Hexed and Hitched

Mystic Hollow, Book 1

Sometimes, the most magical love stories are the ones that have been right in front of you all along.

There are worse things in life than being in love with your best friend-like being his fake fiancée.

Until then, I felt like I had a handle on things. Sure, I was a hot mess when it came to magic-but my wedding planning business was thriving, and I got to secretly admire Troy every day at work. (Who was winning? Me, that's who.)

But when an unexpected curse sends Troy scrambling for a fake fiancée, the line between reality and fantasy blurs. Soon, sparks are flying in every magical direction. (Is it getting hot in here? No, just me? Cool.)

Will our charade lead to the happily ever after I've secretly craved, or will it shatter the very foundation of my carefully curated world? Guess I'm about to find out. Wish me luck.

Hexed and Hitched is a witchy romantic comedy full of magic, friendship, and laughter. It's the first book in a series of stand alone romances set in the enchanted town of Mystic Hollow.

©2023 Stephanie Damore (P)2024 Tantor

Short and Sweet

I wanted to kill Troy so many times for being such a guy. Even though he irked me until the end, I loved this book. It was really cute and I liked the female narrator, the male was ok, except he sounded like a 60 year old man, instead of 20 or 30 something year old. I would still recommend and will have to look for other books by this author.

Good idea, bad execution

The plot is silly. The whole “he/she doesn’t feel the same” is such a tired cliche but it could have been executed better. Instead, we are taken through a million hoops just to get back where we started, turning out that everything could have been resolved sooner, in a less messy fashion. The motivation for the quest for a bride is absurd.
I wanted to read this for the paranormal feel but it was unsatisfactory, nonsensical and superficial.

I didn’t enjoy the narration. The old grandmother’s voice, especially, was very shrill. Both narrators have a singsong style that is annoying to me.