New book: This Spells Love, by Kate Robb

Hi, Brian.

I was one of the Tuesday night regulars in Burlington before the pandemic. I started writing romance in your intensive class and my debut, This Spells Love, comes out today with The Dial Press/Viking UK. Thanks for giving me a wonderful head start. 

All the Best,

Kate Robertson (writing as Kate Robb)

This Spells Love, by Kate Robb

What if one little wish changed everything?

When Gemma gets dumped by her long-term boyfriend, she reacts the way any reasonable twenty-eight-year-old would: by getting drunk with her sister, kooky aunt, and best friend, Dax. After one too many margaritas, they decide to perform a love- cleansing spell, which promises to erase Gemma’s ex from her memory. They follow all the instructions, including a platonic kiss from Dax to seal the deal.

Kate

When Gemma gets dumped by her long-term boyfriend, she reacts the way any reasonable twenty-eight-year-old would: by getting drunk with her sister, kooky aunt, and best friend, Dax. After one too many margaritas, they decide to perform a love- cleansing spell, which promises to erase Gemma’s ex from her memory. They follow all the instructions, including a platonic kiss from Dax to seal the deal.

To reverse the spell and get back to her old life, Gemma must convince her once-best-friend-now-near-stranger to kiss her. But as she carries out her plans, she finds herself falling for him—hard. Soon, Gemma begins to wonder whether she even wants to go back to the way things once were. What if Dax was The One all along?

“A romcom-meets-magic delight!” – Sarah Adams, New York Times bestselling author of Practice Makes Perfect

This Spells Love is available from Chapters/Indigo here.

Note: Post-pandemic, the Burlington classes have switched from Tuesdays to Thursdays: (Not so) Extreme Creative Writing on Thursday afternoons and Enjoying Creative Writing on Thursday evenings.  See all upcoming classes (online and in-person), workshops and retreats here.

P.S. TikTok fans, you can see a review of This Spells Love here.