No Chance in Spell

Breaking up is hard to do. Being forgotten entirely? Way worse.

Lexi Balefire thought her love life was complicated before. But when her boyfriend-handsome, practically perfect musician Kin Clark-comes down with a case of magical amnesia and forgets she even exists, things go from bad to total magical disaster.

Now Kin thinks Lexi's just some weird girl who won't stop staring at him-awkward!-and frankly, that's not even the weirdest thing to happen this week.

Port Harbor's newest matchmaking sensation, Diana Diamond, is stealing Lexi's clients left and right-with suspiciously perfect results and an agenda that smells fishier than the docks at low tide.

With a dazzling smile and a deck of enchanted cards, Diana's charms may fool everyone else, but Lexi isn't buying it. She recognizes magical manipulation when she sees it, and this self-proclaimed "Queen of Hearts" is definitely dealing from a marked deck.

As if professional sabotage and a boyfriend with a Swiss cheese memory weren't enough, Lexi's faerie godmothers offer their usual brand of well-intentioned chaos, Serena insists Jett deserves redemption (spoiler: he doesn't), and the Bow of Destiny has developed the magical equivalent of a teenage attitude problem. With mounting pressures from all sides, Lexi's beginning to suspect the greatest threat to her happiness isn't external competition-it's the goddess-touched witch in her mirror.

Determined to reclaim what's rightfully hers, Lexi plunges into Diana's too-perfect past, only to unearth secrets darker than the triple-shot espressos fueling her increasingly desperate investigation. The more layers she peels back, the more tangled the web becomes-Diana isn't just after Lexi's client list; she's hunting Lexi's birthright, her flame, her fate itself.

And the most terrifying part? She might actually succeed.

With her relationship in shambles, her business hanging by a thread, and the magical clock ticking relentlessly, Lexi races to break the amnesia spell before Kin forgets her permanently.

But rewriting fate isn't as easy as it looks, and one wrong move could cost her everything-her magic, her livelihood, and the one person who once knew her better than anyone.

Just when Lexi thinks she's found solid footing, a betrayal close to home reminds her that not all enemies hide in the shadows-some smile right to your face.

The deck may be stacked against her, and Diana might be holding all the cards, but what the Queen of Hearts hasn't learned yet is a fundamental truth about Lexi's lineage:

Balefires don't fold. They burn.