Love Spells Trouble
By (Author) Nia Davenport
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury YA
4th November 2025
United States
Young Adult
Fiction
Hardback
320
Width 140mm, Height 210mm
You Should See Me in a Crown meets Black girl magic--literally--in this enchanting rom-com about a reluctant witch caught up in a faking dating scheme.
Witches and humans have always had issues.
Cayden is well aware of that: her witch mom was shunned by her high-society parents when she fell in love with Caydens human dad. Now, the family business is in trouble due to wealthy witches gentrifying her historic Texas neighborhood. So Cayden is appalled when she realizes she unknowingly went on a date with Coven it-boy Khy Carter. But when her fathers bakery has an influx of new customers, she realizes Khy might just be a solution to her familys problems: Cayden absolutely cannot be with a Coven boy, but that doesnt mean she cant pretend to be.
Suddenly, Cayden is thrown into the Coven system she grew up despising, but it turns out embracing the witchy side of herself is actuallyfun. As she spends more time with Khy, their fake dating starts to feel like real feelings. And even though shes doing this for her family, Cayden knows shes also betraying them. Her parents may have put love before everything else, but is Cayden willing to do the same
Nia Davenport attended the University of Southern California and studied Biological Sciences and Theatre. She has an M.A. in Secondary Education, and she teaches English and Biology. She is also the author of Out of Body and the adult sci-fi novel The Blood Trials and The Blood Gift. When she isnt writing, she enjoys vacationing with her family, skiing, and being a huge foodie. She lives in Texas with her husband and kids. You can find her online at www.nedavenport.com, on Twitter @nia_davenport, or on Instagram @nia.davenport, where she talks about binge-worthy TV and great books.