Ingrid, a healer who could tap into people's lifelines and see the future, began to dole out her spells and charms to any patron with a trying domestic problem, and even gave the mayor's wife a powerful fidelity knot. Helpless against the force of her desire, Freya celebrated her engagement by having a torrid affair with Bran's younger brother, Killian, he of the dark, smoldering good looks and devil-may-care attitude.įollowing Freya's lead of throwing caution to the wind, the witches soon unleashed their full powers-Joanna, whose specialty was recovery and renewal, brought the dead to life. Immortals, the girls returned to life, scarred by the experience and wary of the mortal world, and small-town life continued apace for centuries until the day Freya won the heart of the very handsome and very wealthy philanthropist Bran Gardiner, whose family owned the Fair Haven estate on eponymous Gardiners Island. The law was handed down from the White Council after the Salem witch trials effectively ended the practice of magic in mid-world after Freya and Ingrid were hanged in 1692. The women lived quiet, solitary lives, suppressing their natural talents in adherence to the Restriction of Magical Powers. Blond and brainy, thirty-something Ingrid was the local librarian, while barely-out-of-her-teens Freya was the wildest bartender who had ever mixed drinks at the North Inn's bar.

In a rambling colonial house in a little elusive town by the sea on Long Island's northern and easternmost tip, a silver-haired witch named Joanna Beauchamp lived with her two daughters, Ingrid and Freya. Moving between past and present, with dizzying plot twists and page-turning suspense, Winds of Salem is sure to bewitch fans old and new. When Ingrid bumps into an old flame, she finds that her new love for Detective Matt Noble is in doubt.

Joanna and Norm consult the Oracle for advice, and Freddie and his pixie allies search for a missing totem that could reopen the passages of time and help bring his sister home. Meanwhile, twenty-first-century North Hampton has its own snares. If Freya is caught using magic, she will be forced to relive the witch trials, and this time, her immortality will be in question. When little Annie Putnam is one of the first to make accusations of witchcraft, her landowner father jumps at the opportunity to consolidate his power and expand his holdings in Puritan Salem Town. Not to mention the immediate threat she faces from the wealthy and influential Putnam family. This is not good news for a twenty-first-century witch. A powerful enemy spell has sent her spiraling away so that she is separated by centuries from her mother, Joanna, and sister, Ingrid. From the bestselling author of the Blue Bloods and The Descendants series comes the third installment in the fantastical Witches of East End series.įreya Beauchamp is trapped in 1692, in Salem of all places, with no recollection of her past.

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