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A spectacularly cosy fantasy which reimagines the Rumpelstiltskin story – where the havoc of an unpaid debt leads to an unlikely romance.

Princess Gisele has spent her life waiting for an evil fae sorcerer to claim her. It was the price of her mother’s crown – her first-born child for the ability to spin straw into gold. But it’s been decades, and he still hasn’t shown up. Now, the magic has curdled into a curse.

So Gisele marches into the fae realm to hunt down her ‘Malediction’. Yet instead of a monster, she finds a scholarly, cat-eared sorcerer and his meddling, sentient house. And he wants nothing to do with the angry, knife-wielding princess on his doorstep. Unfortunately, the magic that binds them won’t let them go that easily. And in a house that rearranges itself to keep them together, Gisele discovers that the man who ruined her life might just steal her heart.

She came to end him, but she might stay to save him.

Readers love this book:

'I absolutely adored the characters, their connection and their story. I laughed and smiled so hard through the whole book. 100% recommend'

'This felt like Howl’s Moving Castle meets Emily Wilde. There’s a talking cat, a magical house, a curse and a romance'

'I LOVE this book! It's really soft and lovely'

'Loved it, absolutely perfect escapism, all aspects are brilliantly balanced, the magic, the stakes, the humour, the romance'

'Funny, fresh and binge-read worthy'