Serpent's Kiss by Melissa de la Cruz

Just as things have settled down on the off-the-map Long Island town of North Hampton for the magical Beauchamp family, everything gets turned upside down once more when Freya’s twin brother Fryr returns from Limbo with shocking news—that it was none other than Freya’s fiancé, Killian Gardiner who set up his downfall. The worst part? Freya is worried Fryr might be right. As Freya hopes to prove Killian’s innocence while keeping her brother from exacting revenge on the man she loves, her sister Ingrid has her own problems. Ingrid’s human boyfriend, Detective Matt Noble, becomes entangled in a complicated investigation, and when the magical creatures at the center of it come to her for help, she must make a difficult choice. To top it off, a dead spirit is trying to make contact with matriarch Joanna—but does it mean harm or warn to the witches? All hell breaks loose at the family reunion at Thanksgiving (“Witches! They’re just like us!”) and mayhem ensues, but when the culprit behind Fryr’s imprisonment is finally revealed, is it already too late to staunch the poison released from the serpent’s kiss? The spell cast by the bestselling Witches of East End continues in SERPENT’S KISS, the bewitching and well-brewed follow-up that Melissa de la Cruz’s many fans won’t want to miss.

About Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for teens. WITCHES OF EAST END was her first in a series for adults. The second in the series, SERPENT’S KISS, will be published by Hyperion in June 2012. Her Blue Bloods series is a worldwide bestseller and has three million copies in print. Her many other books include the anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, which is now a reality-television show on the Sundance Channel. A former fashion and beauty editor, de la Cruz has written for the New York Times, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Teen Vogue, among others. She has also appeared as an expert on fashion, trends, and fame for CNN, E! and Fox News.