Emmy Harlow

Emmy Harlow is a young witch who left behind her home in Thistle Grove almost a decade ago. As this novel opens, Emmy is returning for her first visit in about five years. She has matured as a person during this time, though she has completely lost her magical powers. Emmy feels a jolt of magic the moment she crosses the town line. She assumes the feeling is just the presence of magic after she has been away from it for so long. Eventually, Emmy learns that the sudden feeling she had felt is literally the connection she has with the town itself because she is the direct descendant of the town's founding witch, Elias Harlow.

Emmy is intelligent and successful in her chosen field, but she lacks self-confidence. This is the result of growing up in a town that considers the Harlow family to be at...