Wickedly Ever After: A Cosy Enemies to Lovers Fantasy Adventure

R. Lee Fryar dishes up a delightful, cosy fantasy adventure for romantasy readers in this funny, tongue-in-cheek, screwball fairy tale romp. ***Even the most wicked deserve their happily-ever-after. For almost a thousand years, Wicked Witch Hector West and Good Witch Ida North have maintained the balance between good and evil, preserving a magical Happily-Ever-After that keeps the realm from falling apart. But even Cardinal Witches need a hobby, and every spare moment they have is spent antagonising each other. But when Ida's latest "harmless" hex goes too far, Hector retaliates with a curse that immediately backfires, making her choose the wrong princess for the year's big pantomime. Which, if not corrected immediately, could have world-shaking consequences. One reluctant prince and badly botched dragon kidnapping later, both Hector and Ida are determined to set things right. With love magic gone wild, the two best enemies set off on a quest to save the realm, their lovesick gnome chamberlains at their sides. Yet as they unravel what went wrong with their mixed-up magic, Hector and Ida will have to face a more daunting challenge than trying to avoid their own Wickedly-Ever-After:Deciding whether a millennium worth of enmity might have been the biggest mistake of their very long lives. Wickedly Ever After is a charming fairy tale romp through a magical land, full of enticing charm and a compelling enemies to lovers romance. TropesCosy FantasyEnemies to LoversRomantasyMonster RomanceFairytale RetellingMagic Gone Wrong

R. Lee Fryar dishes up a delightful, cosy fantasy adventure for romantasy readers in this funny, tongue-in-cheek, screwball fairy tale romp.

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Even the most wicked deserve their happily-ever-after.

For almost a thousand years, Wicked Witch Hector West and Good Witch Ida North have maintained the balance between good and evil, preserving a magical Happily-Ever-After that keeps the realm from falling apart. But even Cardinal Witches need a hobby, and every spare moment they have is spent antagonising each other.

But when Ida''s latest "harmless" hex goes too far, Hector retaliates with a curse that immediately backfires, making her choose the wrong princess for the year''s big pantomime.

Which, if not corrected immediately, could have world-shaking consequences.

One reluctant prince and badly botched dragon kidnapping later, both Hector and Ida are determined to set things right. With love magic gone wild, the two best enemies set off on a quest to save the realm, their lovesick gnome chamberlains at their sides. Yet as they unravel what went wrong with their mixed-up magic, Hector and Ida will have to face a more daunting challenge than trying to avoid their own Wickedly-Ever-After:

Deciding whether a millennium worth of enmity might have been the biggest mistake of their very long lives.

Wickedly Ever After is a charming fairy tale romp through a magical land, full of enticing charm and a compelling enemies to lovers romance.

Tropes
Cosy Fantasy
Enemies to Lovers
Romantasy
Monster Romance
Fairytale Retelling
Magic Gone Wrong

• | Author: R. Lee Fryar
• | Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
• | Publication Date: Sep 16, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781464260490
• | ISBN-10: 1464260494