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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
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2011
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181 editions
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Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2)
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2012
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10 editions
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The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
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2014
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107 editions
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Time's Convert (All Souls, #4)
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2018
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60 editions
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The Black Bird Oracle (All Souls, #5)
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2024
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2 editions
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The All Souls Trilogy (All Souls, #1-3)
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2014
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18 editions
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The World of All Souls: A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and the Book of Life
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2018
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7 editions
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The All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion
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2015
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A Discovery of Witches Vol. 2 of 2
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2011
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A Discovery of Witches Vol. 1 of 2
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2011
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“It begins with absence and desire.
It begins with blood and fear.
It begins with a discovery of witches.”
― A Discovery of Witches
It begins with blood and fear.
It begins with a discovery of witches.”
― A Discovery of Witches
“As far as I can tell there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning year after year...One is fear. The other is desire.”
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“he met with the Devill, and cheated him of his Booke, wherein were written all the Witches names in England, and if he looks on any Witch, he can tell by her countenance what she is.”
― The Discovery of Witches and Witchcraft: The Writings of the Witchfinders
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“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
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“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
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Hello, I am a huge fan of yours and your books. I wanted to thank you for accepting my friendship request here on Goodreads. Thank you for creating a universe for me to escape into! I own the All Souls trilogy and plan to continue it if you allow me to.Lots of Love from Canada,
~Toni.
Your books have been a most lovely escape for me and I can't thank you enough for all these characters I have come to love so much. Can't wait for The Book of Life!
Dear Deborah,Thank you so much for accepting my friendship request here on Goodreads!
Kind Regards
Lucinda x
Thanks so much for accepting me as your friend! I'm so enthralled with your Discovery of Witches book right now and I went out and bought your sequel right away! Thank you!
Hey I did a presentation on your book The Jewel House and was wondering if you could share your thoughts on it. What was your favorite part in writing The Jewel House? What was the hardest thing about writing it?
Thanks for the add! Love the first two books... can't wait for the third ;-) I've recommend them to just about everyone I know.
Deborah, thank you for adding me to your friends list. I am soo addicted to your books! I am trying to be patient for the third book to come out of the Discovery of Witches trilogy but it is soooooooooo hard! I can only hope it will be soon, wink wink! Denise Counts
Thanks so much for accepting my friend request. Totally made my day :) I so enjoyed and loved reading A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night. Big fan. Can't wait for the third book! Have a wonderful day!
Thank you for the add! I love A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night - the characters, the story, the history, everything. Looking forward to the next book. :) I hope we will see more of Baldwin.
Deborah! I am so excited to have received my hardback copy of Shadow of Night today! My review's been posted for a week, but I am just so excited to finally have the paper copy in my hand. Many congratulations on this release day. Can't WAIT for book three - counting the moments! Have a great rest of your week!
I'm really looking forward to reading Shadow of Night, and getting lost in history!Edit: Yay! I got my book!
Thank you for accepting my friend request! I am so excited for your next book!! It feels like I have been waiting forever!! Down to the home stretch!! :)Have a great weekend!
Thanks for accepting my friend request Deb. I'll probably be one of your scarcer friends here ^.^ Hardly any time for reading these days, but I do try. I have a few books marked on here already, however. lol. The ever growing list. x
Thanks for accepting my friendship! I'm reading A Discovery of Witches and I'm enchanted! It's so beautifully written and Diana is smart and strong and sassy and doesn't play damsel in distress which I love and Matthew is dreamy, intelligent and downright delicious! I love all the history and science mixed with the supernatural elements, it's all of my favorite things together, real accurate history and the paranormal! Thank you for writing such a beautiful story, I'm devouring it like Diana devours her books and Matthew devours Diana... I mean science... ;)
Thanks for accepting the friend request. I love A Discovery of Witches - its one of my favourite books! Sooooo excited about Shadow of Night!!!
You're very welcome, Mary! Hope you have a great day, too.Mary wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request.
Have a great day & Happy Reading! =)"
Thanks, Mariana! You even got the correct order: teaching, writing, (then) wine!Deb
Mariana wrote: "thanks for the follow back. I admire all tht you do! Teaching, Writing, and Wine! I look forward to Shadow of Night"
Congratulations on the MA! And thanks for the note. So glad you enjoyed the book.Deb
Felicia wrote: "Thank you for the add!
A friend recommended Discovery of Witches to me, and I love your writing. I just received a M.A. in History, and have also been interested in fiction writing, so I really lo..."
thanks for the follow back. I admire all tht you do! Teaching, Writing, and Wine! I look forward to Shadow of Night
Thank you for the add!A friend recommended Discovery of Witches to me, and I love your writing. I just received a M.A. in History, and have also been interested in fiction writing, so I really look up to you as a writer.
I can't wait for Shadow of Night!
Thank you for such a wonderful book! It had been collecting dust on my shelf for months since I'd purchased it. Then suddenly it seemed to call me on the eve of Halloween. I sat down after work and thought well maybe just a few chapters. As it happened I closed it, completed, the next afternoon without having slept.
It was refreshing and a nice change to read about vampires and witches that had substance beyond their supernatural abilities. I can't wait for the follow up books.
Pamela wrote: "Thank You for add :) I simply love your book (have read it three times already) and all the Friday treats you give us. Can't wait for next year!"
Hopefully those Friday treats will keep us all going until SHADOW comes out! :)
Pamela wrote: "Thank You for add :) I simply love your book (have read it three times already) and all the Friday treats you give us. Can't wait for next year!"
So glad you like the "Friday Treats." Hopefully they'll keep us all going until the summer! :)
Robin wrote: "Thanks for adding me Deborah.After reading The Discovery of Witches you became one of my new favorite authors.Looking forward to the next book."Thank you Robin! I'm looking forward to you all reading it!
Thank You for add :) I simply love your book (have read it three times already) and all the Friday treats you give us. Can't wait for next year!
Thanks for adding me Deborah.After reading The Discovery of Witches you became one of my new favorite authors.Looking forward to the next book.
Amy wrote: "Thanks for the add Deborah! Just to say, you are a fantastic author! :)"Thanks, Amy! Glad you enjoyed the book.
Just finished "A Discovery of Witches" - Thank you for a great story and characters to love. I've just started writing and I hope some day to be able to write a story such as this one!
Caitlyn wrote: "I just saw A Discovery of Witches in the February Indie Next List! I can't wait to see it in hardcover!"The hardcover is BEAUTIFUL!
LuAnn wrote: "I'm only a few chapters into "A Discovery of Witches" and I'm very much enjoying it!"I'm so glad LuAnn. Looking forward to your reactions as you go through!
































































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