Bewitched is Now Out!
Bewitched, the first book in my new paranormal romance series, is out now! You can find it here!
For someone who is supposedly good with words, I don’t really have any to adequately describe how I feel right now. It’s been five years since I started a new series, so this feels oddly momentous. I began writing Bewitched as a sort of palate cleanser between my Four Horsemen books, which were dark, heavy, and—many times—bleak. My first love has always been paranormal romances, so writing this book was like returning to the heart of what I loved about reading and writing—falling into a world of magic and ancient curses and, most of all, love. As soon as my Four Horsemen series finished, I was drawn right back into the story of Selene, a witch who suffers from magical memory loss, and Memnon, the ancient warlord Selene accidentally awoke from deathless sleep.
Bewitched is the first book of a planned trilogy. There will also be two additional novellas (books that are about half the length of my regular titles). This series takes place in the same shared universe as my Bargainer series, though there are no character cross-overs and you do not need to have read any of my previous books to fully fall into this one, I promise. Essentially, I just use the same magical rules and places as in my other series.
Paperback versions of Bewitched are also out now. The audiobook, which is being narrated by the incredibly talented Susannah Jones (under the pseudonym Stella Bloom), is live as well! Other than that, a few of you have asked whether Bewitched will be out in hardback, and right now there are no plans for a hardback version.
Also, I'll be on Instagram Live tonight at 7 PM PST to chat with the super awesome CN Crawford about all things supernatural! I'm sure Bewitched will be discussed, but it will be a spoiler-free conversation, so don't worry about that! Later this week, I'll share more goodies and information about this release, so I hope you'll stick around for that!
As always, thank you all for taking a chance on my books. I’m forever grateful that I get to do this for a living. I hope you enjoy this new series!
Hugs and happy reading!
Laura
At age twenty, Selene Bowers desperately hopes to be accepted into Henbane Coven, an academy for young witches. Since one of the requirements for entry is to connect with her powers via a quest through the wilderness, Selene books a trip to South America. When a nefarious supernatural force tries to drag her plane from the sky, Selene's magic awakens to save her life―at a cost. Using her powers devours her memories, one by one.
Worse, when Selene braves the jungle and discovers the source of the attack, she finds herself awakening an ancient evil, Memnon the Cursed, who mistakes Selene for his long-dead wife. The wife who betrayed him. Selene manages to escape and begin her studies at Henbane, but when Memnon turns up at the coven and witches are found dead across campus, Selene becomes entangled in a dangerous plot. Accused of the murders on the basis of her memory loss, Selene must rely on Memnon's help for answers―and his plans for her will change everything.
