Magic and Romance

Ali Hazelwood meets Dungeons & Dragons in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy academia romcom where rival grad student wizards are forced to work together without killing—or falling for—each other.

Will they conjure love, or evoke chaos? Two rival wizards are about to find out.

Sebastian Walsh: Grad student at Lesiara University, in the Mageus of Evocation program. Human. The first of his family to go to college instead of pursuing military glory.

Elethior Tourael: Also a grad student, but in the Mageus of Conjuration program. Half-elf. The latest in a long line of legacy Touraels to grace the hallowed halls of Lesiara U.

Both: finalists for the Mageus Research Grant.

Sebastian isn’t about to let anyone snatch this opportunity from him. Especially a snob whose family is the definition of old money.

Unexpectedly, the grant is awarded to them both, under the condition that they must work together. Sebastian is in hell—Thio is secretive, broody, and his stunning biceps take up far too much shared lab space. But as volatile as their partnership is, Sebastian might find himself falling for his rival—and it could blow up his whole future.