A new witch has come to Spring Hollow, just in time for Halloween.

Halloween is Brenna Guin's favorite time of year. With her new friends, Faye Woods and Lupe Garcia, plus her new abilities—like being able to see in the dark—this year should be the best Halloween ever. If only her mother would stop ruining it for her.

Two nights before Halloween, sneaking out after dark—alone, because even Norv, her pet rat, refuses to cooperate—Brenna encounters Eve Coronelle, the neighborhood's newest addition.

Brenna has never met Eve, but she has heard about "that Eve Coronelle" all month from her mother. Ever since Eve moved into the quaint gray brick house on Gingerbread Row, her mother has had nothing nice to say about the woman. Her mother had called Eve a witch more than once.

Turns out, her mother was right ...