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Audrey Goldberg Ruoff is a former high school English and journalism teacher who taught with the enthusiasm of Valerie Frizzle, but for secondary education. She lives in a suburb of Washington, DC. Hopelessly Teavoted is her debut novel.

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Audrey Goldberg Ruoff writes contemporary and speculative romcoms and fantasy. Before writing, she taught high school and lived 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 a suburb of Washington, DC. Her debut, HOPELESSLY TEAVOTED, is a cozy, spicy, witchy romcom coming  September 16, 2025 from Atria Books.

  • “This tender friends-to-lovers romance scorches with yearning and sexual tension”

    - Mallory Marlowe, USA Today Bestselling Author of Love and Other Conspiracies

  • "a perfect love story with a side of tender, heart wrenching thoughtfulness about grief, healing, and how to make the most of second chances."

    - Laura R. Samotin, Author of The Sins on Their Bones

  • "If you're looking for Pushing Daisies vibes, a cozy Stars Hollow-esque setting, and the weird, loving family dynamics of the Addams Family, Hopelessly Teavoted is the perfect romance for you."

    - Alicia Thompson, USA Today Bestselling Author of Never Been Shipped

  • “A witchy romance with cozy vibes, a cursed heroine, and just the right amount of spice. What more could you ask for?”

    -Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures

  • “The perfect magical read, Hopelessly Teavoted is full of charm and yearning and so much witchy fun! Audrey Goldberg Ruoff’s debut belongs on everyone’s TBR!”

    -Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Warrior Princess Assassin

  • “Hopelessly Teavoted is a romantic, devilish delight. With wit, flair, and a quirky friends-to-lovers couple, this book is just the right mix of sweet, steamy, and swoony.”

    -Gwenda Bond, New York Times bestselling author of The Frame-Up

  • “Goldberg Ruoff, through her whimsical prose, shows that grief can make way for hope and the best love can feel like a never-ending enchantment.”

    -Celestine Martin, author of Witchful Thinking, Kiss and Spell, and Deja Brew

  • “Whimsical, horny, and—despite its macabre premise—heartwarmingly optimistic, Hopelessly Teavoted is a thoroughly charming debut. Audrey Goldberg Ruoff is an exciting new voice in romance, and I can’t wait to see what magical world she cooks up next.”

    -Rachel Runya Katz, author of Whenever You’re Ready and Isn’t It Obvious?

  • “Hopelessly Teavoted is a steamy, gothy, whimsical small-town romance full of heart!”

    -Jen Comfort, author of What Is Love?

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Book descriptions

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Book descriptions

  • Two rival witches fake date to uncover who's sabotaging one's witchery council initiatives and framing the other in the process, for fans of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste” music video, Death Becomes Her, and Wednesday Addams.

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