
Dark Sisters
Kristi Demeester(Author)
St Martin's Press
Published on 19. January 2026
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-250-28681-9 (ISBN)
Description
1750: Anne Bolton sets off with her daughter to begin a life of secrecy. In town, they are killing women accused of witchcraft every day, and as a healer, she'll soon be persecuted too. But then she makes a deal with a powerful dark entity to protect those under her purview-and unleashes a devastating power with consequences that will echo for three hundred years.
1953: Mary Shephard is a new mother, a picture-perfect wife, and dutiful member of The Path-a community of faith that holds piety and family values above all else. But Mary feels oppressed by these limiting expectations, so she takes a part-time job. Then she meets Sharon, and their star-crossed love story begins. But that's the thing about star-crossed lovers-people just want to tear you apart.
2007: Camilla Burson is the preacher's daughter, and she knows how to play the game. But now women in The Path are dying of a rare disease, including her mother, and this time she'll push her father too far. Her punishment: The Retreat, a place that shows troublemakers like Camilla that toeing the line is best for everyone. But there is an old, forgotten power awaiting her; a power that if Camilla can claim, will change everything.
1953: Mary Shephard is a new mother, a picture-perfect wife, and dutiful member of The Path-a community of faith that holds piety and family values above all else. But Mary feels oppressed by these limiting expectations, so she takes a part-time job. Then she meets Sharon, and their star-crossed love story begins. But that's the thing about star-crossed lovers-people just want to tear you apart.
2007: Camilla Burson is the preacher's daughter, and she knows how to play the game. But now women in The Path are dying of a rare disease, including her mother, and this time she'll push her father too far. Her punishment: The Retreat, a place that shows troublemakers like Camilla that toeing the line is best for everyone. But there is an old, forgotten power awaiting her; a power that if Camilla can claim, will change everything.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-250-28681-9 (9781250286819)
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KRISTI DEMEESTER is the author of Dark Sisters, Such a Pretty Smile, which was selected as a Georgia Author of the Year finalist, and Beneath. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as The Dark, Black Static, multiple volumes of The Year's Best Horror, Year's Best Weird Fiction, and in her short fiction collection Everything That's Underneath. She lives, writes, and makes horror-themed candles in Atlanta, Georgia. Find her online at www.kristidemeester.com.