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After the Longest Day: A Slow, Warm Cozy Fantasy of Small-Town Magic and Found Family
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781958118825
Publisher: Ts Publishing
Published: Sep 4 2026
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
For forty years, Millie has known exactly when to leave.
She traveled through eleven coastal towns, arriving to sort estates and fix what was broken, departing before anyone could ask her to stay. It was a system that kept her safe, competent, and entirely alone.But then she came to Verano's Spit, discovered she had a rare, natural gift for reading magical clay, and somehow... never left.
Now, the village has asked her for something far harder than sorting a house. The town's oldest tradition-the singing of the kiln parts-is wearing dangerously thin. If nine unruly children don't learn the song before the solstice firing, the magic that sustains their coastal home will fade.
To teach them, Millie must learn the deepest secret of the cliff's magic from her mentor, Renna: that summer clay does not respond to skill or strength. It responds to how long you intend to stay.
With the help of Edmund-a man whose quiet presence has become the only anchor she trusts-Millie must decide if she has the courage to be bad at something in front of people who matter. She must decide if she is finally ready to stop moving.
After the Longest Day is a slow, warm fantasy about the magic of intention, the quiet weight of legacy, and the terrifying bravery required to finally call a place home.
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