Witch's Mark

Emily Grace #3

by Sarah Norkus

Emily Grace and Megan have just about had enough. Their atheist nemesis, Samantha, has graduated from unrelenting verbal abuse to serious pranks. Sam and her boyfriend, Kyle, come within a foot of running down Em and her boyfriend, Josh, in the high school parking lot. An hour before the senior class trip, Sam and her gothic posse trash vehicles belonging to Em, Megan, and Josh. Megan has to be physically restrained as Sam and Kyle board the tour bus to Boston.

On a tour of the home of Rebecca Nurse in Danvers, Massachusetts, one of the accused witches hung during the Salem Witch Trials, Kyle sucker punches Josh. It is game on as Josh retaliates, pummeling Kyle into the ground. Megan and Em watch in shock from the second floor of the homestead. As Em turns to run downstairs to Josh, vertigo hits with a vengeance, and she passes out.

Sent on a journey back through time, Em is shocked to discover Megan has gone back with her. But that shock is nothing compared to her stunned disbelief at finding Sam unconscious at the bottom of the staircase.

In Witch’s Mark, Em, Megan and Sam discover they have traveled back to 1692 during the time of the Salem Witch Trials. One girl is accused of theft and two are accused as witches. Will all three make it back to their time?

244 pages, Paperback

Published May 24, 2016

About the author

Sarah Hackett was born October 11th 1955 in Columbus Ohio. Two weeks later, her parents moved to Lexington Kentucky where she spent her formative years growing up around horses in the Bluegrass state. In 1973, at the age of eighteen, she married her high school sweetheart, Michael Norkus. They have been married for forty one years and raised two daughters. Sarah is a grandmother six times over.
Sarah says that writing is in her blood. Her father was the editor of the harness racing magazine, The Horseman and Fair World, for twenty-five years. Her cousin, Stephen Ambrose, wrote Historical Military books, such as Crazy Horse and Custer and Band of Brothers.
Although she didn’t start writing until she was 48, Sarah is quickly making up for lost time. She has written a creative nonfiction, a literary novel and most recently a historical fiction trilogy set in 17th, 18th and 19th century America.
Sarah is treasurer and past regent of the Colonel John Banister Chapter, National Society Daughters of The American Revolution and vice-president of education for Tricity Toastmasters. She is a member of the Battersea Foundation and American Christian Fiction writers.
Sarah Norkus resides in Virginia with her husband Michael.

Reviews

[Joan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was another good book by Sarah Norkus, although on occasion I did not know who was speaking as conversations ran into each other, and some misspellings. They are little goofs, but I'd be worried that struggling readers would be confused. But I'm glad I have the series and I'd get number 4 if she writes it.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a strange one. Not entirely sure why Sarah chose to have Emily go back in time to the Salem Witch Trials. There wasn't much that could be changed like in the first 2 books. This was an extreme time to have her & her companions travel to. The decision to have Em's best friend stay behind in the past was kind of odd.

[margie strum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Time travel and old salem

I have read Sarah's other books enjoying them all. I truly was mesmerized in this one as I loved the historical background information and know that she tied it all together in such of way that's was entranced