Somerset, 1616. When Fortune Sharpe carves a boat from a tree with her beloved brother, Jem, she?s only having a bit of fun. But now is not the time for a girl to be drawing attention to herself and she is sent away to find work dressed as a boy. Luckily a rich manor house is hiring. Yet Berrow Hall?s inhabitants harbour dangerous secrets of their own; the suspicious owner is hunting for witches and the house itself is a little too close to the sea ?.