Witchful Thinking by Jamie K. Schmidt

Some sparks are magical. Some are destiny. Theirs are both.

Diana Maelstrom, Head Nurse at Grimm Mawr Academy for Witches and Warlocks, has treated everything from reciting boils to tap-dancing earwax. But nothing in her fifteen years of magical medical experience prepared her for the return of Alarick Blackthorn—the infuriatingly handsome contractor whose singing medicine cabinets once announced a professor’s hemorrhoid cream needs to the entire faculty.

Now he’s back to renovate her infirmary, with his sleeves perpetually rolled up and a fan club of swooning students inventing injuries just to glimpse his warding techniques. Diana is determined to maintain professional boundaries, especially since he’s TEN YEARS her junior. But when their hands accidentally touch, golden threads of magic connect them in a rare fusion that has the garden gnomes building a wedding altar and faculty members not-so-subtly booking dinner reservations for two.

As if accidental magical matchmaking weren’t enough, there’s a sinister plot brewing involving corrupted dueling dummies, energy-siphoning crystals, and one suspiciously well-dressed trustee. Diana and Alarick will need to harness their extraordinary connection to save the school—even if it means risking their hearts and their magic in the process.
Between thwarting teenage matchmakers, decoding gnome courtship rituals, and trying not to glow like a magical nightlight whenever Alarick touches her, Diana is learning that sometimes the most powerful spell of all is the one you never meant to cast.

Witchful Thinking: Where magical mayhem meets midlife romance, and happily ever after comes with a side of combustible magical chemistry!