
Family Alchemy: A Magical Legacy
A Hillendale Novel, Book 1
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Buy for $19.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Karla Brandenburg
About this listen
Eighteen-year-old Brynn Taylor eagerly heads for college, ready to escape the aunt and uncle, who resented being saddled with their orphaned niece. Her excitement to be on her own quickly turns to dismay when a hit-and-run accident totals her car, she discovers her aunt has stolen her college fund, and her credit card is maxed out.
Stranded in a throwback Wisconsin town, Brynn meets an aunt she didn’t know she had. With nowhere else to turn, Brynn reluctantly accepts her newfound Aunt Nora’s offer for temporary room and board. Rumors abound, and Brynn fears her aunt might be a witch—and that Brynn herself might share this unexpected family legacy. Are the goods made from Nora’s garden—the ones she sells in her gift shop—more than herbal remedies and homemade bath products?
Brynn finds in Nora the family she’s been missing since her parents died and allows Nora to teach her the art of alchemy passed down from one generation to the next. But past sins catch up to both Brynn and Nora, threatening their relationship and their lives.
©2020 Karla Lang (P)2022 Karla LangListeners also enjoyed...
-
Nine Lives Magic Mysteries Boxed Set
- Books 1-3
- By: Danielle Garrett
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
My life was going just fine by most standards. I ran a successful business in a tight-knit magical community, and lived just blocks from a beautiful lake and series of hiking trails. Then Selene showed up. According to some magical code I inherit my aunt's ancient familiar; a grumpy ten-pound cat with a broken filter. She fancies herself something of a saber-toothed tiger, and claims to have wrestled the thread of her ninth life from the hands of the Fates themselves—although, I'm pretty sure that last part isn't true. Almost positive.
-
-
A great cozy mystery series with some good humor!
- By Smile on 10-10-23
By: Danielle Garrett
-
Spells & Caramels Magical Mysteries: The Complete Series
- By: Erin Johnson
- Narrated by: Hannah Somerville
- Length: 63 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twenty-nine-year-old Imogen Banks is hashtag struggling. After a disaster ends her career, destroys her home, and burns up all the money she’s saved to open her own bakery, she enters a baking contest for an all-or-nothing last-ditch chance at getting her life together. But when she arrives at the mysterious island off the coast of France, she discovers all the inhabitants of the quaint town are magical, and if she wins the contest, she’ll become the next royal baker at the castle on top of the hill. No worries that the last royal baker appears to have been murdered.
-
-
Loved it, but..
- By Sy on 01-23-23
By: Erin Johnson
-
Epitaph
- The Epitaph Series, Book 1
- By: Karla Brandenburg
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A dead girl's cry for justice. A serial killer on the loose. Not your typical first date. "Crazy Amy" Benson has an unusual talent for hearing epitaphs as the dead pass on. The men she dates who aren't unnerved by her ability are usually scared off by Amy's brothers. When reporter Kevin McCormick shows up to do a story at the cemetery, Amy tells him his dead sister is calling for justice, except Kevin's sister died in an accident.
-
-
Amazing supernatural/romantic suspense!
- By Jocelyne on 05-18-20
-
Cozy Witch Mysteries: Special Edition Box Set of 8 Books
- Angela Pepper Box Sets and Bundles
- By: Angela Pepper
- Narrated by: Tiffany Williams, Rosemary Benson
- Length: 77 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A small town with big secrets. A neighbor who bites. Plus a house with a mind of its own. Welcome to Wisteria.
-
-
Tech Problems
- By KKH on 06-29-23
By: Angela Pepper
-
Pet Psychic Magical Mysteries: The Complete Series
- Books 1-8
- By: Erin Johnson
- Narrated by: Hannah Somerville
- Length: 35 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jolene Hartgrave, here! I went from being a top dog lawyer to a hangdog pet psychic in the ruff part of town, all thanks to a pesky curse that gave me the gift of gabbing with animals. But my luck is finally looking up. I’ve teamed up with a hottie police officer and his snarky, lie-sniffing German shepherd to catch criminals. From a murdered fashion icon spinning a web of lies to the killed curator of an occult museum, I’m doggedly helping the police bring the bad guys to justice.
-
-
FUN SERIES!!! And WHAT AN AMAZING NARRATOR!!!
- By Nadine Vrijhof on 04-24-23
By: Erin Johnson
-
Torrent Witches Cozy Mysteries Complete Box Set: Books 1-10
- By: Tess Lake
- Narrated by: Natalie Duke
- Length: 65 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Meet Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip Witch and her crazy witch family in this ten-book cozy mystery box set.
-
-
alright.
- By Rachel Marie on 11-12-22
By: Tess Lake
-
Nine Lives Magic Mysteries Boxed Set
- Books 1-3
- By: Danielle Garrett
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
My life was going just fine by most standards. I ran a successful business in a tight-knit magical community, and lived just blocks from a beautiful lake and series of hiking trails. Then Selene showed up. According to some magical code I inherit my aunt's ancient familiar; a grumpy ten-pound cat with a broken filter. She fancies herself something of a saber-toothed tiger, and claims to have wrestled the thread of her ninth life from the hands of the Fates themselves—although, I'm pretty sure that last part isn't true. Almost positive.
-
-
A great cozy mystery series with some good humor!
- By Smile on 10-10-23
By: Danielle Garrett
-
Spells & Caramels Magical Mysteries: The Complete Series
- By: Erin Johnson
- Narrated by: Hannah Somerville
- Length: 63 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twenty-nine-year-old Imogen Banks is hashtag struggling. After a disaster ends her career, destroys her home, and burns up all the money she’s saved to open her own bakery, she enters a baking contest for an all-or-nothing last-ditch chance at getting her life together. But when she arrives at the mysterious island off the coast of France, she discovers all the inhabitants of the quaint town are magical, and if she wins the contest, she’ll become the next royal baker at the castle on top of the hill. No worries that the last royal baker appears to have been murdered.
-
-
Loved it, but..
- By Sy on 01-23-23
By: Erin Johnson
-
Epitaph
- The Epitaph Series, Book 1
- By: Karla Brandenburg
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A dead girl's cry for justice. A serial killer on the loose. Not your typical first date. "Crazy Amy" Benson has an unusual talent for hearing epitaphs as the dead pass on. The men she dates who aren't unnerved by her ability are usually scared off by Amy's brothers. When reporter Kevin McCormick shows up to do a story at the cemetery, Amy tells him his dead sister is calling for justice, except Kevin's sister died in an accident.
-
-
Amazing supernatural/romantic suspense!
- By Jocelyne on 05-18-20
-
Cozy Witch Mysteries: Special Edition Box Set of 8 Books
- Angela Pepper Box Sets and Bundles
- By: Angela Pepper
- Narrated by: Tiffany Williams, Rosemary Benson
- Length: 77 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A small town with big secrets. A neighbor who bites. Plus a house with a mind of its own. Welcome to Wisteria.
-
-
Tech Problems
- By KKH on 06-29-23
By: Angela Pepper
-
Pet Psychic Magical Mysteries: The Complete Series
- Books 1-8
- By: Erin Johnson
- Narrated by: Hannah Somerville
- Length: 35 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jolene Hartgrave, here! I went from being a top dog lawyer to a hangdog pet psychic in the ruff part of town, all thanks to a pesky curse that gave me the gift of gabbing with animals. But my luck is finally looking up. I’ve teamed up with a hottie police officer and his snarky, lie-sniffing German shepherd to catch criminals. From a murdered fashion icon spinning a web of lies to the killed curator of an occult museum, I’m doggedly helping the police bring the bad guys to justice.
-
-
FUN SERIES!!! And WHAT AN AMAZING NARRATOR!!!
- By Nadine Vrijhof on 04-24-23
By: Erin Johnson
-
Torrent Witches Cozy Mysteries Complete Box Set: Books 1-10
- By: Tess Lake
- Narrated by: Natalie Duke
- Length: 65 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Meet Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip Witch and her crazy witch family in this ten-book cozy mystery box set.
-
-
alright.
- By Rachel Marie on 11-12-22
By: Tess Lake
-
Midlife in Mosswood Series
- #1, New Witch on the Block
- By: Louisa West
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Rosemary Bell just wants to live a quiet, happy life and raise her daughter as far away from her toxic ex-husband as she can get. But when they move into a decrepit cottage in the woods of Mosswood, Georgia, Rosie realizes her life will never be simple.A gang of meddling neighborhood do-gooders want to run her out of town. The vicious laundromat machines keep eating her spare change. And to top it all off, strange things keep happening around Rosie when she least expects it....
-
-
New witch
- By Shoe Monger on 03-15-21
By: Louisa West
-
All Hallows Eve
- Book of Shadows, Book 1
- By: Michael Penning
- Narrated by: Stacey Devonport
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Alice's husband disappears while investigating a series of strange and terrible incidents in the bustling seaport of Salem, she is forced to bring her young daughter, Abigail, along from Boston while she takes up the search. But she soon learns of a terrible curse that has the entire town bracing for nightfall: One hundred years after the infamous witch trials, the vengeful spirit of a woman hanged for witchcraft will rise from hell to claim the souls of Salem's children.
-
-
A fun classic Halloween Story
- By Colton on 10-07-24
By: Michael Penning
-
Tardy Bells and Witches' Spells
- Womby's School for Wayward Witches, Book 1
- By: Sarina Dorie
- Narrated by: Teralyn Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nerdy high school outcast Clarissa Lawrence has always felt like she didn’t belong in this world. More than anything, she wants magic to be real, and not just because she’s obsessed with Harry Potter or tries to go to Narnia by reading fantasy novels in her wardrobe. Yet, when she stumbles upon real magic, and fairy tales come true, she doesn’t expect to be the evil villain in her own story. Clarissa learns she’s descended from an evil witch and is destined to kill her older sister.
-
-
Fabulous
- By Amanda warren on 03-04-21
By: Sarina Dorie
-
Into the Dread Void
- The Dread Void, Book 1
- By: Abe Moss
- Narrated by: Gill Mills
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nell Parrish never thought she’d meet a family like the Palmers — kind, attentive, accepting, they’re every foster child’s dream. But when a dark storm looms over their summer cabin one fateful weekend, and an eerie light emerges from the woods outside their door, Nell’s hope of a forever family is gripped by a waking nightmare as they soon find themselves targets of a cold, otherworldly killer.
-
-
Yawn! I am over 2 hrs in and dull as dirt
- By Mike Leeling on 11-13-21
By: Abe Moss
-
Qualify
- Atlantis Grail Series, Book 1
- By: Vera Nazarian
- Narrated by: Sofia Willingham
- Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
You have two options. You die, or you Qualify. Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family. If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high-tech luxuries, and full privileges of Atlantis citizenship. And if you are in the Top 10, then all your wildest wishes are granted...such as curing your mother's cancer. There is only one problem. Gwen Lark is known as a klutz and a nerd.
-
-
Not For Me
- By kristal on 12-11-19
By: Vera Nazarian
-
Wildwood Whispers
- By: Willa Reece
- Narrated by: Kamali Minter, Grace Rolek, Andrew Kishino
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At the age of 11, Mel Smith’s life found its purpose when she met Sarah Ross. Ten years later, Sarah’s sudden death threatens to break her. To fulfill a final promise to her best friend, Mel travels to an idyllic small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. Yet Morgan’s Gap is more than a land of morning mists and deep forest shadows.
-
-
The best book I have heard all year
- By D. Fleming on 10-20-21
By: Willa Reece
-
The Masterpiece
- By: Francine Rivers
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want - money, women, fame. Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The demons of Roman's past seem to echo through the halls of his empty mansion and out across his breathtaking Topanga Canyon view. But Grace doesn't know how her boss secretly wrestles with those demons: by tagging buildings as the Bird, a notorious but unidentified graffiti artist - an alter ego that could destroy his career and land him in prison.
-
-
Did not realize this was religious....
- By Amanda on 05-08-18
By: Francine Rivers
-
Gypsy Magic
- A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel
- By: J.R. Rain, H.P. Mallory
- Narrated by: Kelley Huston
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Welcome to Haven Hollow, a town of monsters. After dating a string of losers and banishing a poltergeist, I packed up my Los Angeles life and my 11-year-old son, and moved...to a town in Oregon with a population of 680. Well, 682 now. Culture shock anyone? Ahem, never mind that.... New starts can happen anywhere, right? I hope so, because I need to start the next chapter of my 43-year life pronto. So, why Haven Hollow? For one reason - there aren’t any witches here. And a witch can make a gypsy’s life...complicated. Oh, right, I’ve put the cart before the horse.
-
-
Gypsy Magic and Good Ole Monsters
- By Michelle Bever Books on 07-19-21
By: J.R. Rain, and others
-
Buried Magic
- White Haven Witches, Book 1
- By: TJ Green
- Narrated by: Janine Haynes
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
White Haven has a history of witchcraft, but the locals don't know that there are real witches living among them, and Avery is one of them. When she has a forbidding premonition and finds a series of clues all hinting at the mysterious past of her hometown, perched on the Cornish coast, Avery realizes that the witches are missing a vital part of their history.
-
-
DNF
- By Tonya Johansson on 04-24-23
By: TJ Green
-
The Secret, Book & Scone Society
- Booktrack Edition
- By: Ellery Adams
- Narrated by: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Miracle Springs is a place of healing. Strangers flock there hoping the natural hot springs, five-star cuisine, and renowned spa can cure their ills. And, if none of that works, they often find their way to Miracle Books, where, over a fresh-baked scone from the Gingerbread House bakery, they exchange their stories with owner Nora Pennington in return for a carefully chosen book. That's Nora's special talent. But when a visiting businessman reaches out to Nora for guidance, he's found dead on the train tracks before he can keep their appointment.
-
-
Music?
- By Brinkley on 12-29-18
By: Ellery Adams
-
Brownies and Broomsticks
- A Magical Bakery Mystery, Book 1
- By: Bailey Cates
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Katie Lightfoot's tired of loafing around as the assistant manager of an Ohio bakery. So when her aunt Lucy and uncle Ben open a bakery in Savannah's quaint downtown district and ask Katie to join them, she enthusiastically agrees. While working at the Honeybee Bakery - named after Lucy's cat - Katie notices that her aunt is adding mysterious herbs to her recipes. Turns out these herbal enhancements aren't just tasty - Aunt Lucy is a witch and her recipes are actually spells!
-
-
A Little Mystery with your Magic
- By Kathryn on 03-28-13
By: Bailey Cates
-
It Began with a Lie
- Secrets of Redemption, Book 1
- By: Michele PW - Pariza Wacek
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A fresh start. That's what Becca hoped the move from New York to Redemption, Wisconsin would be for her troubled family. A way to get her crumbling marriage back on track, and to bond with her difficult 16-year-old stepdaughter. But instead of a new beginning, Becca is thrust into a mysterious past she barely remembers. A past that includes the complications of interacting with her old teenage crush, Daniel, as well as living in her aunt's old house. A house with a violent past. A house the locals swear is haunted.
-
-
Weak main character made difficult to enjoy
- By Kat from VA on 06-02-20