Serpent's Kiss: A Witches of East End Novel (40 page)

“For anyone who was frustrated watching Samantha suppress her magic on
Bewitched
, Ms. de la Cruz brings some satisfaction. In her first novel for adults, the author … lets her repressed sorceresses rip.”

—
New York Times

“What happens when a family of Long Island witches is forbidden to practice magic? This tale of powerful women, from the author of the addictive
Blue Bloods
series, mixes mystery, a battle of good versus evil and a dash of Norse mythology into a page-turning parable of inner strength.”

—
Self

“
Witches of East End
has all the ingredients you’d expect from one of Melissa’s bestselling YA novels—intrigue, mystery and plenty of romance. But with the novel falling under the ‘adult’ categorization, Melissa’s able to make her love scenes even more … magical.”

—MTV.com

“De la Cruz has, with
Witches
, once again managed to enliven and embellish upon history and mythology with a clever interweaving of past and present, both real and imagined … [it] casts a spell.”

—
Los Angeles Times

“De la Cruz is a formidable storyteller with a narrative voice strong enough to handle the fruits of her imagination. Even readers who generally avoid witches and whatnot stand to be won over by the time the cliffhanger-with-a-twist-ending hits.”

—
Publishers Weekly

“Fantasy for well-read adults.”

—
Kirkus

“A sexy, magical romp, sure to bring de la Cruz a legion of new fans.”

—Kelley Armstong,
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Otherworld
series

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Copyright © 2012 Melissa de la Cruz

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The Library of Congress has catalogued the original print edition of this book as follows:

De la Cruz, Melissa.

Serpent’s kiss: a witches of east end novel/Melissa de la Cruz.—st ed.

p. cm.—(The Beauchamp family; 2)

ISBN 978-1-4013-2396-7

1. Witches—Fiction. 2. Long Island (N.Y.—Fiction). I. Title.

PS3604.E128S47 2012

813’.6—dc23

2011052471

eBook Edition ISBN: 978-1-4013-0431-7

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Author photo by Denise Bovee

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