High Jinx
Synopsis
Escape into this new urban fantasy by #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Women of the Otherworldโฆ Curse weaver Kennedy Bennett has re-settled into her beloved hometown and opened a shop selling previously hexed antiques. When she fails to win an online auction for a notorious cursed painting, Aiden Connollyโthe wealthy and swoon-worthy lucโฆ Escape into this new urban fantasy by #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Women of the Otherworldโฆ Curse weaver Kennedy Bennett has re-settled into her beloved hometown and opened a shop selling previously hexed antiques. When she fails to win an online auction for a notorious cursed painting, Aiden Connollyโthe wealthy and swoon-worthy luck worker she is not datingโswoops in to buy it for her. Crying Girl is one of a quartet of haunted legendary paintings. Kennedy knows that the โghostsโ are actually cursesโfatal ones. The paintings have been missing for years, and Kennedy is thrilled at the chance to uncurse oneโฆuntil Crying Girl disappears before they can collect it. Kennedy and Aiden soon discover that the painting hasnโt been randomly whisked out of their reach. Someone used it to lure them in, and now that theyโve snatched the bait, theyโve been snared in a trap. Either the thief gets what they wantโฆor the four paintings are going to find their way back into the world, and Kennedy and Aiden will be responsible for the deadly chaos the cursed portraits wreak. Keywords: urban fantasy novel; contemporary fantasy; paranormal romance series; magic; small town; crime caper; opposites attract; billionaire family; no cliffhangers
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