Books with title The Love Curse

A family curse hangs over the head of seventeen-year-old Rainelle Murray. Any man she marries will die. What happened to living happily ever after? It might be thrilling for a man to be willing to give up his life for her, but she doesn’t want him to actually die!When a late-night call summons them to the funeral of her great-grandmother, the old woman’s attorney explains that the curse was cast by a nineteenth century witch jilted at the altar in favor of Rainelle’s ancestor. For generations, every woman in her family has been widowed shortly after giving birth to her first child, always a daughter. Attempts to remarry always lead to the death of the woman’s fiancé before the marriage takes place. Rainelle discovers she has inherited Owl Cottage, the family’s ancestral home and all its secrets. A cryptic letter suggests her great-grandmother may have discovered a way to end the curse and sends her scrambling for clues. When Sam, the intriguing son of her mother’s childhood sweetheart, reveals that the elderly woman recently purchased a very old book from a dark stranger, they conclude the book must hold the secret for destroying the curse. So where did her great-grandmother hide it and why didn’t she use it to break the curse?The stakes rise when a witch shows up to reclaim the book, and Rainelle’s mother, refusing to believe the curse is real, becomes engaged to Sam’s father, Charlie. Can Rainelle and Sam evade the witch, find the book, and break the spell before the curse causes Charlie to meet an untimely demise?Roald Dahl’s THE WITCHES meets Alice Hoffman’s PRACTICAL MAGIC in THE LOVE CURSE, a 79,500 word young adult novel.

Keith’s mother is dead, but that doesn’t mean she’s stopped trying to help him turn his life around. His dad, however, doesn’t see any reason he or Keith should stop drinking or using drugs.Ashley and her two best friends have never known real love. When the girls make a road trip into a larger city near their home on the Oklahoma plains, they stumble upon a book in an estate sale that might be the answer to their romantic problems.When the school’s renowned drug user approaches Ashley, she doesn’t think there’s any way she’d ever fall for Keith. As her friends use the grimoire to wreak havoc on the boys of the school who have mistreated them, Ashley can’t help but wonder if Keith’s interest is real or the result of the spells her friends claim to be creating.Then the high school erupts in chaos and the unlikely couple have to work against the evil that has been unleashed on their small town.

Keith’s mother is dead, but that doesn’t mean she’s stopped trying to help him turn his life around. His dad, however, doesn’t see any reason he or Keith should stop drinking or using drugs. Ashley and her two best friends have never known real love. When the girls make a road trip into a larger city near their home on the Oklahoma plains, they stumble upon a book in an estate sale that might be the answer to their romantic problems. When the school’s renowned drug user approaches Ashley, she doesn’t think there’s any way she’d ever fall for Keith. As her friends use the grimoire to wreak havoc on the boys of the school who have mistreated them, Ashley can’t help but wonder if Keith’s interest is real or the result of the spells her friends claim to be creating. Then the high school erupts in chaos and the unlikely couple have to work against the evil that has been unleashed on their small town.

Keith's mother is dead, but that doesn't mean she's stopped trying to help him turn his life around. His dad, however, doesn't see any reason he or Keith should stop drinking or using drugs. Ashley and her two best friends have never known real love. When the girls make a road trip into a larger city near their home on the Oklahoma plains, they stumble upon a book at an estate sale that might be the answer to their romantic problems. When the school's renowned drug user approaches Ashley, she doesn't think there's any way she'd ever fall for Keith. As her friends use the grimoire to wreak havoc on the boys of the school who have mistreated them, Ashley can't help but wonder if Keith's interest is real or the result of the spells her friends claim to be creating. Then the high school erupts in chaos and the unlikely couple have to work against the evil that has been unleashed on their small town.