Beauchamp Family Books in Order
Part ofMelissa de la Cruz Books in OrderBrowse the Beauchamp Family books by Melissa de la Cruz in order, with summaries, series background, and notes on where to start.
Last updated: June 11, 2026
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Publication Order
5 books
Witches 101
by Melissa de la Cruz
2011
This short companion opens the door to the Beauchamp witches of North Hampton. Magic, family tension, and the first hints of deeper danger simmer just beneath the surface.
Witches of East End
by Melissa de la Cruz
2011
In North Hampton, Joanna Beauchamp and her daughters Freya and Ingrid try to live quietly until a girl disappears and suspicion turns toward them. Witchcraft, family history, and dangerous romance soon take over.
Diary of the White Witch
by Melissa de la Cruz
2012
A brief companion tale centered on Ingrid Beauchamp, the quietest and most bookish witch in the family. It adds a more intimate look at longing, magic, and the emotional undercurrent of the series.
Serpent's Kiss
by Melissa de la Cruz
2012
With magic finally back in use, the Beauchamp women hope for peace, but old trouble comes rushing in. Freya, Ingrid, and Joanna face love, betrayal, and family secrets that refuse to stay buried.
Winds of Salem
by Melissa de la Cruz
2013
Freya is hurled back to Salem in 1692 with no memory of who she is, while Joanna and Ingrid search the present for a way to bring her home. Past and present both turn deadly.
Series background & context
The Beauchamp Family books, better known to many readers through Witches of East End, follow a family of immortal witches trying to live quietly in North Hampton while old magic, old loves, and old enemies refuse to stay buried. The series mixes small-town life with Norse mythology, romance, and family history, which gives it a mood very different from Melissa de la Cruz's school-based YA.
Joanna, Freya, and Ingrid carry the story.
Joanna is the mother, powerful and controlled, with a long memory and a habit of protecting her daughters by keeping too much to herself. Freya is impulsive, passionate, and drawn toward dangerous love, especially where Killian Gardiner is concerned. Ingrid is quieter, more practical, and often the emotional anchor, even when her own heart is getting complicated. Together they give the books a strong family center. These women argue, protect, hide things, forgive, and circle back to one another no matter what chaos arrives.
The setting matters a lot. North Hampton is not a giant fantasy kingdom. It is a wealthy, insulated coastal town where old houses, local gossip, and private grief leave plenty of space for magic to hide in plain sight. Potions, healing, knots, prophecy, and time-bending danger sit right beside libraries, bars, gardens, and family dinners. That balance gives the books their charm. They can be romantic and supernatural without losing the domestic texture.
Across the series, the stakes keep widening. Missing people, family secrets, Limbo, old crimes, love triangles, and even the Salem witch trials all become part of the larger picture. Yet the emotional core stays consistent: this is a story about women with enormous power who still have to figure out love, trust, and what they owe to the people closest to them.
The novels were adapted for television, which makes sense. They have strong roles, clear atmosphere, and plenty of cliff-edge turns. If you want witch fiction that feels modern, romantic, and rooted in family mess as much as magic, this series is a good place to settle in.
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