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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

by Sangu Mandanna

An internet witch is hired to teach three magical orphans before the outside world discovers them.

4.03

300k+

🏡 Cozy Witch Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 English Seaside

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Summary

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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

An internet witch is hired to teach three magical orphans before the outside world discovers them.

by Sangu Mandanna 2022 336 pages

4.03

300k+ ratings

🏡 Cozy Witch Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 English Seaside

The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore • 2023

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

3.36

500k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Pumpkin Spice Café

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

by Laurie Gilmore 2023 376 pages

3.36

500k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

by Heather Fawcett • 2023

Her faerie fieldwork in a Nordic village is disrupted by a charming rival, an exiled king.

3.96

200k+

🧚 Faerie Lore ☕ Cozy Fantasy 📓 Journal Format ❤️ Rivals To Lovers 😊 Grumpy Sunshine

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Her faerie fieldwork in a Nordic village is disrupted by a charming rival, an exiled king.

by Heather Fawcett 2023 317 pages

3.96

200k+ ratings

🧚 Faerie Lore ☕ Cozy Fantasy 📓 Journal Format ❤️ Rivals To Lovers 😊 Grumpy Sunshine

The Second Chance Convenience Store

by Ho-yeon Kim • 2021

A Seoul shopkeeper's kindness to a homeless man turns her store into a refuge for lost souls.

3.91

19k+

🩹 Healing Fiction 🍃 Slice Of Life 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Amnesia 🙏 Seeking Atonement

The Second Chance Convenience Store

A Seoul shopkeeper's kindness to a homeless man turns her store into a refuge for lost souls.

by Ho-yeon Kim 2021 208 pages

3.91

19k+ ratings

🩹 Healing Fiction 🍃 Slice Of Life 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Amnesia 🙏 Seeking Atonement

Love's a Witch

by Tricia O'Malley • 2025

Back in her magical hometown, a cursed witch collides with the leader who wants her gone.

3.84

8k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Magic 👯 Sister Witches 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Love's a Witch

Back in her magical hometown, a cursed witch collides with the leader who wants her gone.

by Tricia O'Malley 2025 320 pages

3.84

8k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Magic 👯 Sister Witches 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Brigands & Breadknives

by Travis Baldree • 2025

A bookseller bolts from her hollow success, waking between a weary elf and a goblin bounty.

4.03

36k+

🫂 Found Family 😬 Reluctant Adventurer 🍃 Low Stakes Fantasy 🛞 Fantasy Road Trip 📚 Bookish Fantasy

Brigands & Breadknives

A bookseller bolts from her hollow success, waking between a weary elf and a goblin bounty.

by Travis Baldree 2025 336 pages

4.03

36k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 😬 Reluctant Adventurer 🍃 Low Stakes Fantasy 🛞 Fantasy Road Trip 📚 Bookish Fantasy

Murder by Cheesecake

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage • 2025

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

3.54

15k+

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

Murder by Cheesecake

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage 2025 332 pages

3.54

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

The House Witch

by Delemhach • 2022

A royal cook with a secret kitchen magic falls for a viscountess trapped in a political marriage.

4.10

35k+

☕ Cozy Fantasy 🍳 Kitchen Magic 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 🐈 Cat Familiar

The House Witch

A royal cook with a secret kitchen magic falls for a viscountess trapped in a political marriage.

by Delemhach 2022 658 pages

4.10

35k+ ratings

☕ Cozy Fantasy 🍳 Kitchen Magic 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 🐈 Cat Familiar

Automatic Noodle

by Annalee Newitz • 2025

Four bots open a noodle shop in post-war San Francisco. The city wants them shut down.

3.69

27k+

🫖 Cozy Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Robots 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Food Fiction ✊ Robot Solidarity

Automatic Noodle

Four bots open a noodle shop in post-war San Francisco. The city wants them shut down.

by Annalee Newitz 2025 163 pages

3.69

27k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Robots 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Food Fiction ✊ Robot Solidarity

Legends & Lattes

by Travis Baldree • 2022

An orc retires from adventuring to open a coffee shop, staking everything on a lucky stone.

4.03

300k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🖤 Found Family ⚔️ Retired Warrior 💕 Sapphic Romance ☕ Coffee Shop

Legends & Lattes

An orc retires from adventuring to open a coffee shop, staking everything on a lucky stone.

by Travis Baldree 2022 296 pages

4.03

300k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🖤 Found Family ⚔️ Retired Warrior 💕 Sapphic Romance ☕ Coffee Shop

Bookshops & Bonedust

by Travis Baldree • 2023

An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

4.11

100k+

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

Bookshops & Bonedust

An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

by Travis Baldree 2023 336 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

The Convenience Store by the Sea

by Sonoko Machida

In a seaside Japanese convenience store, lost souls find one another over coffee and cream puffs.

3.69

8k+

🧩 Interconnected Stories 🌊 Japanese Seaside 🫂 Found Family 🍙 Food As Comfort 🩹 Healing Fiction

The Convenience Store by the Sea Summary

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The Convenience Store by the Sea

In a seaside Japanese convenience store, lost souls find one another over coffee and cream puffs.

by Sonoko Machida 2020 282 pages

3.69

8k+ ratings

🧩 Interconnected Stories 🌊 Japanese Seaside 🫂 Found Family 🍙 Food As Comfort 🩹 Healing Fiction

Home to Harmony

by Philip Gulley • 2000

A weary pastor returns home to find himself pastoring the town's quirky Quaker meeting.

3.99

5k+

⛪ Small-Town Ministry 😄 Quirky Townspeople 🤷 Reluctant Pastor 😊 Gentle Humor ☕ Comfort Read

Home to Harmony

A weary pastor returns home to find himself pastoring the town's quirky Quaker meeting.

by Philip Gulley 2000 256 pages

3.99

5k+ ratings

⛪ Small-Town Ministry 😄 Quirky Townspeople 🤷 Reluctant Pastor 😊 Gentle Humor ☕ Comfort Read

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

by Laurie Gilmore • 2025

A chef inherits a silent daughter and a free-spirited nanny who's allergic to commitment.

3.89

100k+

☕ Small Town Romance 👧 Single Dad 👶 Nanny Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

A chef inherits a silent daughter and a free-spirited nanny who's allergic to commitment.

by Laurie Gilmore 2025 384 pages

3.89

100k+ ratings

☕ Small Town Romance 👧 Single Dad 👶 Nanny Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

The Healing Season of Pottery

by Yeon Somin • 2023

A burned-out writer mistakes a pottery studio for a café and learns clay is kinder than ambition.

3.67

6k+

🕊️ Healing Fiction 🌿 Slice Of Life 🫂 Found Family 💕 Quiet Romance 🌧️ Burnout Recovery

The Healing Season of Pottery

A burned-out writer mistakes a pottery studio for a café and learns clay is kinder than ambition.

by Yeon Somin 2023 272 pages

3.67

6k+ ratings

🕊️ Healing Fiction 🌿 Slice Of Life 🫂 Found Family 💕 Quiet Romance 🌧️ Burnout Recovery

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

Teen baker's bread magic makes her a murder suspect and the target of a mage-killing assassin.

4.05

70k+

🍞 Baking Magic 🫖 Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Found Family 🪄 Persecuted Mages 🛡️ Siege Survival

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

Teen baker's bread magic makes her a murder suspect and the target of a mage-killing assassin.

by T. Kingfisher 2020 306 pages

4.05

70k+ ratings

🍞 Baking Magic 🫖 Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Found Family 🪄 Persecuted Mages 🛡️ Siege Survival

Game of Cones

by Cynthia Baxter • 2020

A storm-trapped ice cream shop owner must solve a heiress's murder at a remote resort.

3.75

182

🍦 Culinary Cozy 🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏔️ Isolated Setting 🔐 Family Secrets

Game of Cones

A storm-trapped ice cream shop owner must solve a heiress's murder at a remote resort.

by Cynthia Baxter 2020 256 pages

3.75

182 ratings

🍦 Culinary Cozy 🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏔️ Isolated Setting 🔐 Family Secrets

Fake News & Office Blues

by Amanda M. Lee • 2022

A journalist stops a kidnapping, then uncovers a trafficking ring behind a small-town pageant.

4.74

1k+

🖋️ Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💑 Married Sleuths 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 😏 Snarky Protagonist

Fake News & Office Blues

A journalist stops a kidnapping, then uncovers a trafficking ring behind a small-town pageant.

by Amanda M. Lee 2022 327 pages

4.74

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💑 Married Sleuths 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 😏 Snarky Protagonist

The Midnight Bookshop

by Amanda James

Three strangers find a midnight bookshop where the right book can rewrite a life.

4.02

14k+

📚 Magical Bookshop 👥 Found Family 🚪 Books As Portals 📖 Bibliotherapy ✨ Quiet Magic

Immersive

The Midnight Bookshop

Three strangers find a midnight bookshop where the right book can rewrite a life.

by Amanda James 2025 385 pages

4.02

14k+ ratings

📚 Magical Bookshop 👥 Found Family 🚪 Books As Portals 📖 Bibliotherapy ✨ Quiet Magic

The Christmas Tree Farm

by Laurie Gilmore • 2024

She hates Christmas, bought a tree farm, and can't shake the fixer next door.

3.65

200k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

The Christmas Tree Farm

She hates Christmas, bought a tree farm, and can't shake the fixer next door.

by Laurie Gilmore 2024 369 pages

3.65

200k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers • 2014

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

4.17

100k+

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

by Becky Chambers 2014 518 pages

4.17

100k+ ratings

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

The Honey Witch

by Sydney J. Shields • 2024

Her honey magic heals the land. Its price: she can never love. A skeptic moves in.

3.54

29k+

🏡 Cottagecore Fantasy 💔 Cursed Love 🐝 Nature Magic ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌿 Pastoral Fantasy

The Honey Witch

Her honey magic heals the land. Its price: she can never love. A skeptic moves in.

by Sydney J. Shields 2024 368 pages

3.54

29k+ ratings

🏡 Cottagecore Fantasy 💔 Cursed Love 🐝 Nature Magic ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌿 Pastoral Fantasy

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

by Heather Fawcett • 2026

A widow moves her cat shelter into a cursed shop where the Witch King is hiding.

3.89

32k+

🧶 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Shop Front ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

A widow moves her cat shelter into a cursed shop where the Witch King is hiding.

by Heather Fawcett 2026 353 pages

3.89

32k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Shop Front ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Death of a Maid

by M.C. Beaton • 2007

A Highland constable wins a cleaning from the village gossip. She is dead by morning.

3.84

6k+

🗡️ Gossip As Weapon 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Reluctant Detective 💰 Blackmail Motive 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Death of a Maid

A Highland constable wins a cleaning from the village gossip. She is dead by morning.

by M.C. Beaton 2007 256 pages

3.84

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Gossip As Weapon 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Reluctant Detective 💰 Blackmail Motive 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam

by Megan Bannen • 2025

An immortal marshal and a cursed inventor are stranded in a realm where love itself turns lethal.

4.04

6k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⏳ Immortal Protagonist ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam

An immortal marshal and a cursed inventor are stranded in a realm where love itself turns lethal.

by Megan Bannen 2025 385 pages

4.04

6k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⏳ Immortal Protagonist ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Apple Cider Slaying

by Julie Anne Lindsey • 2019

Winnie planned a cider shop. A body in the press makes Granny the prime suspect instead.

3.96

3k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🍎 Family Business 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤗 Found Family

Apple Cider Slaying

Winnie planned a cider shop. A body in the press makes Granny the prime suspect instead.

by Julie Anne Lindsey 2019 313 pages

3.96

3k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🍎 Family Business 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤗 Found Family

The Full Moon Coffee Shop

by Mai Mochizuki • 2020

A failed screenwriter follows a card to a moonlit café where talking cats read her stars.

3.59

33k+

🐱 Talking Cats ☕ Magical Café 🌙 Healing Fiction 🔄 Second Chances 🏠 Found Family

The Full Moon Coffee Shop

A failed screenwriter follows a card to a moonlit café where talking cats read her stars.

by Mai Mochizuki 2020 240 pages

3.59

33k+ ratings

🐱 Talking Cats ☕ Magical Café 🌙 Healing Fiction 🔄 Second Chances 🏠 Found Family

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

by Satoshi Yagisawa • 2011

Her aunt's cancer returns. She must keep her uncle's bookshop, and his heart, open.

3.85

42k+

🍵 Quiet Storytelling 📖 Healing Through Books 🏘️ Secondhand Bookshops 🤝 Found Family 👨‍👧 Intergenerational Bond

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Her aunt's cancer returns. She must keep her uncle's bookshop, and his heart, open.

by Satoshi Yagisawa 2011 176 pages

3.85

42k+ ratings

🍵 Quiet Storytelling 📖 Healing Through Books 🏘️ Secondhand Bookshops 🤝 Found Family 👨‍👧 Intergenerational Bond

Rewitched

by Lucy Jane Wood • 2024

A bookshop witch who hid her magic must prove her worth by thirty, or lose it.

3.73

31k+

🧙 Cozy Witch Fantasy 📚 Magical Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance ☺️ Feel-Good Fantasy

Rewitched

A bookshop witch who hid her magic must prove her worth by thirty, or lose it.

by Lucy Jane Wood 2024 384 pages

3.73

31k+ ratings

🧙 Cozy Witch Fantasy 📚 Magical Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance ☺️ Feel-Good Fantasy

The Magician of Tiger Castle

by Louis Sachar

A court magician saves a princess by erasing her memory, then drinks a potion granting eternal life.

3.53

9k+

🏰 Court Intrigue 🧪 Magical Potions 💞 Cross-Class Love ♾️ Immortal Protagonist 🧠 Memory Magic

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The Magician of Tiger Castle

A court magician saves a princess by erasing her memory, then drinks a potion granting eternal life.

by Louis Sachar 2025 306 pages

3.53

9k+ ratings

🏰 Court Intrigue 🧪 Magical Potions 💞 Cross-Class Love ♾️ Immortal Protagonist 🧠 Memory Magic

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice

by Donna Kauffman • 2019

A magical bakeshop in Moonbright, Maine, nudges three couples toward love during Halloween season.

3.31

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🍪 Magical Baking 🎃 Halloween Season 💕 Multiple Love Stories 🫂 Found Family

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice

A magical bakeshop in Moonbright, Maine, nudges three couples toward love during Halloween season.

by Donna Kauffman 2019 359 pages

3.31

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🍪 Magical Baking 🎃 Halloween Season 💕 Multiple Love Stories 🫂 Found Family

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel

by Elizabeth Everett • 2026

A magical hotel is dying, and only a widowed mother's hope can keep its world alive.

3.53

1k+

🏠 Found Family Fantasy 🏨 Sentient Magical Home 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Battle-Scarred Hero

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel

A magical hotel is dying, and only a widowed mother's hope can keep its world alive.

by Elizabeth Everett 2026 352 pages

3.53

1k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family Fantasy 🏨 Sentient Magical Home 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Battle-Scarred Hero

Evergreen Conservatory

by Heather Schneider • 2025

A powerless magical botanist and a founder's heir form a secret society to save their academy.

4.28

1k+

🏫 Magical Academy 🌿 Plant Magic 🗝️ Secret Society 💕 Forbidden Romance ✨ Hidden Powers

Evergreen Conservatory

A powerless magical botanist and a founder's heir form a secret society to save their academy.

by Heather Schneider 2025

4.28

1k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Academy 🌿 Plant Magic 🗝️ Secret Society 💕 Forbidden Romance ✨ Hidden Powers

The Crescent Moon Tearoom

by Stacy Sivinski • 2024

A witch council tasks three sisters with saving their tearoom, but a hidden curse could sever them.

3.60

12k+

🧙‍♀️ Cozy Witch Fantasy 👯‍♀️ Sister Witches 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🫖 Tea Magic 😢 Bittersweet Sisterhood

The Crescent Moon Tearoom

A witch council tasks three sisters with saving their tearoom, but a hidden curse could sever them.

by Stacy Sivinski 2024 336 pages

3.60

12k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Cozy Witch Fantasy 👯‍♀️ Sister Witches 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🫖 Tea Magic 😢 Bittersweet Sisterhood

Evergreen Academy

by Heather Schneider

Under her microscope, plant cells pulse with hidden life. A secret academy opens its gate.

4.14

2k+

🌿 Botanical Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚡ Zero To Powerful 📜 Hidden Lineage 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

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Evergreen Academy

Under her microscope, plant cells pulse with hidden life. A secret academy opens its gate.

by Heather Schneider 2024

4.14

2k+ ratings

🌿 Botanical Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚡ Zero To Powerful 📜 Hidden Lineage 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

Legends & Lattes

by Travis Baldree • 2022

An orc barbarian swaps her broadsword for a coffee grinder and hopes the luck stone works.

4.03

300k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Retired Adventurer ☕ Coffee Shop 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Legends & Lattes

An orc barbarian swaps her broadsword for a coffee grinder and hopes the luck stone works.

by Travis Baldree 2022 466 pages

4.03

300k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Retired Adventurer ☕ Coffee Shop 💕 Slow Burn Romance

La comida de los recuerdos

by Yuta Takahashi • 2020

Her brother died saving her. A seaside kitchen offers one meal to speak with the dead.

3.95

7k+

🍲 Culinary Magic 👻 Speaking To The Dead 🍱 Food As Memory 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Quiet Healing

La comida de los recuerdos

Her brother died saving her. A seaside kitchen offers one meal to speak with the dead.

by Yuta Takahashi 2020 192 pages

3.95

7k+ ratings

🍲 Culinary Magic 👻 Speaking To The Dead 🍱 Food As Memory 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Quiet Healing

The Christmas Boutique

by Jennifer Chiaverini • 2019

Two rival quilters must set aside years of bad blood to save their town's Christmas Boutique.

3.68

4k+

🧵 Quilting Community 🪡 Crafting As Healing 🤝 Rivals To Friends 🏡 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Ensemble

The Christmas Boutique

Two rival quilters must set aside years of bad blood to save their town's Christmas Boutique.

by Jennifer Chiaverini 2019 291 pages

3.68

4k+ ratings

🧵 Quilting Community 🪡 Crafting As Healing 🤝 Rivals To Friends 🏡 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Ensemble

Curses & Cocktails

by S.L. Rowland • 2023

A blood mage opens a seaside bar, trading destruction for his father's recipes, community, and love.

4.15

6k+

🍂 Cozy Fantasy ⚔️ Retired Warrior 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Curses & Cocktails

A blood mage opens a seaside bar, trading destruction for his father's recipes, community, and love.

by S.L. Rowland 2023 252 pages

4.15

6k+ ratings

🍂 Cozy Fantasy ⚔️ Retired Warrior 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Cat's People

by Tanya Guerrero • 2025

A Brooklyn cat rescuer falls for the reclusive writer leaving anonymous notes at a stray's bowl.

4.15

6k+

🐱 Cat Narrator 💌 Anonymous Notes Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👭 Estranged Sisters

Cat's People

A Brooklyn cat rescuer falls for the reclusive writer leaving anonymous notes at a stray's bowl.

by Tanya Guerrero 2025 304 pages

4.15

6k+ ratings

🐱 Cat Narrator 💌 Anonymous Notes Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👭 Estranged Sisters

A Letter to the Luminous Deep

by Sylvie Cathrall • 2024

An underwater recluse and a faraway scholar fall in love through letters as the deep stirs.

3.65

7k+

✉️ Epistolary Fantasy 🌊 Underwater Fantasy 💌 Pen Pal Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 😰 Anxious Heroine

A Letter to the Luminous Deep

An underwater recluse and a faraway scholar fall in love through letters as the deep stirs.

by Sylvie Cathrall 2024 432 pages

3.65

7k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Fantasy 🌊 Underwater Fantasy 💌 Pen Pal Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 😰 Anxious Heroine

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