Spell Bound

Edison Rooker loses his magician grandmother and then his home. The Magical Consortium rules him unmagical and exiles him from the only place he has known. With nowhere to go, he takes a job from Antonia Hex, a powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies.

Antonia gives him a new name, Rook, and a use for his invention, a magic-detecting device called the Spell Binder. Across town, Sun is an apprentice sorcerer learning the trade from Fable, a mentor just as overworked as Antonia. Their work is freeing ordinary people from jinxes and curses.

Rook and Sun are rivals who cannot stand each other. When their mentors land in trouble, the two have to work together to get them out. Along the way, they also have to decide what to do about the spark between them.

The book is a young adult romance in the grumpy-sunshine mold, built on the premise of a hotline for magical emergencies. The tone is lively and campy, with a comic setup and a rivals-to-more dynamic at the centre. Expect banter and a light mood rather than anything heavy.