The Wicked Deep
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 choose: save Bo, or save herself.
Reviews
"A wickedly chilling debut about ghosts, witches, love, and revenge."--School Library Journal
"Chilling both by the damp, briny streets of Sparrow and by its residents’ sudden fervor for vengeance."--BCCB, starred review
"Balancing delicate emotion and authentic suspense, the hypnotic prose pulls readers into the question of how, or if, the curse of the sisters can be broken." --Publishers Weekly
"Readers will drown in this finely crafted, atmospheric book."--Kirkus
"Complex and sweetly satisfying."--Booklist
"A tale with substance and depth, one of magic and curses, betrayal and revenge, but most importantly, it is a story about the redemptive power of love to make even the worst wrongs, right.--Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be
"Prepare to be bewitched."--Paula Stokes, author of Liars, Inc. and Girl Against The Universe
"Eerie and enchanting."--Jessica Spotswood, author of The Cahill Witch Chronicles and editor of Toil & Trouble
"A magical, haunted tale of the sea, spells and secrets. . . . Beware!"--Shannon Parker, author of The Rattled Bones
Winterwood
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep comes a haunting romance set deep in the magical snow-covered forest, where the appearance of a mysterious boy unearths secrets that awakens the enchanted, but angry, woods.
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.
Reviews
"A spellbinding tale of witchery, deadly secrets, and woods that hold grudges. Winterwood is immersive, atmospheric, and bewitching. --Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times & international bestselling author of the Caraval series
"Winterwood casts a deliciously dark spell with a rich lineage of witches, secretive boys, and a sinister forest that will pull in any reader and never let them go."-- Megan Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author of Grim Lovelies
“Shea Ernshaw spins yet another haunting tale in Winterwood. Mythic prose and atmospheric storytelling will leave readers spellbound and hungry for more of Ernshaw‘s witchy worlds."--Adrienne Young, New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep
“The beauty and mystery of the natural world infuse every moment in this lush, spellbinding story that weaves romance with witchcraft—a seductive, lyrical tale of lost boys, old legends and haunted woods.”–Lexa Hillyer, author of Spindle Fire
"Lyrical, magical and mysterious, Winterwood left me intoxicated, dancing beneath an endless moon."--Dawn Kurtagich, author of Teeth in the Mist
"A delectably immersive, eerie experience."--Kirkus
"Ernshaw weaves an irresistible spell, entwining nature, romance, and magic through a lyrical text."--Booklist
"A vivid fantasy world and a dark, thrilling atmosphere that drives the biting cold of Winterwood deep into readers’ bones."--Publishers Weekly
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