From Bad to Cursed

Lana is the author of four YA novels about modern-day witches and historical murderesses. Born in Serbia, she grew up in Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria before moving to the US, where she studied psychology and literature at Yale University, law at Boston University, and publishing at Emerson College. She recently moved to Chicago with her family.

Opposites attract in this wickedly charming rom-com by Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Payback s a Witch.

Wild child Isidora Avramov is a thrill chaser, adept demon summoner, and despite the whole sexy-evil-sorceress vibe also a cuddly animal lover. When she s not designing costumes and new storylines for the Arcane Emporium s haunted house, Issa's nursing a secret, conflicted dream of ditching her family s witchy business to become an indie fashion designer in her own right. 

But when someone starts sabotaging the celebrations leading up to this year s Beltane festival with dark, dangerous magic, a member of the rival Thorn family gets badly hurt throwing immediate suspicion on the Avramovs. To clear the Avramov name and step up for her family when they need her the most, Issa agrees to serve as a co-investigator, helping none other than Rowan Thorn get to the bottom of things.

Rowan is the very definition of lawful good, so tragically noble and by-the-book he makes Issa s teeth hurt. In accordance with their families complicated history, he and Issa have been archenemies for years and have grown to heartily loathe each other. But as the unlikely duo follow a perplexing trail of clues to a stunning conclusion, Issa and Rowan discover how little they really know each other and stumble upon a maddening attraction that becomes harder to ignore by the day.

SECOND BOOK WITH THE AUTHOR: Follow-up to Payback's a Witch, the first witchy rom-com we have with Lana, which already has a lot of in-house loveRESURGENCE OF FANTASY, BUT WITH A TWIST: Witches are back, with readers looking for more novels about witches and their emphasis on female empowerment, and Lana's books are perfectly suited to that growing demandDIVERSE CHARACTERS: The heroine is bisexual and the hero is BlackCROSSOVER APPEAL: This is a rom-com at its core, but the witchy, paranormal aspect will appeal to fantasy readers as wellAUTHOR WRITES YA: The author has written YA novels under the name Lana Popovic, and this book has definite crossover appeal to the YA readershipWE PLAN TO CONTINUE PUBLISHING WITH HER: We have more under contract in the same witchy world, featuring secondary characters from the first two books