no true safe haven. The shadow of McCarthyism looms over the city’s flourishing creative and intellectual life — and when girls from the Lilith Society begin to disappear, Ava and Lauren start to wonder whether the witch trials of the past are as deeply buried as they once believed.

Perfect for readers who love dark academia, historical witchy fiction and the atmospheric magic of Alice Hoffman.