A stubborn witch. A magic-skeptical historian. One very inconvenient relic. What could possibly go wrong?
Ivy Rousseau has always had a knack for making things grow. Plants, trouble, the occasional magical disaster—she can handle all three. What she can't seem to grow is a sense of belonging. But when a mysterious relic begins stirring ancient magic beneath New Orleans, Ivy finds herself tangled in a mystery that reaches far deeper than the roots beneath her beloved flower shop, Wild Bloom.
Enter Thorne historian, professional skeptic, and a man who would rather catalogue a supernatural phenomenon than admit it exists. He's determined to uncover the truth behind the relic. Ivy is determined to trust her instincts. Unfortunately, the investigation requires them to work together—and the sparks between them are proving considerably harder to explain than the magic.
Their reluctant partnership soon leads to a haunted townhouse, a ghost with unfinished business, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. As the Home Relic awakens, Ivy discovers that its power may be connected to her own magic in ways no one can predict. And when the relic makes a choice for her, the danger becomes frighteningly personal.
Thorne has spent his life believing that understanding something is the same as being able to control it. Ivy may be the one person who can teach him otherwise. But with old magic tightening its grip, family secrets surfacing, and feelings neither of them planned for, they'll have to decide what they're willing to risk—and what it truly means to call a place, or a person, home.
In a city where magic has a mind of its own, falling in love might be the most unpredictable spell of all.
Hexes & Heartstrings is a cozy, witchy paranormal rom-com featuring botanical magic, a slow-burn romance, a delightfully meddlesome ghost, magical mysteries, and the kind of found family that makes even the strangest little corner of New Orleans feel like home.