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Valentine never had a lick of magic to his name, but that didn't stop him from becoming high society's darling in the magical land of Stellamaris. Until one cunning witch takes it all away.
Valentine wakes up five years in the past as a backwater bookseller in Greater Moss-on-the-Wold, stuck in the drab place where he started. Robbed of his status, his looks, and his fabulous life, Valentine is determined to find the legendary witch Lilivere, who will surely free him from this horrible curse.
Except Lilivere is out of town... and the only witch willing to help him now is her taciturn daughter, Luciana. Who doesn't have a single drop of magic.
Stoic, brooding Luc couldn't care less about high society, the art of spellcraft, or a sullen has-been cursed to return to his humble past. Outcast and misfit, she lives alone in the woods, preferring solitude to the villagers' scorn.
But as they work together to break Valentine's curse and set things right, Luc and Valentine realize there's a greater scheme at play. And that magic, like so many things in life, is never as simple as it seems.
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Written for the ONC 2026.
39: After being cursed, you go from being the most popular socialite to becoming a nobody.
11: The daughter of the most powerful witch is nothing like her mother.
73. You wake up in a body that isn't yours, living a life almost identical to your own, and soon discover you're bound by an ancient curse forcing you to relive your past until you finally get one thing right. (Slightly modified; the curse is not particularly ancient.)