Mr. and Mrs. Witch

by Gwenda Bond, Luke Daniels (Narrator), Amy Landon (Narrator)

In Mr. and Mrs. Witch, the new novel from bestselling author Gwenda Bond, a couple discovers at the altar the surprising secret identities they’ve kept from each other.

Savannah Wilde is a witch, a powerful one, and a member of C.R.O.N.E, an organization for hire that deals with supernatural threats using their magic. Following a whirlwind romance that surprised her friends and family, Savvy is all set to marry the love of her life when she notices her bridal party and her mom are freaking out minutes before the wedding.

Griffin Carter is an agent for H.U.N.T.E.R., a clandestine organization that, well, used to primarily hunt witches, but now mainly tries to shut down supernatural threats their own way. He can’t wait to lay his eyes on the woman he’s about to spend the rest of his life with. As he’s getting ready, Griffin overhears his father and friends discussing something in distressed whispers. What he finds out concerns him, but not enough to deal with before the ceremony.

As Savvy walks down the aisle to Griffin, the wedding quickly goes from blessed day to shit show when their true identities are revealed. To say there’s bad blood between their organizations is putting it mildly. Savvy and Griffin are tasked to take the other out. But when they don't go through with it, they—and their friends—find themselves on the run. But when the two of them discover a secret about both their organizations, Savvy and Griffin realize the only way to survive is to team up—and, even with assassins hot on their trail, they just might make it out alive and try again at ‘I do’.

Audible Audio

Published March 7, 2023

About the author

Gwenda Bond is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the first official Stranger Things novel, Suspicious Minds, the Lois Lane YA series, and the romantic comedies Not Your Average Hot Guy, The Date from Hell, and Mr. & Mrs. Witch. She has a number of forthcoming projects, including a magical art heist book, The Frame-Up. Her nonfiction writing has appeared in Publishers Weekly, Locus Magazine, Salon, the Los Angeles Times, and many other publications.

She co-founded and chairs the nonprofit Lexington Writer’s Room, and lives in a hundred-year-old house in Lexington, Kentucky, with her husband, author Christopher Rowe, and a veritable zoo of adorable doggos and queenly cats. Visit her online at www.gwendabond.com or join her newsletter at www.gwendabond.substack.com.

Reviews

[Tiffany · Rating 3 out of 5]

🎧 Title: Mr. and Mrs. Witch-a standalone

✍🏾 Author: Gwenda Bond-new to me author

📅Publication date: 3-7-23 | Read 6-26-25

🗣️Narrator: Luke Daniels and Amy Landon voice all the characters with standouts from Savvy, Griffin, Claudia, and Brie. The reading style brought the text to life, and the author and narrators worked together perfectly. The pacing and flow allowed me to get lost in the story. The narrators paused and announced new chapters and there was a table of contents which helped me follow along.

🏃🏾‍♀️‍➡️Run Time: 9:46

Genre:
*Fantasy
*Paranormal Romance

Tropes:
*secret identities/hidden truths
*marriage
*witches/magic
*family drama
*pet friendly/familiars

👆🏾POV: 3rd person

⚠️TW: magical attacks, attempted murder

🌎 Setting: Atlanta

Summary: Savvy and Griffin are all set to get married, only they are hiding their true identities from each other. Savvy is a powerful witch apart of CRONE - an organization hired to deal w/supernatural threats using magic. Griffin is an agent for Humans Undertaking Nocturnal Terror and Evil Reduction (HUNTER) that used to hunt witches and now tries to shut down supernatural threats in their own way. There has been an armistice between witches and hunters for centuries, but that falls apart at their wedding.

👩🏾 Heroine: Savannah "Savvy" Wilde-her cover is a PR consultant

👨🏾 Hero: Griffin Carter-his cover is professor of antiquities

🎭 Other Characters:

*Brie + Elle-Saavy's BFFS/witches
*Simone-Saavy's aunt, officiating the wedding
*Diego-Griffin's best man/BFF
*Claudia-Saavy's mother-disapproves of the marriage
*Roman+ Jackie-Griffin's parents
*Mother Circe-the leader of the CRONE
*The Butcher of Salem-the leader of the HUNTER
*Melissa-the Gorgon AKA Medusa
*Familiars: Saavy/Paris-a black leopard, Claudia/Cretin-a raven, Elle/Peggy-Pegasus

🤔 My Thoughts: I liked this loosely retelling of the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Saavy and Griffin. Griffin's attack at the wedding was a declaration of war. Saavy and Griffin found out the truth, tried to kill each other, but couldn't do it. They joined forces and figured out the truth about the leaders of CRONE and HUNTER. They created a new organization WARDEN uniting humans and witches against supernatural evil. They did get married but there were no sexy times. I hope Diego and Brie get a book!

Rating: 3.5/5 ✨
Spice level 1/5 🌶️kissing only, closed door/off page