'Every story needs a happy ending. And you can't have yours until you find the bookstore.'1692. On the outskirts of Salem, a bookstore stands covered in overgrown vines.

A young woman rushes out, panicked by the sound of hounds in the distance. The bookstore vanishes... Present day.

In a pale-pink house on one of the oldest streets in Salem, Dora can't believe she's about to finally meet the mother she thought died tragically when she was just a child. But Dora's mother tells her they are both in danger... Desperate not to lose her mother all over again, Dora digs into her family's mysterious past, and stumbles upon a seemingly impossible secret: the key to their survival is hidden in a bookstore that no one has seen for generations.

Readers will lose themselves in the mesmerising magic of this absorbing and utterly unputdownable page-turner.