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“She’d swapped one life for another because of love. Because of what had happened all those decades ago in New Orleans….And love was why she’d had to tell them her story…all of it, from the beginning. She’d held on to these words for years, stuck in her head, unsure how to share them, and now, she’d finally set them free.” Augusta Montrose from Diane Marie Brown's Black Candle Women Pie Lady Books, a billion percent agree regarding the audiobook available on @librofm. Bahani killed it! We have signed hardcovers of Black Candle Women signed by Diane Marie Brown in stock. Link in bio: @SistahScifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown. Better yet, check it out from your favorite #library. Today, we highlight @NOLALibrary. Check out Black Candle Women Book Club on Sistah Scifi's @TikTok! Reposted @diane_marie_brown How beautiful is this? Posted @withregram • @pieladybooks . I absolutely loved this book! I fell so in love with the Montrose women and their journey to break the curse that had held them back for generations.✨ . Each of these women have such a clear personality that you feel as if you know them all as dear friends by the time you’re finished reading the book. Their journey to break the curse that had prevented them love was interwoven with magic and humor, and each individual journey full of strength, and healing, and hard-won truths.✨ . I was so captivated by this story that I actually missed these women when the story was done. And it was such an honor to get to meet Diane Marie Brown at the @readwithjenna 4th Anniversary Party and tell her how much I loved and missed these incredible women she had crafted.✨ . I also want to say that the audiobook narration done by Bahni Turpin ( @prospertunia ) is absolutely incredible! Bahni Turpin is one of my go-to narrators and she captured each of these women so well.✨ . Thank you, @diane_marie_brown for writing this story and sharing these women with us! And thank you, @jennabhager for picking this magical story for the March @readwithjenna pick!✨ . . . . . #blackcandlewomen #dianemariebrown #readwithjenna #SistahScifi #BookClub (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8IwIXvFNy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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We been telling yall that Black Candle Women is good and #AvaDuVernay agrees!! You get hardcover editions signed by #DianeMarieBrown from us. Link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown Better yet, check it out from your local #library such as @nolalibrary or @lbcitylibrary! Reposted @diane_marie_brown Yes--THAT Ava. I'm so blessed that super talented, iconic, game changer, dreamer, fighter, patron, and inspiration that is @ava read Black Candle Women and provided a quote, is noted on the cover. So grateful. So happy. (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp1hQpUO0dh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Did you catch our Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday last week with guest @diane_marie_brown discussing her debut novel Black Candle Women? Like Hope, we also give the book 5 candles, hehe. We will start a month long Sistah Scifi Asynchronous @tiktok Book Club discussion later today! We have hard-cover editions of Black Candle Women signed by the author in stock. Link in bio: @sistah_scifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown. This title is also available at your local #library!! Today we choose @NOLALibrary and @LBCityLibrary! Reposted @littlehopebigworld 🖤🕯️💜 “Black Candle Women” by @dianemariebrown is a multi-generational story of a family of women living with the circumstances and consequences of both a curse placed on them in 1950s New Orleans, and of their own actions. This novel closely follows Augusta, Madelyn, Victoria, Willow, and Nickie Montrose as their lives get turned on their heads after the youngest Montrose woman, Nickie, begins to show feelings for a young boy in her class. Her feelings send the rest of the women into a tizzy because the decades-old curse, which was placed specifically on the women in their family, greets anyone they fall in love with an untimely death. This novel is my first 5-star read of 2023. As I delved into the story, I quickly fell in love with each of the characters, flaws and all, and found myself attached to their stories as if I knew the women personally. With strong writing, essential character development, and rich descriptions of people and places, @dianemariebrown has woven a beautiful, complicated story that centers on the very core of family and relationships between women. Here, I describe a few of the main themes that I found integral to the story. Thank you SO MUCH to @hearourvoicestours @diane_marie_brown and @netgalley for this ARC and the chance to be an early reader of such an incredible story! #BlackCandleWomen #HearOurVoices #HOV #DianeMarieBrown @harpercollins @harlequinbooks (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpu_a1YLVVZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Our second guest for #WomensHistoryMonth is Diane Marie Brown discussing Black Candle Women!! Swipe left to learn more. Registration and purchase link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com. We are soooooo excited 😊 🤗 🤪! Reposted @kbookwriter As a first-time author I have been so fortunate to connect with and form friendships with other debut authors. This means that I sometimes get sneak peeks of their books! I’m so excited to highlight this upcoming one, BLACK CANDLE WOMEN, by my friend @diane_marie_brown. It hits shelves Feb 28th! A family of women with old New Orleans ties and a penchant for Hoodoo. A rumored family curse that threatens any romantic interest. Many, many secrets. Black Candle Women is a captivating and utterly imaginative novel that follows four Montrose women, all of whom are trying to find their way in life and love in California while occasionally turning to Hoodoo to assist with their endeavors. #blackcandlewomen #dianemariebrown #graydonhousebooks #debutauthors #voodoo #hoodoo #23debuts #2023debuts #SistahScifi @graydonhousebooks @harpercollins (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgRAAuPWH-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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We are so excited for Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday in 2023 on @instagram live!!!! On March 8, we will have @isisasare in conversation with @diane_marie_brown discussing Black Candle Women. Registration link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com. Reposted from @diane_marie_brown This cover! It brilliantly and beautifully captures the soul of #BlackCandleWomen - four generations of women who live in the grips of a curse that kills those they love. Many thanks to the artist @bokiba____ for this spellbinding creation that continues to captivate me. I'm finally sharing a few of the blurbs for Black Candle Women. These first two are from a pair of remarkably talented writers. @carolynkhuynh author of The Fortunes of Jaded Women takes readers on a lively journey with a multigenerational family of Vietnamese women, told by a psychic that they will experience a death, a marriage, and a pregnancy all in one year. @cleyvisnatera's Neruda on the Park is a nuanced and complex story about the decisions taken by members of a Dominican family as they contend with classism, gentrification, and their own sacrifices. @graydonhousebooks @harpercollins @htpbooks @thedebball #BlackCandleWomen #2023Debuts #DianeMarieBrown #SistahScifi #debut #23debut #2023debut #bookdebut #februarybooks #debutauthor #debball (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnUlD7sJ6T-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[NEWSFLASH] Black Candle Women to be adapted for television! Carla Banks Waddles (of @belairpeacock) will executive produce and write the series for @universaltv

Congratulations, Diane!!!! We can't wait to see Willow, Victoria, Nikki, and Augusta on the screen!!

You can still grab first run hardcover editions of Black Candle Women signed by Diane Marie Brown. Link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown. Audiobook available from @librofm.

Better yet, check it out from your local #library.

Reposted @diane_marie_brown I wrote Black Candle Women never imagining that it could have a life beyond the pages. But gosh, how incredible to see these women on the screen! And in partnership with such creative and talented folks.

@cmwaddles

@htpbooks

#SistahScifi #blackcandlewomen #DianeMarieBrown #carlabankswaddles

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Buying holiday gifts for the nerdy reader in you life?? Check out our IN STOCK collection of signed books for book lovers of all ages!!!!! 👉🏿

Black Candle Women

Signed by author @diane_marie_brown

@graydonhousebooks

🔥A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women, a family curse, and one very complicated year of heartache, miscommunication, and learning to let go.

To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols And Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights

Signed by @angeladalton_author Illustrator @bylaurensemmer

@harpercollins

🔥Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures and Mae Among the Stars! To Boldly Go tells the true story of Nichelle Nichols and how she used her platform on Star Trek to inspire and recruit a new generation of diverse astronauts and many others in the space and STEM fields.

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts signed by Dr. Rebecca Hall

@dr.rebhall

@hugom_art_inez

@simonandschuster

🔥Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall’s efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record.

The Monsters We Defy signed by Leslye Penelope

@redhookbooks

@hachetteus

@lesylepenelope

🔥 Set in 1920s Washington DC, "this smart and entertaining, magical heist novel hits all the right notes!" ―T.L. Huchu

#SistahScifi #SignedBooks #Wake #TheHiddenHistoryofWomenLedSlaveRevolts #TheMonsterWeDefy #ToBoldlyGo #BlackCandleWomen #DianeMarieBrown #LeslyePenelope #AngelaDalton

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Black Candle Women: A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women.

Signed by author @diane_marie_brown, @graydonhousebooks https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown

#SistahScifi #SignedBooks #DianeMarieBrown #BlackCandleWomen

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Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday Throwback!🤩

@isisasare joined by @diane_marie_brown to discuss her book Black Candle Women. In this clip, Diane Marie Brown answers the questions "Which Montrose woman reminds her the most of herself?"

Have you read Black Candle Women? Which Montrose woman is most like you?

🕯Synopsis:

A warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about four generations of Black women, a family curse, and one very complicated year of heartache, miscommunication, and learning to let go.

Reviews

“Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder.” —@Ava DuVernay

“Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists.”

—Sadeqa Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of Yellow Wife and The House of Eve

Grab a SIGNED copy now!

Link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/the-lies-of-the-ajungo-book-1-the-forever-desert-series-by-moses-ose-utomi. Better yet, check it out from your local #library.

Check out the whole video here https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqk9svkIhWi/

@graydonhousebooks

#BlackCandleWomen #2023Debuts #DianeMarieBrown #SistahScifi #debut #23debut #bookdebut #debutauthor #debball #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #sistahscifiwinedownwednesdaythrowback

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Laneisha, your nails are truly giving!!!

So happy to that you enjoyed Black Candle Women!! Willow is also our favorite.....who would you cast to play her? Yes, there is a Sistah Scifi fancast in the works!!

@SistahScifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown

Reposted @fatgirlreads_ “Black Candle Women” x Diane Marie Brown

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Excited that I’ve finally gotten around to this ARC I won in a giveaway from @diane_marie_brown! 💜 Only 6 chapters in, and I’m really enjoying it so far. Willow is my fav Montrose woman!

It was interesting to see all the different permutations of hoodoo and voodoo. But don't get it twisted, the Montrose women aren't Black witches! @Ava Duvernay blurded the book saying, "I was completely and gladly under Ms. Brown’s spell.”

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#SistahScifi #blackcandlewomen #dianemariebrown #graydonhousepublishing #BlackWitches #Hoodoo #Voodoo #AvaDuvernay 

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"Some folks struggled disproportionately, carrying things that others couldn't even lift." Diane Marie Brown, Black Candle Women.

Fallon, we love your thoughts on Brown’s debut novel!!

Link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown. Better yet, check it out from your local library!!

Reposted @thisbrownegirlreads

Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown.

Book 📚 Thoughts

by Fallon Vaughn.

🕯️ Black Candle Woman spoke to many generations of women who oftentimes had to shy away from their gifts in order to survive to live and love another day. It spoke to my lineage, and that of every descendant of my blood who has reached beyond the normal confines of what is right and what is wrong, for what is real.

🕯️I enjoyed reading this story and found myself wanting more and more from the characters. The story briefly touches on the magic that the women possess, and left me wanting to dive deeper and deeper into the forbidden book that held all the remedies and ritual. The author did a wonderful job of laying out the city and making New Orleans as much of a character as the women in the story. It was a very easy read that satisfied my craving for something authentic. I cannot wait for the television adaptation!

#SistahScifi #blackcandlewomen #DianeMarieBrown #neworleans #TelevisionAdaption

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“Propulsive and poignant, Black Candle Women concocts an intoxicating potion of warmth, wisdom, and wonder. I was completely and gladly under Ms. Brown’s spell.” — Ava DuVernay

When Ava blurbs a novel you know an adaption is coming!! Universal Television is developing a series adaptation of Diane Marie Brown’s debut novel. The adaption will be helmed by Bel-Air showrunner Carla Banks Waddles.

We have hardcover editions signed by Diane Marie Brown: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown. Better yet, check it out from your local #library!

Reposted @_shebereadin We are taken on a journey with Augusta, Victoria, Willow, and Nicole Montrose as they navigate through life with a family curse that takes the lives of the people they fall in love with. Some of them believe in this curse deeply while others see it as a myth. As time goes on, we learn more about the curse and the origins of which it came about dating back to 1950s New Orleans. This tale is told from the different points of view of the Montrose women as they uncover family secrets throughout the novel. 

I want to acknowledge how BEAUTIFULLY STUNNING this cover is. I love the melanated representation along with the gorgeous detail of the women I read about. I enjoyed getting to know each of the women’s different personalities especially while living under the same roof! I liked learning how this curse affected their lives from Nickie, the love struck, teenage great granddaughter to the free spirited, passionate Willow. If you like a feel good, family-oriented read, this is the book for you!

#BlackCandleWomen #AvaDuVernay #DianeMarieBrown #SistahScifi #SeriesAdaptions #BlackWitches #SistahScifi #NewOrleans 

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@DianeMarieBrown

@belairpeacock

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Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday Throwback with @diane_marie_brown discussing Black Candle Women

✨About Black Candle Women

"Generations of Montrose women—Augusta, Victoria, Willow—have lived together in their quaint two-story bungalow in California for years. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them.

But when seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray. For the other women have been withholding a secret from Nickie that will end her relationship before it’s even begun: the decades-old family curse that any person they fall in love with dies."

🔥Review “Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists.”

—Sadeqa Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of Yellow Wife and The House of Eve

Watch the full video here

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqk9svkIhWi/

We have hardcover editions signed by Diane Marie Brown @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown. Better yet, check it out from your local #library

#SistahScifi #blackcandlewomen #dianemariebrown #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday #winedownwednesdaythrowback #throwbackreel #reels #livereel #sistahscifiwinedownwednesdaythrowback #SadeqaJohnson, #YellowWife #TheHouseofEve

Reposted @readingwithtyann I just love this cover!!!! Black Candle Women by @diane_marie_brown Can’t wait to get started!!!!

@SadeqaSays @GraydonHouseBooks

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Salena!!! Yes, we read and really enjoyed Black Candle Women....check out our @instagram live with Diane Marie Brown! Conjure Women is definitely on our radar! And though the time periods are very different, there are a lot of similarities to Black Candle Women and Conjure Women! Also, we are 100% here for #blackwitches. 

If you are looking to get your hands on these books, we are in stock! Link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com. Better yet, be like Salena and check them out from your local library!

Reposted @lit_eraryqueen Another day, another #Library trip 📚📚

Today's Picks:

📚#BlackCandleWomen

📚#ConjureWomen 

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@isisasare, the founder of Sistah Scifi, was joined by @diane_marie_brown to discuss her book Black Candle Women in this throwback Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday! In the segment, Isis and Diane discuss the inspiration for Black Candle Women.

Synopsis:🤩 Generations of Montrose women—Augusta, Victoria, Willow—have lived together in their quaint two-story bungalow in California for years. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them.

Check out the whole video on @sistahscifi instagram page! We have hardcover editions signed by Diane Marie Brown in stock: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown.

@graydonhousebooks @harpercollins @htpbooks

#BlackCandleWomen #DianeMarieBrown #SistahScifi #sistahscifiwinedownwednesday

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Kim!! (aka NovelSistah) you got Black candles, Black books, Black songs....you have us sounding like @Solange in her song #Almeda, hehe. We are so here for it!!

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Black skin, Black braids

Black waves, Black days

Black baes, Black things

These are Black-owned things

Black faith still can't be washed away

Not even in that Florida water

Not even in that Florida water

In that Florida water

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Swipe left to check out @NovelSistah 's Black Candle Women inspired playlist. Let us know what songs you would add in the comments!

If you haven't read Black Candle Women by @Diane_Marie_Brown, we are in stock! Link in bio: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-black-candle-women-by-diane-marie-brown. Better yet, check it out from your local #library! Today we highlight @lbcitylibrary!

Reposted @novelsistah 📚Book Tour📚

Family drama, age old curse, magic...you definitely want to give "Black Candle Women" by Diane Marie Brown a try.

For my tour stop I created a playlist and featured several Black Candle Women that are doing the damn thing.

Thank you @hearourvoicestours

for hosting this tour. Thank you @GraydonHouse for sending me this advanced copy.

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For the playlist, it was all about mood a feeling for me. I recommend that you listen in order to get a feel of where I was going.

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As for the chandlers, I have candles featured by @isabisllc , @litmoodscandleco , and @eighteen65.us . Follow these women and buy a candle or 4.

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Link to playlist in bio: @novelsistah

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#BlackCandleWomen #HearOurVoices #HOV #bookstagram #bipocbookstagram #blackbookstagram #ohioisbooked #blackbookstagrammer #bookstagrammer #bipocbookstagrammer #novelsistah #DianeMarieBrown #SistahScifi #BlackWitches