The release date for the English version of 'The Midnight Bargain' by
C.L. Polk is Oct 2020. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Secretly practicing magic, Beatrice Clayborn fears the day she'll be forced to wear a marital collar that will take away her ability to defend her unborn children. She longs to follow her passion for magic and become a full-fledged magus, just like men do, but her family has risked everything to prepare her for Bargaining Season, when the city's well-to-do youth congregate to arrange the best marriages. She is the only one who can save the Clayborns from their crushing debt by finding them a favorable match before their creditors call.
Beatrice discovers a grimoire by chance that holds the secret to becoming a magus, but before she can buy it, a competing sorceress steals the book from her. Beatrice calls upon a spirit to assist her in retrieving it, but her newfound ally demands a price: Beatrice's first kiss with the attractive, kind, and extraordinarily wealthy brother of her opponent, Ianthe Lavan.
The more Beatrice gets involved with the Lavan siblings, the more difficult her choice becomes: she will destroy her family and lose the one man who will ever truly love her if she casts the spell to become a Magus, but if she marries, even out of love, she will have to give up her magic, her identity, and her dreams. But how can she pick just one when she knows she will always regret not taking that path?