Emerald Island has its secrets. Some believe it is cursed. People have disappeared. Magic is outlawed. Friends, Charlotte and Tristan, are determined to find out why. The Impossible Spell is a young adult paranormal fantasy about trust, deceit and the courage to seek the truth at all costs. Even if family, love and loyalty are tested. Even if time must be travelled. In the Southern Ocean between Australia and Antarctica, Emerald Island is home to Charlotte and Tristan. Two estranged childhood friends entangled by the past in ways they know, and ways they can’t imagine. All their lives they were told that their mothers, who were best friends, disappeared under mysterious circumstances shortly after they were born. Charlotte suspects it has to do with a spell their mothers cast, the last in their Book of Shadows, a spell that should not have worked. Even today, at sixteen, Charlotte can feel her mother’s magic running through her veins. She believes that Tristan can too, though he’d never admit it. But Charlotte needs his help to recreate the spell that tore their families apart, that created the greatest mystery Emerald Island has ever seen and hopefully resolve what happened on the night their mothers disappeared. At her sixth birthday party an explosion occurred that saw many invited guests injured. It rocked the community and tore apart the close relationship of the two families. Charlotte’s father suspected the explosion came from young Tristan’s abilities surging. It forced him to secretly warn the boy to stay away so his uncontrolled powers would not hurt his daughter. Reluctantly, young Tristan promised he would, returning every year to check it was still necessary. And every year Charlotte’s father confirmed that it was still vital that he stay away. It’s now been ten years since Charlotte and Tristan have spoken. Eventually Charlotte and Tristan find themselves communicating again. Charlotte convinces Tristan to practice magic with her, and their feelings for each other begin to spark. They soon discover that when they touch, it causes each of them excruciating pain. They suspect someone has cast a pain spell over them. Tristan assumes Charlotte’s father is still trying to keep them from seeing each other. That her father could do this not only hurts Charlotte’s feelings but also infuriates her.