The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling

The third of the Penhallow brothers finds love when he is thrown back in time in an effort to save his best friend from an unknown state of being. Bowen was in college when his best-friend Declan McKenzie performed a spell and turned into a ghost-like being. For decades Declan has pined over his lost fiancé (because what else was she supposed to do after being told he died) and is heartbroken to find out she is now engaged. Bowen agrees to go to the engagement party to tell Declan what happens, because for some reason he cannot enter the grounds. When he enters the party Declan runs into his sort of employee Tamsyn Bligh who is working to get him magical artifacts that are hard to get. Tamsyn after agreeing to work exclusively for Bowen takes a very lucrative one-off job for an unknown person to steal a special object that is at the same house the engagement party is at. Both Tamsyn and Declan find themselves tossed back in time when Carys Meredith casts a spell that Bowen could not exactly figure out and so they are stuck in the past until they “fix” the biggest issue. Fans of The Ex-Hex and The Kiss Curse will love the third book in this series.  

 

Character List/Book Summary:

Bowen Penhallow – runs the pub in Wales, and has been trying to figure out for the last 10 years to find a spell to save his friend from this unknown fate. Is hurt that Tamsyn did not tell him about the one-off job. Realizes they are back in 1957 and they have to pretend to be married. His magic does not work in the past, and confides in his grandmother about what happened and that his magic is not working. 

Tamsyn Bligh – an “Acquirer” had pretended to work at the college and tricked Rhys and Vivienne into getting a candle so she could sell it, so she is nervous to meet with Bowen and his family. Notices that Madoc is scared when she arrives at the wedding party. Feels the task she and Bowen must do is get Harri and Elle together, Bowen is not so sure. 

Declan McKenzie – is a ghost-like being, best friend and classmate to Bowen, has been staying with him since the accident. 

Rhys – Bowen’s youngest brother, now married to Vivienne and has a son, Taran

Wells – Bowen’s older brother, is dating Gwyn and working with her to take care of the baby witches as they call him. Gwyn realizes Bowen likes someone when he takes a selfie at Christmas and tells Wells.

Carys Meredith – had been engaged and Declan, still loves him, now set to marry David Thersby

Madoc Meredith – current head of the Meredith family at Tywyll House. Family history is as complicated and long back as the Penhallows. Carys’s father, one of the most powerful witches in the world, and is scared of the haunting of Tywyll House. 

Anna Ripley – Tamsyn’s cover for breaking into Tywyll House, gallery owner, has not been used in 5 years

Annie – Madoc’s mother, talks to Tamsyn during dinner and mistakes Bowen and Tamsyn as being married when they are in the past. 

Harri – Bowen’s grandpa, who is struggling in his relationship with Elle when Bowen is in the past

Elle – called off her wedding to Harri, is Bowen’s grandmother and fixes the spell that was cast sending Bowen and Tamsyn to the past. 

Emerald – in the past she is Madoc’s cousin, human without magic but wants it. Overhears Bowen and Tamsyn being from the future and agrees to help them in exchange for Bowen teaching her magic. Happy that the to try and get her into Penhaven College, shows Bowen the fake magic book she has been reading but does not take his warning too seriously and may have made her the ghost that haunts Tywyll House.

Lowri – a witch in the nearby town that is in the past and realizes that Bowen is a time traveler and that there was one other one who was not able to fix the issue and got stuck.