Publication Date: July 28, 2026 ***The first 5 preorders through Charmed & Bound Books will receive an adorable bookmark and inappropriate stickers!*** "Lindsay Maple delivers... tenderly sketched characters and scorching heat." —Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone, USA TODAY bestselling authors of A Merry Little Meet Cute You know what they say about hex appeal… Aubrey is cursed. Literally. One spell gone awry in high school landed her with the most embarrassing love life ever, and now any time Aubrey is in a romantic situation everything ends up being terribly awkward. Sometimes the dates go so badly her would-be partners end up in the emergency room with... intimate injuries. Aubrey had accepted her lonely lot in life until she meets skeptical data analyst Lex. The unlikely friends team up on a series of data-collecting dates to figure out what makes the curse tick, and what they can do to stop it… but what if that means facing the most awkward situation possible? To break the curse, Aubrey is forced into her toughest decision yet: date the safe, data-proven perfect candidate, or follow her heart into the unknown with the growing feelings she has for the one person she never imagined being with. Will she ever get a shot at true love, or is she cursed beyond curing? "[Holly Jolly July] had me flipping the pages late into the cozy night." —Ashely Herring Blake, USA TODAY bestselling author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care FOR FANS OF:* Friends to lovers* Pansexual x later in life Lesbian* Magical curses* Open-door spice* Misadventures in dating Binding: Paperback
