Trigger Death of a loved one, sexually explicit scenes, described blood and gore, murder. In the shadowed woods of Salem, 1805, Synne Crowley lives in self-imposed exile, her powers kept secret, her heart heavily guarded. Branded a witch in a town that still whispers of gallows and fire, Synne wants nothing more than to be left alone. But when witches start turning up dead, marked by ritual and malice, Synne is forced to step into the very world she fled. Reluctantly, she uses her summoning magic to unravel the killer’s path, and in the process, she is drawn to Ichabod, a mysterious, brooding man who seems to know the darkness she carries. As their bond deepens into a love that both heals and haunts, Synne begins to sense something strange about Ichabod, something not quite of this world. When the truth comes to light, Synne must decide what she’s willing to her safety, her powers, and possibly her soul. Beyond the Pale Ash Tree is a sweeping romantic fantasy of forgotten magic, forbidden love, and the price of confronting the past. The dead are speaking, and Synne is the only one who can listen.