Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

Sadie Revelare comes from a long line of witches, and her magic carries a price: the curse of four heartbreaks. She has always believed the cost is worth it, building a careful, contained life in her small town around her grandmother's bakery and the comfort of routine. Then two things shatter that calm at once. Her beloved grandmother, Gigi, who raised her, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only weeks to live, and Jake McNealy, the boy responsible for her very first heartbreak, returns to town after a decade away. As old feelings stir and Gigi grows weaker, Sadie's estranged twin brother, Seth, comes home too, carrying long-buried family secrets that threaten everything she thought she understood about herself and her magic. With her final heartbreak looming, Sadie has to decide whether protecting her power is worth closing herself off from love. Warm, witchy, and rooted in family, the story blends cozy small-town romance with grief and the tangled bonds of a magical family, asking what we are willing to risk for the people and the love that make life worth living.