The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic
  • Published: 24 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405913096
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 576
  • RRP: $35.00
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The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

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6 Feb 2014
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24 Sep 2014
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Magic, romance and adventure for fans of A Discovery of Witches

When Nora Fischer stumbles, quite literally, into a magical world where everyone is glamorous and life is one long party, she's immediately captivated.

What she doesn't realize, because everything is such fun, is that there's a darker side to her new friends. In fact, it's only after she agrees to marry the charismatic, masterful Raclin that she discovers she's a prisoner in this new world.

If Nora is to escape, then she has just one hope: the magician Aruendiel. And if she can also persuade him to teach her the art of real magic, then she might just be able to return home.

Is that what she wants, though? Aruendiel has a biting tongue, a shrouded past and no patience, so there's no way Nora could be falling for him . . . Is there?
  • Published: 24 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405913096
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 576
  • RRP: $35.00
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Praise for The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

A marvellous plot, clever dialogue, and complex characters distinguish The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic. With the intimacy of a classic fairy-tale and the rollicking elements of modern epic fantasy, Emily Croy Barker's delightful debut will sweep readers into another world. Fun, seductive, and utterly engrossing, this wonderful tale of magic and adventure is a perfect escape from humdrum reality

Deborah Harkness, bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches

To read The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic is to enter a lush, fantastical dream filled with beauty and strangeness, love and cruelty, playfulness and gravitas. Emily Croy Barker has crafted a wholly imaginative and witty debut novel that is unlike any I've read

Sara Gruen, author of Water For Elephants