Merryshields isn’t your average big country house - it’s massive, mysterious, and undoubtedly the most magical mansion the world has ever seen. Hidden deep in the countryside, abandoned for years, it is surrounded by trees and filled with secrets bursting to be discovered.
When cousins Piper, Jack, Willow and Kit move into Merryshields, the magic is beyond exciting… at first. A silver dog?! A ghostly cook?! A self-drawing map that shows treasure?! But then the cousins spy a flag waving from a window high among the rooftops and before they know it, the magic of Merryshields begins to intensify…
Behind the attic room door, pirates Johnny Two-Legs and Taishi are awaiting rescue from Bad Babs, the Witch of the Seas, who raises storms, senses gold and steals children. But before Piper, Jack, Willow and Kit can rescue them, they find themselves trapped as Babs sails nearer - and her sights are set firmly on the Merryshields treasure that she can sense through the waving palms…
Can the children save themselves, their friends and their beloved magical house? Or will they be trapped forever in a strange world, working as slaves for Bad Babs Bembridge’s evil empire?
When she's not living in the magical world of Merryshields, or exploring the fantasy island of the Kingdom Of Birds, Jen Jones can be found walking along the beach with her husband, four children, and crazy cockerpoo, searching for seaglass. If she's lucky, she gets time to play monopoly, do a bit of crochet, and make jewellery out of the seaglass that she's found!