Payback's a Witch
***Chilling Adventures of Sabrina* meets *The L Word* in this fresh, sizzling New York Times bestselling rom-com by Lana Harper.** Emmy Harlow is a witch but not a very powerful one—in part because she hasn't been home to the magical town of Thistle Grove in years. Her self-imposed exile has a lot to do with a complicated family history and a desire to forge her own way in the world, and only the very tiniest bit to do with Gareth Blackmoore, heir to the most powerful magical family in town and casual breaker of hearts and destroyer of dreams. But when a spellcasting tournament that her family serves as arbiters for approaches, it turns out the pull of tradition (or the truly impressive parental guilt trip that comes with it) is strong enough to bring Emmy back. She's determined to do her familial duty; spend some quality time with her best friend, Linden Thorn; and get back to her real life in Chicago. On her first night home, Emmy runs into Talia Avramov—an all-around badass adept in the darker magical arts—who is fresh off a bad breakup . . . with Gareth Blackmoore. Talia had let herself be charmed, only to discover that Gareth was also seeing Linden—unbeknownst to eith
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Emmy Harlow returns to her witchy Massachusetts hometown for the once-a-generation magical tournament between four founding families, and teams up with the bisexual bartender wronged by Emmy's ex.
Payback's a Witch was written by Lana Harper and published in 2021. It is the first book in her Witches of Thistle Grove series.
Lana Harper has published five Witches of Thistle Grove novels: Payback's a Witch, From Bad to Cursed, Back in a Spell, In Charm's Way, and Rise and Divine. The series continues.
Payback's a Witch is 352 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Payback's a Witch takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
Payback's a Witch is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
Payback's a Witch is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
