Having already experienced the town of Graves Glen, I was excited to head back and see what new trouble awaited our crew of witches. In ‘The Kiss Curse’, we have the fun angle of competing stores, and my favorite enemies-to-lovers, when a familiar face returns to town and sets up shop across the street from Gwyn’s.

    Gwyn, often described as a ‘tornado disguised as a beautiful woman’, is perfectly happy with her life, being with her mother and cousin, running her touristy witchcraft shop “Something Wicked”, and beginning to mentor to a group of three “Baby Witches” who want to learn more than what their school will teach. She’s even ok with her cousin Vivi’s new husband, Rhys, even if she is uneasy about his family.  There is also a lot more responsibility as it’s the Jones family’s magic that now fuels Graves Glen, so the Joneses are now responsible for protecting it. So, as Halloween approaches and business is set to drum up, Gwyn is unprepared for the day that Wells Penhallow returns to Graves Glen, announces that he’s staying permanently, and then opens up a more upscale witchcraft shop right across the street from hers.

    Llewellyn ‘Wells’ Penhallow runs a pub back in Wales. However, with his country pub dying due to the family’s magic leaving, and no real reason to stick around his miserable father Simon, Wells decided he needed a change of scenery and so he decided to join his brother, Rhys in a small town in Georgia. He was determined to carve out a space for himself in what was originally his family’s own town. Even if that meant squeezing Gwyn Jones out.

    Gwyn could deal with all that business stuff, even the fact that she’s attracted to this gorgeous jerk-who’s-maybe-not-a-jerk-after-all. But Morgan, a witch with a mysterious past who Gwyn went to school with, has also just returned to Graves Glen. And at the same time all of this is happening, Gwyn begins to lose her magical powers… Wells is the one she turns to for help.

    I really enjoyed their characters. Gwyn is free-spirited, outspoken, and caring, while Wells is broody, serious, and loyal. He's hard to crack, but once Gwyn does, he's nothing but a soft-hearted simp. Their fiery chemistry mixed with their competitive natures made Gwyn and Wells such a treat to read about. And at one point, what starts out as a bickering match quickly turns into a very unprofessional, yet extremely enjoyable - and very hot - kiss. Of course, Gwyn blames it on the magic. *eye roll* I loved the way they turned to one another when trouble was afoot, despite their professed mutual dislike. All in all, it was the perfect mix of romance and adventure.