Love that.

And it's about a witch named Rosie, and she has love magic, and she owns a romance bookstore.

And she uses that to help people fall in love.

So they find a book at the romance bookstore, they read it, and then the next person they meet is their one true love, and they fall in love, and they get their happily ever after.

Unfortunately for her, her family is cursed to never fall in love, so it's like the worst curse that she could have, because she's watching and helping all these people fall in love, and she can't have it herself.

And she's, like, such a hopeless romantic.

So after one really, really bad, like, breakup, she's like, "I'm done with this.

And, uh, was, but was it fun coming up with that whole concept of the kiss bond?

Heather, you shared it kind of in your intro that there was that email from your publishers to go, "Hey, your book is blowing up online." But Patty and Morgan, was there an email or a librarian or a post that told you a certain book was blowing up? And, and what did that do for you as an author?

I think I'm a strange...

I started as indie.

So I went from indie to this, my first trad book comes out next week.

And, um, my Christmas book hit number one on Amazon, and I was just, like, sitting in my house.

My husband was, like, calling me.

He's like, from downstairs.

Right.

Mm

... a hopeless romantic.

Um, and after a really, really bad breakup, she is like, "Screw this, I'm kind of over it," summons the warlock who s- cursed her family, and he's like, "Yeah, I can totally break this curse.

Unfortunately for you, I need you to get my grandson to help you," and unfortunately for her, he's the grumpy gamer who lives across the street and cannot stand her.

So, like, they have to work together to get all the ingredients for this potion to help, um, break the curse and also help his grandfather move her to the afterlife, and it's just chaos and silliness and a Halloween treat.

[laughs]

Right

... just play along for two seconds" and he's like so alarmed.