From the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato comes a poignant and тАЬbeguilingтАЭ (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel about two teens trying to find their place in the world after being unceremoniously dragged to Salem, Massachusetts, for the summer.
Willow has never felt like she belonged anywhere and is convinced that the only way to find a true home is to travel the world. But her plans to act on her dream are put on hold when her aloof and often absent mother drags Willow to Salem, Massachusetts, to wrap up the affairs of an aunt Willow didnтАЩt even know she had. An aunt who may or may not have been a witch.
There, she meets Mason, a loner whoтАЩs always felt out of place and has been in and out of foster homes his entire life. HeтАЩs been classified as one of the runaways, constantly searching for ways to make it back to his mom; even if she canтАЩt take care of him, itтАЩs his job to try and take care of her. IsnтАЩt it?
Naturally pulled to one another, Willow and Mason set out across Salem to discover the secret past of WillowтАЩs mother, her aunt, and the ambiguous history of her family. During all of this, the two canтАЩt help but act on their connection. But with the amount of baggage between themтАФand WillowтАЩs growing conviction her family might be cursedтАФcan they manage to hold onto each other?