Hopelessly Teavoted

Azrael Ashmedai Hart must be cursed. He’s a witch twice named for the devil. He’s making his way back to his family manor in Hallowcross after a failed screenwriting career. He’s adopted a cat he’s allergic to, and if all of that is not enough, he’s also forced to come face-to-face with his childhood best friend and former crush.

Victoria Starnberger, the bubbly girl-next-door Az lost touch with after an awkward incident in college, has just been disowned by her parents for quitting business school and buying Azrael’s late parents’ Hopelessly Teavoted tea shop against their wishes. Being cut off financially is one thing. But now Vickie also owes a lesser devil the souls her parents promised him, because her gift summons the dead by touching something they treasured in life and destroying the object in the process.

When spirits all over town, including Az’s parents, keep warning them about a sinister threat, Vickie and Az are forced to combine their powers to save Hallowcross. But to do so, they must prevent her magic from immolating him after Vickie’s devil places a curse on them that prevents them from touching until she repays her debt. As they race against the clock to find clever ways around their curse, they find it increasingly harder to deny that they’ve been hopelessly devoted to each other all along.

This witty and lyrically unique rom-com in the vein of The Crescent Moon Tearoom and The Ex Hex.