They have spent years hiding their true nature from others, something that provides no small amount of frustration because of how much they want to help others.

Ingrid can tell the future and weave magical knotwork, while Freya can craft potions and charms. Joanna has the power to heal and bring the dead back to life. She and her daughters, Freya and Ingrid, are immortal witches, cursed to spend the rest of their days without the use of their substantial powers due to the family's involvement in the Salem Witch Trials. Joanna Beauchamp has lived off the coast of Long Island for many centuries. Two sequels have been published, Serpent's Kiss (2012) and Winds of Salem (2013).Ī television series adaptation, Witches of East End, debuted October 6, 2013, on Lifetime. She said she wrote it with her Blue Bloods audience in mind because 'many of them will soon be adults' and the book takes place in the same universe as the Blue Bloods series. Witches of East End is de la Cruz's first adult novel.

It was published on June 21, 2011, by Hyperion Books and follows a family of Long Island witches struggling against dark forces conspiring against them.

Chapter 51 : In the Land of the Blind.Witches of East End is a 2011 novel by the author Melissa de la Cruz and the first book in her Beauchamp Family series.

Chapter 37 : The Monster at the End of the World.

Chapter 36 : The Price of Admission, Part Three.

Chapter 33 : The Price of Admission, Part Two.

Chapter 21 : Thank Heaven for Little Girls?.

Chapter 10 : The Most Important Girl in His Life.

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, even her immortality is 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. It was first published on Augand focuses on Freya's return to the 1692 Salem and her family's efforts to bring her back.įreya Beauchamp is trapped in 1692, in Salem of all places, with no recollection of her past. Winds of Salem is the third and final installment of Melissa de la Cruz' Beauchamp Family series.

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