Books like Escape to Witch City by E. Latimer

A tale of witches, neurosurgeons, and secrets in New Orleans, exploring the power of the past and the present.

An authoritative account of the 1692 Salem witch trials, detailing how fear and accusation turned a Massachusetts community into a scene of hysteria and execution.

David Talbot explores San Francisco’s transformation from a quiet backwater to a vibrant cultural and political center between the late 1960s and early 1980s.

Stranded by a storm at a posh country inn, Elizabeth Boynton meets Gerald Finch and his sister. Gerald is handsome, charming and wealthy enough to devote himself to the study of seventeenth century witchcraft. Just returned from a trip to England, he is in need of a secretary. Elizabeth accepts the job. The ideal position loses some of its charm when she discovers that two previous secretaries accidentally drowned. Anthropologist Bob Gottschalk, also at the inn, is alternately suspicious and suspected … trusted and feared. The mounting mood of fear and danger is developed in step with the rising fury of a storm…

A seductive witch captures a lawyer's heart in a small Southern town, but will the forbidden union survive the dawn?

"Few events in American history are as well remembered as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. But there was another witch hunt that year, in Stamford, Connecticut, that has never been examined in depth. Now Richard Godbeer describes this "other witch hunt" in a concise narrative that illuminates the colonial world and shatters the stereotype of early New Englanders as quick to accuse and condemn. That stereotype originates with Salem, which was in many ways unlike other outbreaks of witch-hunting in the region." "Drawing on eye-witness testimony, Godbeer tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. The book takes us inside the courtroom - and inside the minds of the surprisingly skeptical Stamford townsfolk. Was the pain and screaming due to natural causes, or to supernatural causes? Was Branch simply faking the symptoms? And if she was bewitched, why believe her specific accusations, since her information came from demons who might well be lying? For the judges, Godbeer shows, the trial was a legal thicket. All agreed that witches posed a real and serious threat, but proving witchcraft (an invisible crime) in court was another matter. The court in Salem had become mired in controversy over its use of dubious evidence. In an intriguing passage, Godbeer examines Magistrate Jonathan Selleck's notes on how to determine the guilt of someone accused of witchcraft - an illuminating look at what constituted proof of witchcraft at the time. The stakes were high - if found guilty, the two accused women would be hanged."--BOOK JACKET.

Paula Brackston’s sequel to The Witch’s Daughter, The Return of the Witch, follows love and magic as Elizabeth, Gideon, and Tegan navigate a world of witches and warlocks in search of freedom and redemption.

When a stormy night brings witch‑like rumors to a Salem town, orphan Hannah must decide whether to protect her friends or refuse to name accused neighbors, risking her own safety.