Game of Hearts
She can count on one hand the number of times they’ve been in the same room. Frankly, she was hoping to keep it that way.
When police officer Britney Connally’s latest job in anti-magic Longview ends with her enchanted and in the hospital, she’s determined to prevent it from happening again. Since her goal is to join the elite Magical Crimes Division, a unit that pursues the worst magic-using criminals and protects vulnerable magic users, avoiding enchantments and the havoc they can wreak is a priority. Unfortunately, her quest for a solution leads her straight into a bargain with one of her least favorite people.
Elena Zhao is a natural enchanter—not that she spreads that fact around. But when Britney wants to build up a tolerance to enchanting, Elena sees it as a golden opportunity to finally compete in Sunset Falls, an enchanting competition. Even if Britney is diametrically opposed to everything Elena stands for, she’s sure they can cooperate long enough for Elena to win the games and Britney to join the MCD—and get out of Elena’s life for good.
As the cold winter days blossom into spring, Britney and Elena slowly realize that they have more in common than they first expected. But with Sunset Falls and Britney’s deadlines for the MCD looming, will they be able to make the clean break that they wanted or end up finding more than they ever imagined?
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Game of Hearts is a contemporary LGBTQ+ romantic fantasy that features a modern world imbued with magic, a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, found family vibes, tragic backstories, mild to moderate steaminess, major angst, and a happy ending for our protagonists. Can technically be read as a standalone, but is best enjoyed after Just Like Magic and Winner Take All.