![]() The Owens children cannot escape love even if they try, just as they cannot escape the pains of the human heart. Back in New York City each begins a risky journey as they try to escape the family curse. But when her children visit their Aunt Isabelle, in the small Massachusetts town where the Owens family has been blamed for everything that has ever gone wrong, they uncover family secrets and begin to understand the truth of who they are. And most importantly, never, ever, fall in love. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the cusp of the '60s, when the whole world is about to change, Susanna Owens knows that her three children are dangerously unique: difficult Franny, with skin as pale as milk and blood red hair shy and beautiful Jet, who can read other people’s thoughts and charismatic Vincent, who began looking for trouble on the day he could walk.įrom the start Susanna sets down rules for her children: No walking in the moonlight, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no crows, no candles, no books about magic. For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man. ![]()
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