Books by Alexandra
Witches of Wherewithal
A glittering story of magic lost and found, romance rekindled, and the risks and rewards of stepping out of the shadows.
Witches once sought refuge atop Wherewithal Island's icy, mile-high cliffs, escaping the hangman's gallows spreading from Salem to beyond. But by 1947 Theodora Ashe is the only witch left.
At least she was, until her powers disappeared the same time as her husband did, with sheets still warm from their wedding night. But good riddance to bad magic. Witchcraft only ever brought Theodora scandal and heartbreak, so if no longer being a witch means finally getting some peace, she’s happy to become a footnote to history. Until someone starts targeting her childhood love, the charming and politically ascendant John Dove, and trying to pin the would-be murder on Theodora.
To clear her name and save John, she must re-enter a world of high society dinners, tabloid headlines, realpolitik, and a struggle for power in the vacuum where witches once held sway – and play the part of the witch she used to be.As assassination attempts escalate and the body count rises, Theodora’s abilities begin to reemerge in tandem with her feelings for John. She begins to uncover the raw power she might wield as the last witch not just on Wherewithal, but in the world, and the lengths someone might go to make sure she never gets the chance.
Magdalena Between Dimensions
Giving up your ghosts is harder when they live with you.
Magdalena Byrne grew up in a house haunted by all the bored, bickering phantoms of her family. Aunts nurse old grudges and uncles offer old-fashioned advice. Dead squirrels haunt the attic, chased by ghost cats over rotting beams.
When her mother dies, the family home and all its ghosts pass on to Maggie. Rather than spend eternity arguing with her dead mom, Maggie hatches a plan: Sell the house, get the hell out of Staten Island and away from her family, and finally start living.
But when Maggie discovers someone’s been leaving eviction notices on the front door her escape plan is dead on arrival. Where are all these ghosts going to live?
On top of this spectral mess, Maggie can't stop thinking about Frank, the very charming man she met the night of her mother's funeral, whose 1970’s movie star looks have her rethinking her longstanding commitment to one-night stands.But it turns out Frank has ghosts of his own, and he soon introduces Maggie to a version of New York where every haunted thing Maggie thought impossible about her own life is suddenly real.
As both their families and universes unravel, Maggie and Frank must finally decide: Can they trust a living soul?