An Appalachian Story - Granny Witch - Wattpad

An Appalachian Story

Reads 539
Votes 30
Parts 8
Time 2h 3m

Reads 539
Votes 30
Parts 8
Time 2h 3m

It's the year 1890.  Hannah Maxfield is a teenage daughter of an Appalachian Mountain Healing Woman who wishes to follow in her mother's footsteps of offering her isolated and impoverished community medical care through herbs and untraditional remedies.
Edward Nelson is an arrogant new doctor, fresh out of the Philadelphia Medical School, who abides by his Aunt Margaret Thompson's request to come to the Eastern Kentucky settlement and apprentice under her husband, Dr. Henry Thompson. Mrs. Thompson, a former society lady of Philadelphia, herself, secretly hopes Dr. Nelson takes over the practice completely so her husband can retire and rescue her from a state of loneliness.
An Appalchian Story pitches the old against the new, unconventional medicine against proven science and the innocent beauty of a country girl against the refined and educated charms of an aristocratic doctor.All Rights Reserved

Table of contents

8 parts

Sign up to add An Appalachian Story to your library and receive updates

or

Content Guidelines

You may also like

Thyself | #DarkRomance | RomePi™ by iliannabinoche

(EDITING) RomePi™ Webisode Productions brings you Curvy Dark Romance Community Episodes created by Andrea T. aka Ilianna Binoche - nO and found exclusively on Wattpad... for now. 😂😆😎 ⛔️TRIGGER WARNING: This story is MATURE. It contains descriptions of abuse/sexual assault/suicidal thoughts/violence. There are explicit depictions of sexual acts written within the context of this story. If this is offensive or triggering for you, please do not read this story. Thanks.⛔️ #COMPLETED #romancereads2020 #romancereads #lover #CelebrateBlackStories #DISCLAIMER #EDITING #EyesLipsFierce Dr. Lydia Kensington is the daughter any parent would love to call their own. She has a thriving medical practice where her patients and staff receive selfless devotion and careful attention to their needs. Dr. Kensington is the apple of everyone's eyes... well, that is... she is adored by most. Lydia's only flaw is that she has a secret. She knows to keep her lips firmly closed fearing others might find out about the nightmarish existence that she has been hiding from everyone. Find out what happens in this soul-scouring emotional rollercoaster when a white knight named Ryder finds Lydia, the broken Nubian princess who desperately needs to learn... "How can a physician love & heal anyone else until she learns the importance of loving... THYSELF?" A Lightning Romance Novellas™ #InProgress #BWWM #Disclaimer #Diversity

Love Beyond Time by edgarallenyo

Charlotte Campbell is a medical doctor living in California. Her life begins to unravel when her charming husband begins to show his true colors to her. Their marriage quickly turns sour as he begins to physically abuse her. Finally after months and years of suffering, she leaves him. Feeling heartbroken and devastated, she moves away from her friends and the life she had lived for years. Leaving behind her thriving career and turning to her mother's farm. Now living in the Texas countryside hoping this would give her the opportunity to find herself again. To heal and figure out the next chapter in her life. One night taking a moonlit walk through her mother's garden completely alone and distraught, she desperately wished and prayed tearfully, begging for her life to mend. Lost and wandering through the woods, she comes across something that captures her attention. Charlotte is suddenly unknowingly pulled back to the 19th Century with no way of knowing how or why. And more importantly how to get back to her own time. A Tale of Romance Amidst a Time Traveling Forest.

Eye of The Wyvern by madzm3lon

Karissa lived a calm life in South Town with her father, Peter. Upon her mother's death in her teens, she rebuilt herself, and lets her mother live on in her memories. As her 18th birthday approaches, she begins to have strange dreams. Her childhood best friend, Amanda, and their new friend Lorelei from the northern city of Irkah, one day overheard a conversation that will soon change their life forever. Just two days before her birthday, grief sets in when her friends go missing, and she's left without them, not knowing where they could be. On the day of her 18th, she discovers that her eye has changed color. Scared and confused, she confided in her father and Amanda's grandmother, Rhian. They tell her the stories of what is truly happening, what she is. Introduced to the Magic Folk's world and its people, she must follow those who once guided her mother. Professor Chasm and Headmaster Andla offer Karissa guidance and teachings for her newfound life of being one of the Magicks. Now she must find her power so she will be able to defend both Magic and Human lands against their enemies whom threaten all's way of life. Read Eye of the Wyvern to find out more of what happens to Karissa on her journey of adventure, self findings, love, heartbreak and grief. (this is the best way I could put this description without spoiling the whole thing and giving away juicy details :))

The Face in the House by amyschmitty

A twisted tale of death, love, and magic. Enter the mouth of the face in the house... Featured on: "Stranger Summer Reads" (Wattpad Pick)- Summer 2019 Wattpad Homepage - Fall 2019 "Wattpad Classics" - Spring 2020 Rose White's little old house is filled floor-to-ceiling with books, newspapers, and other fragments of a life spent shut in from the outside world. She lived as a stranger to her family, who knew her only as a reclusive, lonely old woman. Only her great-granddaughter, Teddy White, knows that the woman was anything but lonely in that strange old house. At just ten years old, Teddy witnessed an impossible, terrifying magic there--one that changed her life forever. Nearly a decade after that twisted weekend visit, Teddy returns to grandma's house, unsure she can trust her own memory of the place. As she struggles with her newfound independence, she dives deep into the escape, and companionship, the house provides. For the first time she can remember, Teddy feels the warmth of love and security with her makeshift family--But there's a dark presence growing in the house that threatens to take it all away.

The Last Guardian by GiniLeigh

Rory McAllister never knew her grandmother, but when she inherits a remote mountain cottage, she finds herself drawn to the strange, unexplainable pull of the land. Surrounded by ancient woods and whispers of a long-forgotten past, Rory discovers that her family's legacy is bound to something far older-and far more dangerous-than she ever imagined. When she meets a mysterious man in the woods, Rory is forced to confront a hidden world of magic, forbidden bloodlines, and creatures that should not exist. As the line between the human world and the fae begins to blur, Rory's connection to this enigmatic stranger becomes impossible to ignore. But dark forces stir, and Rory must uncover the truth about her lineage before it's too late. In a place where the past and present collide, she may have to choose between the family she never knew and the love she never expected.

The Bird People by WendyyWolfe

In 1600s Virginia, a small colonial village sprang up unceremoniously on the sacred burial grounds of the Native American people it was taken from, the Nottoway. Now, an ancient evil has been awakened in the form of Elementals known as The Bird People and it is suspected that the Nottoway Tribe has cursed the ground in revenge for being encroached upon by colonial settlers. After failed crops, still births, deaths, burnt homes and facing starvation, superstitions run rampant and the townspeople do the only thing they can think of in the late 1600s to appease these angry and destructive spirits. Give them an offering. It is quietly decided by the elders of the community, in an effort to keep these spirits of the bird people at bay, that every woman should give up her first born infant daughter to them. One such young mother cannot bear this resolution much less imagine giving up her only child. In order to keep her only child, a daughter, she makes a baby out of straw and gives that instead, bringing chaos to their puritan village. A cursed girl. The man who loves her. A questionable death. Native American Lore. Elemental Guardians. A village built on sacred burial grounds. What could go wrong? -An ONC Shortlisted Winner- -ONC Ambassadors Pick- MAIN PROMPT No. 56 In a world where humans and magical creatures coexist a detective must solve a murder case that threatens to plunge the two communities into war. **My twist of the prompt is that the 'other community' are Wendigos. Wendigos are similar in effect to Skin-Walkers. Ⓜ️𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 Will include: Paranormal Activity, Ritual Activity, Superstitions, Early American Colonial Life, Native American Lore/Subjects, Descriptions of child birth and death. Maybe some difficult situations.

Down Memory Lane ✓ by sparklingauthoress

Mysteriously transported to her past, soon-to-be college student, Clara Williams, has to find her way back to her own time or get stuck doing high school all over again. ***** Clara never believed that one month could change her entire life. For Clara, everything is riding on starting college in a month. That's when she can escape her parents. When she can finally be her own person. And all she needs to do is survive those final few weeks with them in her grandmother's cabin. Freedom is so close that she can almost taste it. A pity that fate has other plans. After blacking out in the woods, Clara wakes to find herself back in high school. Flung two years into her past and plagued with memory gaps, unanswered questions, and a desperate need to return to her place in her timeline, Clara must discover what's drawn her back here before time runs out. Started - 5th June 2021 Finished - 7th August 2022 Reposted - 14th May 2023

Undying Legacies: Amulet of Blood by SolidBabe

Teagan Monicroff comes from a long line of Monicroff Mages, hero's, and special beings. The Monicroff blood basically entitles her to being perfect and practically famous. Finally, it's time for her to attend Ridgemoor Academy, just like her father and his father and his fathers', fathers', father before her. Each generation of Monicroffs' bested every year they attended, from being top student to saving a magical realm back in the War of Magicals and Naturals some hundred years ago. Now, it's her turn to live up to that legacy, her turn - to be the best, her turn - to leave a mark with her name on it. Her turn to make the Monicroff name proud, and her father. Until she gets sent to the wrong house. All Monicroff's belonged in the Herelds House, not the Seekers . . . She's sent to the Seekers and, and it feels like hell's waiting to swallow her up. To make matters worse, she meets this lonely looking boy in the Corner of the courtyard and finds he's a Seeker too . . . Only he's not as nice and demure as she thought he was. Before long, Teagan must deal with the trials of being a fourteen year old first year Mage with a legacy for a name in the wrong house. This comes with bullying, insecurities, fears of rejection, failing classes, and basically doing everything wrong and butchering the Monicroff name. Just when she thinks it can't get worse. . . She's accused of stealing a magic amulet which could unleash a monster on the world and possible start another war between the Naturals and the Magicals. Also her Father isn't speaking to her. So there's that too. COVER BY @-designdistrict She is worth everything and more!

FLOWERS HEART | COMPLETED ✔️ by Liyaa1306

A Girl with a Heart of a Flower "Precious Eve Wood" a girl with alot of mystery and secrets, adopted by Wood Edwin and his wife Emma. They only had a son named Winter. The sudden news about their father changed their lives completely. He died in the middle of the War. Before his death he planned to move with his family in his favorite city located in Franklin "Sewanee Tennessee" where he found and adopted Precious. Sewanee holds so many secrets and deep history about who Precious really is. Love and friendships will bloom as she'll meet Sky Jackson and get to know about her truth & her real identity. What will happen when Precious starts her new life in Sewanee? And when Precious will engage with her secrets and powers. ⚠️(Please don't copy my work this is my Imagination my very own world that I created when I was 13 years old and Now I have Confidence to share it with you guys) °°°°°°°°°°°° Achievements ❤️ #1 in #teenfiction #5 in #magical love #4 in #teenfantasy #20 in #teenromance #10 in #fantasy #1 in #flowers #21 in #love #25 in #sweetromance #1 in cutelovestory #6 in brotherhood °°°°°°°°°°°°° Thank you so much for reading Flowers Heart. Love Liyaa💜

The Hollow by ianthewaiting

In the deep hollows of post-bellum West Virginia, supernatural secrets become the basis of romance. After her sister elopes with a neighbor, it is up to Mahala to inform her once future brother-in-law of the changes back home. Captain Walker, away in the western territories, had been engaged to Mahala's beautiful sister for years, but after so long the engagement turned cold. Upon Captain Walker's return to the deep hollows of the newly founded West Virginia, Mahala find that her secrets and abilities are not so unusual to the man who could have been her brother-in-law...and could be her own suitor. Mahala finds, however, that Captain Walker's acceptance of Mahala's abilities has much to do with a secret of his own...a dark, dangerous secret. For Adult readers only!

You may also like

Slide 1 of 10

Thyself | #DarkRomance | RomePi™ cover

Love Beyond Time cover

Eye of The Wyvern cover

The Face in the House cover

The Last Guardian cover

The Bird People cover

Down Memory Lane ✓ cover

Undying Legacies: Amulet of Blood cover

FLOWERS HEART | COMPLETED ✔️ cover

The Hollow cover

Thyself | #DarkRomance | RomePi™

(EDITING) RomePi™ Webisode Productions brings you Curvy Dark Romance Community Episodes created by Andrea T. aka Ilianna Binoche - nO and found exclusively on Wattpad... for now. 😂😆😎 ⛔️TRIGGER WARNING: This story is MATURE. It contains descriptions of abuse/sexual assault/suicidal thoughts/violence. There are explicit depictions of sexual acts written within the context of this story. If this is offensive or triggering for you, please do not read this story. Thanks.⛔️ #COMPLETED #romancereads2020 #romancereads #lover #CelebrateBlackStories #DISCLAIMER #EDITING #EyesLipsFierce Dr. Lydia Kensington is the daughter any parent would love to call their own. She has a thriving medical practice where her patients and staff receive selfless devotion and careful attention to their needs. Dr. Kensington is the apple of everyone's eyes... well, that is... she is adored by most. Lydia's only flaw is that she has a secret. She knows to keep her lips firmly closed fearing others might find out about the nightmarish existence that she has been hiding from everyone. Find out what happens in this soul-scouring emotional rollercoaster when a white knight named Ryder finds Lydia, the broken Nubian princess who desperately needs to learn... "How can a physician love & heal anyone else until she learns the importance of loving... THYSELF?" A Lightning Romance Novellas™ #InProgress #BWWM #Disclaimer #Diversity