The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs

The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs
Author: Jack Gantos
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2008-06-24
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1466824751

On an unseasonably warm Easter Sunday, a young girl named Ivy discovers a chilling secret in the basement of the Rumbaugh pharmacy across the street from the hotel where she lives with her mother. The discovery reveals a disturbing side to the eccentric lives of family friends Abner and Adolph Rumbaugh, known throughout their small western Pennsylvania town simply as the Twins. It seems that Ab and Dolph have been compelled by a powerful mutual love for their deceased mother to do something extraordinary, something that in its own twisted way bridges the gap between the living and the dead. Immediately, Ivy's discovery provokes the revelation of a Rumbaugh family curse, a curse that, as Ivy will learn over the coming years, holds a strange power over herself and her own mother. In his third book for young adults, Jack Gantos has scripted a completely original drama. With gothic flavor and black humor, he depicts a group of people bound together by love, compulsion . . . and a passion for taxidermy.

The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre

The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre
Author: Robin Talley
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 006240928X

Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Nina LaCour, this romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Robin Talley has something for everyone: backstage rendezvous, deadly props, and a seemingly insurmountable obstacle to True Love. Melody McIntyre, stage manager extraordinaire, has a plan for everything. What she doesn’t have? Success with love. Every time she falls for someone during a school performance, both the romance and the show end in catastrophe. So, Mel swears off any entanglements until their upcoming production of Les Mis is over. Of course, Mel didn’t count on Odile Rose, rising star in the acting world, auditioning for the spring performance. And she definitely didn’t expect Odile to be sweet and funny, and care as much about the play’s success as Mel. Which means that Melody McIntyre’s only plan now is trying desperately not to fall in love.

Love's Curse

Love's Curse
Author: Ellen Mint
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1839434813

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR ELLEN MINT A My Bloody Valentine story Love can never die. Emma intends to spend another Valentine's Day with the dead Egyptian princess she's studying, but her world of museums and mummies is hurled into chaos by the arrival of a man, one who looks like if sex was a librarian. Tarek is fascinated with Emma's research into the famous heartbroken princess mummy...and she wishes he'd be fascinated with her too. When her hand touches his, a curse millennia in the making unfolds, and the heartbroken princess rises from her tomb. In this heart-racing story of love, betrayal and death, two people find themselves trying to defy history and come together...with the help of a goddess of love. Can their love defy death itself?

Love Curse

Love Curse
Author: Steven E. Wedel
Publisher: MoonHowler Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:

Keith’s mother is dead, but that doesn’t mean she’s stopped trying to help him turn his life around. His dad, however, doesn’t see any reason he or Keith should stop drinking or using drugs. Ashley and her two best friends have never known real love. When the girls make a road trip into a larger city near their home on the Oklahoma plains, they stumble upon a book in an estate sale that might be the answer to their romantic problems. When the school’s renowned drug user approaches Ashley, she doesn’t think there’s any way she’d ever fall for Keith. As her friends use the grimoire to wreak havoc on the boys of the school who have mistreated them, Ashley can’t help but wonder if Keith’s interest is real or the result of the spells her friends claim to be creating. Then the high school erupts in chaos and the unlikely couple have to work against the evil that has been unleashed on their small town.

Forbidden Love's Curse

Forbidden Love's Curse
Author: Delcesca Newby
Publisher: Kitiera Morey
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2020-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

All myths skew the truth... Two thousand years ago, Eros met Psyche. Against terrible odds, romance bloomed, and their love became legend. Two thousand years later, they've yet to find their happy ending. When it looked like Aphrodite would lose her son, she placed a curse on Psyche. To break it, Psyche must make it through three tasks. If she doesn’t, she dies before her twenty-fourth birthday and is forced to reincarnate years later. In each lifetime, Eros finds Psyche, but he never keeps her for long. Fearful his love’s spirit will spend eternity without rest, Eros starts to lose hope. Just when he reaches his breaking point, he discovers that he can end the curse. But to beat his mother, the unthinkable must happen. Eros must become mortal. As he discovers this, a new cycle of his mother’s curse begins. This time not only does Eros have to deal with his waning godhood, but he must also compete with another for Psyche’s love. To make matters worse, Psyche can’t discover Eros’ identity before he’s mortal, or she’ll suffer a fate worse than Tartarus could devise. One way or another, in fourteen days, Aphrodite will lose. Can Eros hold onto his sanity while he does what no god has done before him? Can he keep Psyche safe while also stealing her heart? Will the lovers finally be together?

Ancient Greek Love Magic

Ancient Greek Love Magic
Author: Christopher A. FARAONE
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674036700

The ancient Greeks commonly resorted to magic spells to attract and keep lovers. Surveying and analyzing various texts and artifacts, the author reveals that gender is the crucial factor in understanding love spells.

Born to Love, Cursed to Feel Revised Edition

Born to Love, Cursed to Feel Revised Edition
Author: Samantha King Holmes
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1524874574

Samantha King Holmes brings forth a raw, original perspective. A collection of poetry that breathes hope into the idea of love while mourning the human condition of seeking out connections, sometimes with the wrong people. Her verse takes the readers on an introspective journey of love, longing, and self-evolution. Born to Love, Cursed to Feel Revised Edition brings to life an answer to the many difficult questions involving self-love and the feelings we have for others. The book explores the need to connect and the way emotions can complicate our decision making. Ultimately this book is a poetic documentation of heartbreak, anguish, and redemption. A story told in hopes of reminding others that their mistakes do not define them and that the end is usually the beginning of something more. In this revised edition, new, never-before-seen poems are sprinkled throughout among beloved and refreshed pieces from the first edition.

Arrowheart

Arrowheart
Author: Rebecca Sky
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-01-07
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9781444940053

What if you had the power to make any boy fall in love with you? Addictive romance with a fantasy twist for fans of Holly Smale, Ally Carter, and Zoe Sugg. The gods are gone. The people have forgotten them. But sixteen-year-old Rachel Patel can't forget - the gods control her life, or more specifically, her love life. Being a Hedoness, one of a strong group of women descended from Greek God Eros, makes true love impossible for Rachel. She wields the power of that magical golden arrow, and with it, the promise to take the will of any boy she kisses. But the last thing Rachel wants is to force someone to love her . . . When seventeen-year-old Benjamin Blake's disappearance links back to the Hedonesses, Rachel's world collides with his, and her biggest fear becomes a terrifying reality. She's falling for him - a messy, magnetic, arrow-over-feet type of fall. Rachel distances herself, struggling to resist the growing attraction, but when he gives up his dream to help her evade arrest, distance becomes an insurmountable task. With the police hot on their trail, Rachel soon realises there are darker forces hunting them - a group of mortals recruited by the gods who will stop at nothing to preserve the power of the Hedonesses - not to mention Eros himself, who is desperate to reverse the curse . . . Prepare to fall under the spell of Wattpad star Rebecca Sky, in this compulsive romance.

When Live, Laugh, Love Turns Into Curse, Hex, Spell

When Live, Laugh, Love Turns Into Curse, Hex, Spell
Author: Asteria Moonsilver
Publisher:
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre:
ISBN:

I tried to be a love and light witch, everything was "Blessed Be" and "Live Laugh Love" for a long time. I found a magical community that welcomed me with open arms, as long as I was a good witch. I wasn't going to be "bad" and let it destroy me, like I had been warned that it would. I came very close to losing the core of who I really am until tragedy struck. I then learned that there's nothing wrong with being a good witch. However, there comes a time in a person's life where it's no longer acceptable to be a door mat. It's during those times that people are due payback for how they've treated you. This book goes well beyond fairy dust and affirmations. It delves into a magical practice taught to me by generations of women from within my own family and those I have met along my journey. Inside this book you will find all sorts of mayhem inducing magic, meant specifically for teaching you how to defend yourself, your family, your home, and your place of business. "But where's the revenge?" you may ask. That is exactly what we're going to delve into in this book. You will learn how to create a new arsenal of tools to protect yourself, your family, and your home from ever being burdened by those sorts of unsavory people again.

The Ballad of Never After

The Ballad of Never After
Author: Stephanie Garber
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2022-09-13
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250268419

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Stephanie Garber’s THE BALLAD OF NEVER AFTER is the jaw-dropping sequel to the ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak Not every love is meant to be. After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again. Now that she’s discovered her own magic, Evangeline believes she can use it to restore the chance at happily ever after that Jacks stole away. But when a new terrifying curse is revealed, Evangeline finds herself entering into a tenuous partnership with the Prince of Hearts again. Only this time, the rules have changed. Jacks isn’t the only force Evangeline needs to be wary of. In fact, he might be the only one she can trust, despite her desire to despise him. Instead of a love spell wreaking havoc on Evangeline’s life, a murderous spell has been cast. To break it, Evangeline and Jacks will have to do battle with old friends, new foes, and a magic that plays with heads and hearts. Evangeline has always trusted her heart, but this time she’s not sure she can. . . . Also by Stephanie Garber: The Caraval Series - Caraval - Legendary - Finale