La vita di Jane Boyle scorre serena: ha davanti a sé una brillante carriera come architetto d'interni a Parigi e il suo futuro sembra farsi ancora più roseo quando incontra Malcolm Doran, un ricco, affascinante americano appassionato d'arte. Fra i due ragazzi scoppia immediatamente la scintilla e poco dopo Malcolm chiede a Jane di sposarlo regalandole un incredibile solitario. Jane non ha bisogno di pensarci due volte: decide di lasciare il lavoro, le amiche e tutta la sua vita per seguirlo a New York. Ma la favola si trasforma in incubo non appena Jane arriva davanti alla residenza dei Doran, una delle più potenti famiglie di Manhattan, al 666 di Park Avenue. I Doran e la loro tetra dimora nascondono un terribile segreto... Ma ormai il matrimonio è fissato e non sembra ci sia modo di tornare indietro. In pochi giorni, tutte le certezze di Jane verranno stravolte, al pari delle sue convinzioni. Jane scoprirà, infatti, di avere degli speciali poteri che potrebbero essere la sua salvezza contro l'oscura minaccia che sta per abbattersi su di lei.

Jane and her friends must race against time to destroy her mother-in-law, an ancient witch who embodies an unimaginable evil, before she finds her next unwilling host and gets an unexpected ally in her ex-husband Malcolm. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Darkness lurks behind the gilded halls of New York high society, and the elite Upper East Side Witches who rule Park Avenue.

Jane Boyle married her prince charming and moved into his upper east side castle?but she didn?t get her fairy-tale ending

It?s hard to live happily ever after when you discover your demanding and controlling mother-in-law is literally a witch, determined to steal the magical powers you didn?t even know you had. Jane narrowly avoided Lynne Doran?s clutches when she escaped on her wedding day, and has been hiding out in New York City. But she can?t hide forever.

When Jane learns of the one thing Lynne wants most, she sets out to provide it, hoping her good turn will persuade her mother-in-law to stop hunting her. Unfortunately, Jane?s daring plan will send her right back into the witches? den?the Doran clan?s multistory town house on Park Avenue. But thanks to a tricky spell, blond architect Jane will be transformed into Ella, a dark beauty with a whole new look . . . and all of Jane?s budding powers. Though the stakes are life or death, nobody said ?Ella? couldn?t have a little fun along the way, too.

What if your mother-in-law turned out to be an evil, cold-blooded witch . . . literally?

Ever since fabulously wealthy Malcolm Doran walked into her life and swept her off her feet, fledgling architect Jane Boyle has been living a fairy tale. When he proposes with a stunning diamond to seal the deal, Jane can't believe her incredible luck and decides to leave her Paris-based job to make a new start with Malcolm in New York.

But when Malcolm introduces Jane to the esteemed Doran clan, one of Manhattan's most feared and revered families, Jane's fairy tale takes a darker turn. Soon everything she thought she knew about the world—and herself—is upended. Now Jane must struggle with newfound magical abilities and the threat of those who will stop at nothing to get them.