From Bad to Cursed: an utterly spellbinding romcom (The Witches of Thistle Grove) - Softcover

Harper, Lana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349431620 ISBN 13: 9780349431628

Publisher: Piatkus, 2022

Synopsis

OPPOSITES ATTRACT IN THIS WICKEDLY CHARMING ROM COM FROM LANA HARPER, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PAYBACK'S A WITCH

'The book I've been waiting for all my life' Emily Henry, author of Beach Read

'Like if Casey McQuiston wrote paranormal' Goodreads

Wild child Isidora Avramov is a thrill chaser, adept demon summoner, and-despite the whole sexy-evil-sorceress vibe-also a cuddly animal lover. When she's not designing costumes and new storylines for the Arcane Emporium's haunted house, Issa's nursing a secret, conflicted dream of ditching her family's witchy business to become an indie fashion designer in her own right.

But when someone starts sabotaging the celebrations leading up to this year's Beltane festival with dark, dangerous magic, a member of the rival Thorn family gets badly hurt-throwing immediate suspicion on the Avramovs. To clear the Avramov name and step up for her family when they need her the most, Issa agrees to serve as a co-investigator, helping none other than Rowan Thorn get to the bottom of things.

Rowan is the very definition of lawful good, so tragically noble and by-the-book he makes Issa's teeth hurt. In accordance with their families' complicated history, he and Issa have been archenemies for years and have grown to heartily loathe each other. But as the unlikely duo follow a perplexing trail of clues to a stunning conclusion, Issa and Rowan discover how little they really know each other... and stumble upon a maddening attraction that becomes harder to ignore by the day.

Praise for Lana Harper

'A queer rom com that bewitches from the very first page' Publishers Weekly

'John Tucker Must Die but with queer witches' Goodreads

'Compulsively fun' Jacqueline Carey, New York Times bestselling author

'Sexy, charming and completely magical!' Kerry Winfrey

'The perfect autumnal witchy romance!' Goodreads

'Hilariously funny and glue-you-to-the-page engrossing' Bookpage

'I want to go to Thistle Grove' Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author

'It's basically John Tucker Must Die meets The Craft, with an extra serving of queer relationships' The Lesbrary

'Charming, sweet, and magical, the perfect book to enjoy on a cosy autumn night' The Nerd Daily

'The kind of book that you just sort of ache to step inside . . . a perfect fall read' Goodreads

'The witchy, sapphic, revenge romcom I've been dreaming of' Goodreads

About this title

About the Author

Lana Harper is the author of four YA novels about modern-day witches and historical murderesses (Wicked Like a Wildfire and Fierce Like a Firestorm from Harper, and Blood Countess and the forthcoming Poison Priestess from Amulet, written under her maiden name, Popovic). Born in Serbia, she grew up in Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria, before moving to the US, where she studied psychology and literature at Yale University, law at Boston University, and publishing at Emerson College. She recently moved to Chicago with her family.

From the Back Cover

OPPOSITES ATTRACT IN THIS WICKEDLY CHARMING ROM COM FROM LANA HARPER, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PAYBACK'S A WITCH

'The book I've been waiting for all my life' Emily Henry, author of Beach Read

Wild child Isidora Avramov is a thrill chaser, adept demon summoner, and-despite the whole sexy-evil-sorceress vibe-also a cuddly animal lover. When she's not designing costumes and new storylines for the Arcane Emporium's haunted house, Issa's nursing a secret, conflicted dream of ditching her family's witchy business to become an indie fashion designer in her own right.

But when someone starts sabotaging the celebrations leading up to this year's Beltane festival with dark, dangerous magic, a member of the rival Thorn family gets badly hurt-throwing immediate suspicion on the Avramovs. To clear the Avramov name and step up for her family when they need her the most, Issa agrees to serve as a co-investigator, helping none other than Rowan Thorn get to the bottom of things.

Rowan is the very definition of lawful good, so tragically noble and by-the-book he makes Issa's teeth hurt. In accordance with their families' complicated history, he and Issa have been archenemies for years and have grown to heartily loathe each other. But as the unlikely duo follow a perplexing trail of clues to a stunning conclusion, Issa and Rowan discover how little they really know each other... and stumble upon a maddening attraction that becomes harder to ignore by the day.

Praise for Lana Harper

'A queer rom com that bewitches from the very first page' Publishers Weekly

Edition details

• Publisher: Piatkus
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0349431620
• ISBN 13: 9780349431628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336