Hopelessly Teavoted by Audrey Goldberg Ruoff Published by Atria on September 16, 2025
Genres: Paranormal Romance
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After the deaths of his parents, a witch returns to his spooky family manor and joins forces with his former crush when his parents’ spirits warn them of a sinister threat in this witty and lyrically unique rom-com in the vein of The Crescent Moon Tearoom and The Ex Hex.
Azrael Ashmedai Hart must be cursed. He’s a witch twice named for the devil. He’s making his way back to his family manor in Hallowcross after a failed screenwriting career. He’s adopted a cat he’s allergic to, and if all of that is not enough, he’s also forced to come face-to-face with his childhood best friend and former crush.
Victoria Starnberger, the bubbly girl-next-door Az lost touch with after an awkward incident in college, has just been disowned by her parents for quitting business school and buying Azrael’s late parents’ Hopelessly Teavoted tea shop against their wishes. Being cut off financially is one thing. But, now Vickie also owes a lesser devil for the souls her parents promised him in exchange for her gift to summon the dead by touching something they treasured in life, destroying the object in the process.
When spirits all over town, including Az’s parents, keep warning her about a sinister threat, Vickie and Az are forced to combine their powers to save the Hallowcross. But to do so, they must prevent her magic from immolating him after Vickie’s devil places a curse on them to keep them from touching until she repays her debt. As they race against the clock to find clever ways around their curse, they find it increasingly harder to deny that they’ve been hopelessly devoted to each other all along.
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Victoria “Vickie” Starnberger is the girl next door that can talk to dead people. Her gift comes from her parents making a deal with a devil, the debt is transferred to her when she tells her parents she no longer wants to go to college, and they wind up cutting her off. She is left footing the bill for the power she never asked for and must pay it off by doing a devil’s tasks before time runs out. What does one do when cut off from everything you know? Buy the tea shop that your childhood best friend/crush’s mom used to own.
Azrael “Az” Hart keeps striking out in life. His failed career forces him back into his childhood home with his sister while he figures out his life and teaches at the local school. He cannot keep his mind off Vickie though and she desperately needs help in completing the tasks before time runs out.
Hopelessly Teavoted is a surprisingly spicy paranormal romance. Some of the scenes will have you fanning yourself while others will have questioning why. The plot itself was entertaining, though the mystery element fell a bit flat for me. If you are a fan of spicy paranormal romance books you might enjoy this book!
