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The Coven of Late Bloomers: An Uplifting Cozy Sapphic Paranormal Romance About Midlife Magic, Found Family, and Starting Over
Paperback
RomanceGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 22 2026
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
You're not broken, Bea says gently.
You're awakening.
At fifty-three, Margot Chen Holloway is exhausted.
Newly divorced. Recently diagnosed with ADHD. Burned out after twenty-five years of teaching and a lifetime of apologizing for being too scattered, too sensitive, too much. When she flees her old life for a peculiar small town called Willowmere, she's not looking for magic she's just hoping to disappear quietly and figure out who she is without everyone else's expectations.
But Willowmere has other plans.
Margot begins to notice strange things: objects humming with meaning, patterns snapping into place, moments where she knows things she has no logical way of knowing. The very traits she's spent her life ashamed of her wandering attention, her hyperfocus, her pattern-seeking brain aren't flaws at all.
They're magic.
Drawn into a coven of women who all discovered their powers later in life, Margot learns she's not alone. Each member's magic is rooted in something she was once told made her not enough or too much. Together, they're building a life rich with community, purpose, and belonging proof that reinvention doesn't have an expiration date.
And then there's Della Okonkwo.
Fifty-four. Nigerian-American. Veterinarian. Recently out as a lesbian and able to communicate with animals in a way that feels as natural as breathing. Della sees Margot clearly, patiently, without trying to fix her. What unfolds between them is a tender, emotionally grounded romance between two women who aren't chasing a fairytale but choosing something better: honesty, warmth, and love that arrives exactly when it's meant to.
The Coven of Late Bloomers is a cozy, hopeful paranormal romance about late awakenings, queer love after fifty, neurodivergence as strength, and finding your people when you least expect it. With low angst, gentle magic, and an earned happy ending, it's a story for anyone who's ever wondered if it might be too late to become themselves.
It's not.
Perfect for readers who love:- Cozy small-town paranormal romance
- Sapphic / F-F romance with mature protagonists
- Midlife reinvention & it's never too late stories
- Neurodivergent affirming narratives
- Found family & community-centered stories
- Low-angst comfort reads with emotional depth
- Queer romance beyond the coming out at twenty trope
- If you love T.J. Klune, Travis Baldree, and Freya Marske, you'll feel right at home in Willowmere.
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