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Audrey Goldberg is a high school English and journalism teacher who teaches with the enthusiasm of Valerie Frizzle, but for secondary education. She formerly wrote as Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, and she lives in Maryland. Hopelessly Teavoted, her debut adult romcom, published in September 2025. Her sophomore novel, Vengefully Matched, is coming in October 2026, and her YA debut, Personal Space Issues, is slated for March 2027.
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Audrey Goldberg, formerly known as Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, writes contemporary and speculative romcoms and fantasy. She also teaches high school and lives her bookish dream of talking about stories all day, like Valerie Frizzle, but for secondary education. She has a BA in English Literature and Composition and Secondary Education, and a M.Ed. in Teaching Leadership, Learning, and Policy, with an emphasis on Curriculum Writing, all from the University of Maryland, College Park. She lives in Maryland with two small kids who already stay up late reading, a witchy black cat with orange cat energy, and a scrappy but loyal little dog. Hopelessly Teavoted, her debut adult romcom, is a witchy romcom that published in September 2025 with Atria Books. Her sophomore novel, Vengefully Matched, is coming in October 2026, also from Atria, and her YA debut, Personal Space Issues, is coming from Harper Teen and slated for March 2027.
Book descriptions
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An angsty, anxious witch returns home after his parent’s death to discover that his former childhood crush, a sunshiny woman with death powers, has feelings for him, too—only to be cursed so that he will die if the two of them touch.
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Mourning the death of his parents and his career, Azrael Hart returns to his hometown of Hallowcross, Vermont. He discovers that his childhood crush, Vicki Starnberger, a sunshiny girl with death powers, is fighting to keep the tea shop she bought from his family. When they’re forced to work together to face a magical threat, they finally figure out their feelings—just in time for a curse to keep them from laying a single ungloved finger on each other.
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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.
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From the author of Hopelessly Teavoted comes a witchy, sapphic rom-com about a mischievous runaway bride and her prim-and-proper Witchery Council rival that must fake-date in order to catch a would-be murderer—and accidentally fall in love.
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Faking a relationship in public should be simple…until late-night arguments turn into slow-burn attraction, and the two discover that something wicked is brewing in Hallowcross. To survive the magic—and their feelings—they’ll have to stop pretending and risk falling for real.
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From the author of Hopelessly Teavoted comes a witchy, sapphic rom-com about a mischievous runaway bride and her prim-and-proper Witchery Council rival that must fake-date in order to catch a would-be murderer—and accidentally fall in love.
Priscilla Hart does not do regret—except maybe for the small matter of fleeing her own wedding in a cloud of magical fireworks. Now the town’s most infamous runaway witch, she’s determined to rebuild her reputation on the Witchery Council and prove she’s more than a scandal in heels.
Agatha Vanderbilt Voisin, the newly elected council president, is everything Priscilla can’t stand: composed, proper, and infuriatingly perfect. But when a string of dangerous magical explosions points to Priscilla as the culprit, Agatha makes an impulsive move—announcing that they’re dating—to save her from exile.
Faking a relationship in public should be simple…until late-night arguments turn into slow-burn attraction, and the two discover that something wicked is brewing in Hallowcross. To survive the magic—and their feelings—they’ll have to stop pretending and risk falling for real.
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She’s an aspiring reporter and he’s a secret alien in this paperback original rivals-to-lovers romcom, perfect for fans of all the swoony parts of James Gunn’s Superman.
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Laura Levy is determined to get the story that will get her out of the town of Roswell, NM. Unfortunately, she has to beat the infuriating (and distractingly attractive) Joshua Dearfield for editor-in-chief at the school paper. Except her scoffing at the article’s topic (aliens) is in vain, because Joshua Dearfield is an alien. He's also in love with Laura Levy. As Josh tries to stop Laura's investigation, he discovers that touching her triggers his powers. One kiss could uncover all his secrets. And what does it matter? Laura Levy is never going to believe in him. Is she?
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She’s an aspiring reporter and he’s a secret alien in this paperback original rivals-to-lovers romcom, perfect for fans of all the swoony parts of James Gunn’s Superman.
For Laura Levy, her wacky hometown of Roswell, New Mexico is going to serve one purpose: get her the story that will get her out of town. Unfortunately, she has to beat the infuriating (and distractingly attractive) Joshua Dearfield for editor-in-chief at the school paper by writing a better article. Even if it's a story about alleged aliens. She's never believed in aliens, and there's no reason to believe this is love.
Joshua Dearfield is an alien. He's also in love with Laura Levy.
As Josh tries to stop Laura's investigation from getting too close to home, he discovers that touching her triggers his powers. One kiss could uncover all his secrets. And what does it matter? Laura Levy is never going to believe in him. Is she?
Tension, banter, and tropes galore!: Get swept away by the out-of-this-world connection that Josh and Laura share.
Swoony dual first person POV: Watch their love bloom in alternating chapters from Laura's and Josh's perspectives.
Pranks, hijinks, and sabotage: These rivals-to-lovers can't touch without triggering Josh's secret alien powers!