Three Wishes

Lily Jacobs grew up with a secret — a genie named Fazire who became as much family as magic. As a girl who lost herself in romance novels to escape a cruel world, she made a wish that was equal parts desperate and impossibly specific: a man pulled straight from the pages of her favorite books. What she didn't account for was the cost of getting exactly what you asked for, or the messy, complicated reality of a love story that refuses to follow the script she imagined. Ashley builds a premise that's whimsical on the surface and emotionally gutting underneath, about a woman learning that being truly seen is both the thing she's always wanted and the thing that terrifies her most.

Ashley writes with the kind of sprawling, unapologetic warmth that her fans return to again and again — big feelings rendered in direct, intimate prose that doesn't hedge or play it cool. Three Wishes has the loose, lived-in quality of a story told by someone who genuinely loves these characters, and that affection is contagious. The pacing gives the relationship room to breathe, letting tension build through small moments as much as grand ones. Readers who like their romance emotionally generous, with real tenderness beneath the heat, will find this one hard to put down.