The Kiss Curse Book

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CURSEOF THE HEALING KISS by Mark McClelland is a fairy tale novella and an honest look at love from a land far away. Check out what Joshua Ryan Bligh has to say about this indie author title in his latest from Independent Book Review.

In a quiet town by the sea, Malvinia and Modeste live unassuming but bright lives. When a jealous ex-lover of Modeste curses his wife, nothing seems to come from it. But as the full implications of the curse reveal themselves, their marriage is suddenly threatened.

Here is a story by an author with a strong grasp of human emotion. In a sparse hundred pages, he shows us how we hide from things we fear, fear the things we hide, and hide the things we fear. And yet, the story is not without optimism.

Despite the poison of jealousy felt by Modeste and the mistakes made by Malvinia, he shows them working to address their shortcomings. Even people as wholesome as these two characters can experience difficulty in a relationship. Instead of being discouraging, this effectively shows that rough phases are a part of any human relations, romantic or otherwise. They are not exclusive to broken people, but even occur among the best of us.

By examining the gritty truth of love in a fairytale setting, McClelland highlights it all the more. This is not escapist fiction but rather a wholesome warning, much as the tales of the Grimm brothers or Aesop. With the cadence and whirling style of a fairy tale, Curse of the Healing Kiss is a story that is worth a read for anyone who has ever left something unsaid, not told the whole truth, or simply has cared for another human.

The follow-up to Erin Sterling's New York Times bestselling hit The Ex Hex features fan favorite Gwyn and the spine-tinglingly handsome Wells Penhallow as they battle a new band of witches and their own magical chemistry.

Gwyn Jones is perfectly happy with her life in Graves Glen. She, her mom, and her cousin have formed a new and powerful coven; she's running a successful witchcraft shop, Something Wicked; and she's started mentoring some of the younger witches in town. As Halloween approaches, there's only one problem--Llewellyn "Wells" Penhallow.

Wells has come to Graves Glen to re-establish his family's connection to the town they founded as well as to make a new life for himself after years of being the dutiful son in Wales. When he opens up a shop of his own, Penhallow's, just across the street from Something Wicked, he quickly learns he's gotten more than he bargained for in going up against Gwyn.

When their professional competition leads to a very personal--and very hot--kiss, both Wells and Gwyn are determined to stay away from each other, convinced the kiss was just a magical fluke. But when a mysterious new coven of witches come to town and Gwyn's powers begin fading, she and Wells must work together to figure out just what these new witches want and how to restore Gwyn's magic before it's too late.

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Always practise safe hex . . .New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, writing as Erin Sterling, follows her sensational TikTok hit, The Ex Hex, and casts a spell with a new spine-tingling romance full of wishes, witches, and cursed kisses.

'A spooky romantic comedy treat that had me sighing at one page, laughing out loud at the next' TESSA BAILEY on The Ex Hex

Visit magical Graves Glen in The Ex Hex - out now! - and The Wedding Witch - available to preorder!

Readers ADORED The Ex Hex!

'If Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Gilmore Girls had a book baby, it would be THE EX HEX. And yes, it's just as glorious as it sounds!'

'I loved and adored everything about this book . . . everything I was looking for! 5/5 stars!'

'The vibes were immaculate'

'One of the best rom-coms I've read all year! . . . It's Practical Magic meets Gilmore Girls and I am a hundred percent OBSESSED!'

'Definite Gilmore Girls vibes but with more magic and sex'

'A fantastic romance with more than a touch of magic'

'This book is pitched as Hocus Pocus, but it bangs and it certainly did'

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Magic doesn't always play by the rules.

Gwyn Jones is perfectly happy with her life in Graves Glen. She's formed a powerful new coven with her family; she's running a successful witchcraft shop, Something Wicked; and she's mentoring some of the younger witches in town. As Halloween approaches, there's only one problem - Llewellyn 'Wells' Penhallow.

Wells has come to Graves Glen for two reasons: to re-establish his family's connection to the town and to make a new life for himself away from his father. But when he opens a magic shop of his own just across the street from Gwyn's, he quickly learns that going up against her won't be as easy as he thought . . . especially after an accidentally magic-inspired - and very hot - kiss.

While Gwyn and Wells are fully committed to their witchy rivalry, they soon find themselves thrown together once again to deal with the sudden appearance of a mysterious new coven and Gwyn's growing concern that something - or someone - is messing with her magic . . .

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Praise for The Ex Hex, an unmissable treat!

'Sterling's novel is ultimately crisp and sweet, like biting into the perfect caramel apple . . . will sweep readers up into a world of whimsical magic' Kirkus

'Filled with delightful witchiness and humor . . . a fluffy Halloween treat' Publishers Weekly

'A delightful and witty take on witchy mayhem' PopSugar

'You can't help but smile and laugh while reading The Ex Hex . . . Perfect for anyone who needs more witchy content in their lives' The Nerd Daily

But curses are not merely magic spells. They are something more. They may use magical ingredients, but they also require non-magical ones. And those special additions are what makes them so powerful and so binding - and allows them to be cast by non-magic users.

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This book is the equivalent of eating a batch of fresh chocolate chip cookies inside a drafty and most definitely haunted lighthouse on the Oregon coast as the waves crash against the shore and you pull your blanket a little tighter around you.

But after an excruciatingly public rejection, Selah's stepmother suggests an unthinkable solution: Selah must set sail across the Atlantic to visit a series of potential suitors-and if she doesn't come home engaged, she shouldn't come home at all.

I spent the majority of my twenties living and working abroad, and I've always been a sucker for a love story that crosses borders. I met my husband while living and working in Turkey, and now I write lighthearted romance novels inspired by the idea that you don't have to choose between catching flights or catching feelings - why not both? While I'm doing less traveling these days, I feel like I still get to experience different countries, cultures, and settings thanks to so many wonderful books that feel like vacations.

Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and the various characters whom she meets there, and tracks her growing understanding of the world about her.

Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths...and a curse on the horrible boyfriend. Sure, Vivi knows she shouldn't use her magic this way, but with only an "orchard hayride" scented candle on hand, she isn't worried it will cause him anything more than a bad hair day or two.

Enchanting, action-packed, and full of heart, this book is everything an urban fantasy novel should be. I picked this book up at a library sale, not realizing it was a later book in a series, but the story stood on its own and made me want to run out and buy the rest. The idea of magic families as corporations was unique and intriguing, and Andrews handled it beautifully.

The plot was tightly woven and intense enough that I had trouble setting the book down and blew through it in a few days. I loved the two main characters and their lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers backstory that set up just the right amount of heat for me.

In Season 1 we learned that Emma is the Savior because Rumple took a strand of her parents hair and created true love potion, then put a drop on the Scroll of the Dark Curse. Thus, Emma was the Savior as well as being True Love Incarnate.

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