Shea Ernshaw

Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge—and how love may be the only thing powerful enough to stop them. Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow… Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them under. Like many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year, on the eve of the sisters’ return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives; unaware of the danger he has just stumbled into. Mistrust and lies spread quickly through the salty, rain-soaked streets. The townspeople turn against one another. Penny and Bo suspect each other of hiding secrets. And death comes swiftly to those who cannot resist the call of the sisters. But only Penny sees what others cannot. And she will be forced to save Bo, or save herself.

Travis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Hired by families as a last resort, he requires only a single object to find the person who has vanished. When he takes on the case of Maggie St. James—a well-known author of dark, macabre children’s books—he’s led to a place many believed to be only a legend. Called "Pastoral," this reclusive community was founded in the 1970s by like-minded people searching for a simpler way of life. By all accounts, the commune shouldn’t exist anymore and soon after Travis stumbles upon it… he disappears. Just like Maggie St. James. Years later, Theo, a lifelong member of Pastoral, discovers Travis’s abandoned truck beyond the border of the community. No one is allowed in or out, not when there’s a risk of bringing a disease—rot—into Pastoral. Unraveling the mystery of what happened reveals secrets that Theo, his wife, Calla, and her sister, Bee, keep from one another. Secrets that prove their perfect, isolated world isn’t as safe as they believed—and that darkness takes many forms. Hauntingly beautiful, hypnotic, and bewitching, A History of Wild Places is a story about fairy tales, our fear of the dark, and losing yourself within the wilderness of your mind.

Be careful of the dark, dark wood… Especially the woods surrounding the town of Fir Haven. Some say these woods are magical. Haunted, even. Rumored to be a witch, only Nora Walker knows the truth. She and the Walker women before her have always shared a special connection with the woods. And it’s this special connection that leads Nora to Oliver Huntsman—the same boy who disappeared from the Camp for Wayward Boys weeks ago—and in the middle of the worst snowstorm in years. He should be dead, but here he is alive, and left in the woods with no memory of the time he’d been missing. But Nora can feel an uneasy shift in the woods at Oliver’s presence. And it’s not too long after that Nora realizes she has no choice but to unearth the truth behind how the boy she has come to care so deeply about survived his time in the forest, and what led him there in the first place. What Nora doesn’t know, though, is that Oliver has secrets of his own—secrets he’ll do anything to keep buried, because as it turns out, he wasn’t the only one to have gone missing on that fateful night all those weeks ago. For as long as there have been fairy tales, we have been warned to fear what lies within the dark, dark woods and in Winterwood, New York Times bestselling author Shea Ernshaw, shows us why. From New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep comes a haunting romance perfect for fans of Practical Magic, where dark fairy tales and enchanted folklore collide after a boy, believed to be missing, emerges from the magical woods—and falls in love with the witch determined to unravel his secrets.

If magic lives anywhere, it’s in the stars… Vega has lived in the valley her whole life—forbidden by her mother to leave the safety of its borders because of the unknown threats waiting for her in the wilds beyond. But after her mother dies, and Vega sees the fabled twin stars in the sky, it’s an omen she can no longer ignore, forcing her to leave the protective boundaries of the valley. But the outside world turns out to be much more terrifying than Vega could have imagined. People are gravely sick—they lose their eyesight and their hearing, just before they lose their lives. What Vega keeps to herself is that she is the Last Astronomer—a title carried from generation to generation—and she is the only one who carries the knowledge of the stars. Knowledge that could hold the key to the cure. And so when locals spot the tattoo on Vega’s neck in the shape of a constellation—the mark of an astronomer—chaos erupts as the threats her mother warned her about become all too real. Fearing for her life, Vega is rescued by a girl named Cricket who leads her to Noah, a boy marked by his own mysterious tattoos. On the run from the men who are hunting her, Vega, Cricket, and Noah set out across the plains in search of the cure the stars speak of. But as the lines between friend and protector begin to blur, Vega must decide whether to safeguard the sacred knowledge of the astronomer. Or if she will risk everything to try to save them all. An illness cursing the land forces a teen girl astronomer to venture across the wilderness in search of the stars’ message that will, hopefully, save them all.

Jack and Sally are "truly meant to be" ... or are they? Sally Skellington is the official, newly-minted Pumpkin Queen after a whirlwind courtship with her true love, Jack, who Sally adores with every inch of her fabric seams -- if only she could say the same for her new role as Queen of Halloween Town. Cast into the spotlight and tasked with all sorts of queenly duties, Sally can't help but wonder if all she's done is trade her captivity under Dr. Finkelstein for a different -- albeit gilded -- cage. But when Sally and Zero accidentally uncover a long-hidden doorway to an ancient realm called Dream Town in the forest Hinterlands, she'll unknowingly set into motion a chain of sinister events that put her future as Pumpkin Queen, and the future of Halloween Town itself, into jeopardy. Can Sally discover what it means to be true to herself and save the town she's learned to call home, or will her future turn into her worst... well, nightmare</I?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Shea Ernshaw comes a haunting romantic contemporary fantasy about a teen navigating her family’s love curse that blooms with their enchanted tulips every year.Seventeen year-old Lark Goode wants only one to escape her small town of Cutwater and the history of her family name. It’s a history that began during the Dutch tulip mania of 1636, when Lark’s ancestor stole the last remaining tulip bulbs and fled to America. But when the tulips bloomed on American soil, madness sprouted from their snowy white petals. The madness was love. Now, generations later, the Goodes remain cursed—the unnatural flowers outside their home causing locals to fall helplessly in love with anyone carrying Goode blood in their veins. While her brother embraces the strange power, Lark wants nothing more than to be free from it. But when she meets a boy who seems unaffected by the family curse, Lark finds herself falling headlong into a feeling she’s spent her whole life trying to avoid. Yet, all curses and magic come with a price, and the town of Cutwater soon sinks into a dangerous sickness tied to Lark and the ill-fated tulips. To save the town, Lark will need to sacrifice everything—even true love—to break the spell. Because in the Goode family, love has a way of destroying everything.

C'est une histoire de vengeance... Il y a près de deux siècles, Marguerite, Aurora et Hazel Swan, trois jeunes femmes belles, libres et indépendantes, furent accusées de sorcellerie par les habitants de la ville de Sparrow. Des pierres accrochées aux chevilles, les trois soeurs furent noyées. Exécutées. Depuis ce jour, chaque année au mois de juin, les soeurs Swan sortent des eaux de la baie pour choisir trois jeunes filles, trois hôtes. Dans le corps de ces adolescentes, Marguerite, Aurora et Hazel reviennent se venger. Et cette année encore, Penny le sait, alors que les touristes afflueront, on retrouvera des cadavres de jeunes hommes sur la plage... Car cette malédiction, rien ne semble pouvoir l'arrêter. Une fiction d'une force envoûtante aux frontières de la sorcellerie et de la magie. Etes-vous prêts à rencontrer les Swan Sisters.

Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge - and how love may be the only thing powerful enough to stop them.Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow… Two centuries ago, in the small, isolated town, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return from the depths, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and pulling them down to their watery deaths. Like many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year, on the eve of the sisters’ return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives; unaware of the danger he has just stumbled into or the fact that his arrival will change everything... Mistrust and lies spread quickly through the salty, rain-soaked streets. The townspeople turn against one another. Penny and Bo suspect each other of hiding secrets. And death comes swiftly to those who cannot resist the call of the sisters. But only Penny sees what others cannot. And she will be forced to save Bo, or save herself.

Romanzo inedito per giovani adulti, ispirato a The Nightmare Before Christmas, il film Disney di Tim Burton. Sally e Jack Skeletron, vivono in questo romanzo una nuova avventura. Sally, divenuta sposa di Jack, viene anche incoronata Regina delle Zucche, ma non è affatto felice del suo nuovo ruolo. Gli impegni ufficiali le sembrano una forma di prigionia, anche più soffocante di quella in cui la teneva il Dottor Finklestein. Un giorno, insieme a Zero, scopre per caso la porta della Città del Sogno e, senza volerlo, mette in moto una catena di avvenimenti che potrebbero mettere in pericolo la stessa Città di Halloween… C’è una sola via di salvezza e Sally dovrà scoprirla rimanendo fedele a se stessa. Una storia appassionante che da nuova luce ai personaggi più amati di sempre.

Por la autora del best seller La maldición del mar, llega una novela romántica inolvidable en la que se mezclan cuentos de hadas oscuros y relatos populares encantados cuando un chico, supuestamente desaparecido, resurge en un bosque mágico… y se enamora de la bruja que está decidida a desentrañar sus secretos. Cuidado con los bosques oscuros y sombríos… En especial, con el bosque que rodea el pueblo de Fir Haven. Algunos dicen que el bosque es mágico. Embrujado, incluso. Aunque todos dicen que es una bruja, solo Nora Walker sabe la verdad sobre su identidad. Ella y las Walker que la precedieron siempre han tenido una conexión especial con el bosque. Y es esa conexión especial la que lleva hasta Oliver Huntsman, el chico que desapareció algunas semanas atrás, durante la ventisca más violenta de los últimos años. Oliver tendría que estar muerto, pero sigue vivo, abandonado en el bosque sin recuerdo alguno del tiempo en el que estuvo desaparecido. Pero Nora, gracias a su conexión, percibe un cambio en el bosque; una intranquilidad ante la presencia de Oliver. Y de pronto, se da cuenta de que su única alternativa es descubrir la verdad de cómo fue que el chico por el que ha llegado a sentir un profundo cariño sobrevivió en el bosque durante la ventisca y, lo que es aún más importante, qué lo había llevado allí. Sin embargo, lo que Nora no sabe es que Oliver también tiene secretos, y hará lo que sea por mantenerlos ocultos, porque resulta ser que él no fue el único que desapareció esa noche fatídica. Desde la creación del primer cuento de hadas, hemos aprendido que se debe temer lo que se oculta dentro de los bosques oscuros y sombríos, y en El bosque de las cosas perdidas, Shea Ernshaw nos muestra por qué.

Quando corpos de garotos começam a aparecer no litoral da cidade de Sparrow, alguns moradores se perguntam se a antiga lenda sobre as bruxas vingativas seria verdade. Mas até onde essa caça às bruxas pode levar? Há dois séculos, três irmãs foram condenadas à morte por, supostamente, cometerem bruxaria. Pedras foram amarradas em seus tornozelos, e elas morreram afogadas nas águas profundas que margeiam a cidade.Agora, por um breve período de tempo – a cada dia primeiro de junho até o solstício de verão –, diz a lenda que as irmãs retornam, roubando os corpos de três meninas para que, por meio deles, possam buscar sua vingança, seduzindo e afogando meninos até a morte.Como muitos habitantes locais, Penny Talbot, conhece a lenda de cor. Mas, neste ano, quando a cidade se prepara para o anual retorno das irmãs, um rapaz desconhecido, Bo Carter, chega à cidade buscando suas próprias respostas. E Penny o acolhe.Mas quando corpos de meninos locais começam a aparecer no litoral, o clima de desconfiança e medo atinge a cidade, dando início a uma verdadeira caça às bruxas.A narrativa alterna, os eletrizantes eventos do presente com relatos do diário das jovens condenadas por bruxaria, resultando em um thriller sobrenatural inesquecível.

Quando dorme, a floresta lhe permitirá uma passagem segura. Mas, se despertada, esteja preparado para correr! Envolvente e sorrateiro, O bosque das coisas perdidas vai te seduzir com magia e mistérios até que você esteja embrenhado demais em suas páginas para conseguir largar. Desde os primórdios dos contos de fadas somos ensinados a temer o que se esconde nas florestas escuras, e as florestas que cercam a cidadezinha de Fir Haven são ainda mais sinistras. Alguns dizem que aquelas árvores são mágicas. Outros, que são assombradas. Quando dorme, a floresta lhe permitirá uma passagem segura. Mas, se despertada, esteja preparado para correr. Nora Walker vem de uma longa linhagem de bruxas naturais que compartilham uma conexão especial com o Bosque de Vime e é essa conexão que a leva até Oliver Huntsman, o garoto que desapareceu durante a pior nevasca dos últimos anos. Ele deveria estar morto, mas foi encontrado vivo na floresta, sem qualquer lembrança do que aconteceu enquanto esteve desaparecido. Mas Nora pode sentir a presença de Oliver despertando a floresta, e não demora até perceber que, para manter as árvores adormecidas, ela precisará descobrir como o garoto a quem se apegou tão profundamente sobreviveu na floresta, e o que o levou até lá em primeiro lugar. O que Nora não sabe, porém, é que Oliver tem os próprios segredos ― segredos que fará de tudo para manter ocultos, porque parece que ele não foi o único a desaparecer naquela fatídica noite, duas semanas atrás…A autora de A maldição do mar está de volta com um romance assombrado em que contos de fadas sombrios e bosques encantados se misturam depois que um garoto dado como desaparecido é encontrado na floresta mágica e se apaixona pela bruxa determinada a desvendar seus segredos. “Uma história fascinante de feitiçaria, segredos mortais e florestas que guardam rancor. O bosque das coisas perdidas é envolvente, atmosférico e encantador. Eu conseguia sentir o frio em meus pés e a magia Walker me envolvendo enquanto lia.” ― Stephanie Garber, autora da série Caraval, best-seller internacional e #1 da lista do New York Times“O bosque das coisas perdidas lança um feitiço com uma linhagem esplêndida de bruxas, meninos misteriosos e uma floresta sinistra que prende qualquer leitor e não solta jamais.” ― Megan Shepherd, autora de Adoráveis Pavorosos, best-seller da lista do New York Times “Um mistério se desenrola em um ritmo acelerado entre adolescentes sem supervisão, e o perverso e assombroso Bosque de Vime é caracterizado de maneira adorável, e é tão envolvente quanto a formidável heroína... Uma experiência deliciosamente imersiva e arrepiante.” ― Kirkus Reviews

Jack and Sally are "truly meant to be" ... or are they? Sally Skellington is the official, newly-minted Pumpkin Queen after a whirlwind courtship with her true love, Jack, who Sally adores with every inch of her fabric seams -- if only she could say the same for her new role as Queen of Halloween Town. Cast into the spotlight and tasked with all sorts of queenly duties, Sally can't help but wonder if all she's done is trade her captivity under Dr. FInkelstein for a different -- albeit gilded -- cage. But when Sally and Zero accidentally uncover a long-hidden doorway to an ancient realm called Dream Town in the forest Hinterlands, she'll unknowingly set into motion a chain of sinister events that put her future as Pumpkin Queen, and the future of Halloween Town itself, into jeopardy. Can Sally discover what it means to be true to herself and save the town she's learned to call home, or will her future turn into her worst... well, nightmare</I?

Tres jóvenes hermosas e incomprendidas llegaron al pueblo de Sparrow, en 1822. Tres jóvenes hermosas e incomprendidas fueron ejecutadas por brujería un año más tarde. La vida de las tres jóvenes se la llevó el mar. Entonces cayó una maldición sobre Sparrow y, en el aniversario de la muerte de las hermanas Swan, la historia se repite. Ellas han vuelto… con sed de venganza. ¿Quién podrá escapar de la canción del mar? -Netflix ganó los derechos para la adaptación del libro en una subasta. -Best seller del New York Times. -Una novela paranormal con una atmósfera increíble que te dejará con ganas de más.

Cu două sute de ani în urmă, trei surori au fost condamnate la moarte pentru vrăjitorie. Cu pietre legate de glezne, fetele au fost aruncate în ocean și lăsate să se înece. Acum, în fiecare vară, Marguerite, Aurora și Hazel Swan se întorc în oraș și ucid fără milă. An de an, trei băieți își găsesc pieirea în adâncuri, atrași de farmecul răvășitor al misterioaselor surori. Penny Talbot locuiește împreună cu mama ei pe o insulă din apropiere de Sparrow și are în grijă bătrânul far. În mod surprinzător, adolescenta cuminte și retrasă știe o mulțime de lucruri despre năpasta care s-a abătut asupra micii așezari în urmă cu două secole și a descoperit chiar și metoda prin care Marguerite, Aurora și Hazel pot fi oprite. Totul se complică atunci când în orașul blestemat sosește ca din întâmplare Bo Carter, un tânar fermecător, dar plin de secrete, pe care însă nu e gata să le dezvăluie. Încetul cu încetul, băiatul va cădea în mrejele surorilor Swan, iar Penny va fi silită să facă o alegere cumplită: să se salveze sau să îl salveze pe Bo? „Cititorii se vor cufunda cu plăcere în această carte de atmosferă minunat meșteșugită.” Kirkus Reviews

Travis Wren tiene un talento inusual para localizar a gente perdida. Contratado como último recurso por familiares desesperados, tan solo necesita un objeto para encontrar a la persona que ha desaparecido. Cuando acepta el caso de Maggie St. James, una conocida autora de libros infantiles oscuros y macabros, termina en un lugar que muchos creían que era tan solo leyenda. Conocida como Pastoral, esta comunidad solitaria fue fundada por personas de ideas afines que perseguían una forma de vida más sencilla. Pero poco después de que Travis encuentre el lugar… desaparece. Como Maggie St. James. Años más tarde, Theo, habitante de toda la vida de Pastoral, descubre el camión abandonado de Travis más allá de los confines de la comunidad. Nadie puede entrar en ella ni abandonarla, porque siempre hay un precio que pagar: la podredumbre. Al desentrañar el misterio de lo que sucedió, se revelan secretos que Theo, su esposa, Calla, y su hermana, Bee, se ocultan entre ellos. Misterios que demuestran que su mundo perfecto y aislado no es tan seguro como ellos creían, y que la oscuridad puede adoptar muchas formas.

Während Touristen in die Stadt strömen, fasziniert von der Legende um den Fluch der drei Schwestern, werden entlang der Küste Leichen gefunden. Vor 200 Jahren wurden in einer kleinen Küstenstadt die drei Schwestern Marguerite, Aurora und Hazel als Hexen verurteilt. Man band ihnen Steine an die Füße und warf sie ins Meer. Seither erheben sich ihre Geister jeden Sommer aus ihrem wässrigen Grab, um sich an den Bewohnern der Stadt zu rächen. Sie fahren in die Körper junger Frauen und locken Männer in den Tod. Die 17-jährige Penny kümmert sich um den alten Leuchtturm. Wie viele Einheimische hat sie sich mit dem Schicksal der Stadt abgefunden. Sie weiß, dass das Meer auch dieses Jahr wieder drei Leichen ans Ufer spülen wird. Aber nur Penny sieht, was andere nicht sehen ...