When thirteen-year-old Annabella Ballinkay arrives at the magical Ravenfall Inn, she is eager to help fourteen-year-old Colin Pierce in his search for his missing older brother and a supernatural creature who killed their parents. As the two team up in search for answers, they soon discover that Colin has powers beyond his imagination, and must stop the supernatural creature from opening a portal to the Otherworld by Halloween night.

When Tanya's guardian dies, having lost her home and the tavern where she has spent most of her life, she sets out on a perilous quest to petition the queen for help.

Sisters Nidhi, Avani, Sirisha, and Rani experience romance and coming-of-age while working at their family's inn on Orcas Island.

Tri dnja na poberežʹe besnuetsja štorm. «Staryj traktir», gde živut Itan i Kèti, žmetsja na kraju skaly. Otec ušel za doktorom, i deti sidjat odni, poka burja ne privodit v ih dom neznakomca. On master rasskazyvatʹ morskie istorii, odna strašnee drugoj. Itan s Kèti gotovy slušatʹ ih beskonečno. Vot tolʹko otcu davno pora vernutʹsja. I nočʹ vsë tjanetsja i tjanetsja, kak budto ej i pravda ne budet konca...