3.5 (77 ratings)

Hopelessly Teavoted: A Novel (Hallowcross)

Name: Hopelessly Teavoted: A Novel (Hallowcross)
Rating: 3.5 (77 reviews)
Author: Audrey Goldberg Ruoff
ISBN: 166806832X

by Audrey Goldberg Ruoff

witches

About this book

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After the deaths of his parents, a witch returns to his spooky family manor and joins forces with his former crush when his parents’ spirits warn them of a sinister threat in this witty and lyrically unique rom-com in the vein of The Crescent Moon Tearoom and The Ex Hex.

Azrael Ashmedai Hart must be cursed. He’s a witch twice named for the devil. He’s making his way back to his family manor in Hallowcross after a failed screenwriting career. He’s adopted a cat he’s allergic to, and if all of that is not enough, he’s also forced to come face-to-face with his childhood best friend and former crush.

Victoria Starnberger, the bubbly girl-next-door Az lost touch with after an awkward incident in college, has just been disowned by her parents for quitting business school and buying Azrael’s late parents’ Hopelessly Teavoted tea shop against their wishes. Being cut off financially is one thing. But, now Vickie also owes a lesser devil for the souls her parents promised him in exchange for her gift to summon the dead by touching something they treasured in life, destroying the object in the process.

When spirits all over town, including Az’s parents, keeping warning her about a sinister threat, Vickie and Az are forced to combine their powers to save the Hallowcross. But to do so, they must prevent her magic from immolating him after Vickie’s devil places a curse on them to keep them from touching until she repays her debt. As they race against the clock to find clever ways around their curse, they find it increasingly harder to deny that they’ve been hopelessly devoted to each other all along.

Publication Date: May 25, 2026
ASIN: 166806832X

Reader Reviews

cute

March 16, 2026

excited to start reading this book, cute cover )

friends to lovers with some paranormal

May 17, 2026

We all know that I love a good friends to lovers. But this one felt so drawn out and that it was moving so slow. We follow Azrael and Vickie. Azrael’s parents recently died and he’s back in town and is a new teacher at his old high school. His childhood best friend, Vickie, is now running the old bakery/tea shop that his parents had previously ran. But she has a special talent, she can talk to the dead if she’s holding an artifact that they truly loved. All of this due to her parents making a...

A surprisingly fun read

January 30, 2026

I really enjoyed this one😍and would recommend it to anyone that loves a small town magical vibe with drama, some tension filled romance, and a little mystery. The magic and curses were very much more modern than what I was expecting, but it was done so well and very easy to follow. AND THE ANGST! It built up the tension to an inferno between the two. Amazing bit of romance and ending in my opinion. If you have the chance the audiobook is amazing as well. I’d give the narration a 5/5, and the...

A surprisingly fun read

January 30, 2026

Review ~ Hopelessly Teavoted by Audrey Goldberg Ruoff

September 17, 2025

Victoria “Vickie” Starnberger is the girl next door that can talk to dead people. Her gift comes from her parents making a deal with a devil, the debt is transferred to her when she tells her parents she no longer wants to go to college, and they wind up cutting her off. She is left footing the bill for the power she never asked for and must pay it off by doing a devil’s tasks before time runs out. What does one do when cut off from everything you know? Buy the tea shop that your childhood best...