The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

by Alice Hoffman

I didn’t expect Sally to fall in love, and neither did she. She’d had two marriages touched by the family curse, and had no interest in love, but there are some things no one can control. Ian Wright has always been interested in magic and his life’s work The History of Magic is an academic exploration of magic. But what he wants is real life magic. Raised by a mother who has practiced magic, books have also saved Ian’s life when he was on the wrong path. When I discovered that he was born and raised in the same town where Maria Owens, the matriarch of the family, grew up, I knew he was an important part of Sally’s story. He also lives on my favorite street in London, and I hope to see his shop appear there one day.