Spellbound: Book One (A Fall Witch Story)

One botched spell.
One unenchanted man.
One witch in way over her heart.

Witchy rom-com meets small-town trouble. Laughs, longing, and a dark wildcard who won’t play nice.
A Fall Paranormal Novella

Eliza Lakeland knows this better than anyone. She grew up in the crumbling Lakeland house, where every draft carried her grandmother’s warnings and every door remembered secrets. But grief and guilt left her clumsy with her inheritance—until one desperate night she whispered a love spell into the dark.

Now the men of Ciderbrooke can’t stop watching her. Neighbors linger too long, old friends arrive with hungry smiles, strangers whisper her name as if it belongs to them. And the worst part? The one man she meant the spell for—Simon Sterling, the brooding bookseller with quiet eyes—remains untouched.

As the town bends under the spell’s weight, something older stirs in the shadows: a figure beneath a streetlamp, a knock at the door that isn’t a knock at all, and whispers of the Council—the ancient body that decides which witches are allowed to endure. To undo what she’s done, Eliza must confront not only her family’s dangerous legacy but also the stranger who once stood on her grandmother’s porch…and never truly left.

With her sharp-tongued best friend at her side and the wrong man pressing closer by the night, Eliza walks a knife’s edge between desire and ruin. Because in Ciderbrooke, love spells are never harmless—and some doors, once opened, will not close again.

Spellbound is a witchy romcom with a gothic twist—perfect for fans of small-town magic, tangled hearts, and secrets that refuse to stay buried.