by Lana Harper
Part of The Witches of Thistle Grove
First published 2022
Isidora Avramov summons demons and designs haunted house costumes for her family's business, but she dreams of breaking away to become an indie fashion designer. When dark magic sabotages the Beltane festival preparations and injures a member of the rival Thorn family, suspicion falls on the Avramovs. To protect her family's reputation, Issa agrees to investigate alongside Rowan Thorn, the injured party's relative. Rowan embodies everything Issa despises: lawful, noble, and rigidly principled. Their families have feuded for generations, and Issa and Rowan have spent years as bitter enemies. But as they follow clues together, tracking down whoever wielded the dangerous magic, they begin to see past their assumptions about each other. The investigation forces them into close contact, and an unexpected attraction develops between the wild sorceress and the by-the-book witch hunter.
Genres: romance, mystery, fantasy, adult-fiction
Vibes: character-driven, playful, romantic, suspenseful, witty
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, family-conflict, forced-proximity, slow-burn-romance
Setting: Beltane festival
368 pages · Paperback · Berkley
Content warnings: violence