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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Princess in the Pizza Shop

The Princess in the Pizza Shop

Hasson, Harees

Paperback

FantasyGeneral Fiction

ISBN13: 9798182805353
Publisher: Harees Hasson
Published: Sep 22 2026
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Lena Brightwell has spent years mastering the unforgiving rhythm of a neighborhood pizza kitchen. She trusts measurements, oven temperatures, rising dough, and the simple honesty of an open flame. Working long shifts at Sal's Authentic Brick-Oven Pizzeria, she has learned to keep moving no matter how exhausting life becomes. But one stormy night, everything she understands about the world is shattered when a mysterious young woman crashes through the restaurant's back door in a burst of violet and silver light.The stranger is Princess Elowen of the Sunchain Spire, heir to a magical kingdom hidden beyond a powerful planar veil. Dressed in emerald velvet, wearing a battered silver circlet, and carrying a broken celestial compass, Elowen has been torn away from her homeland. Her connection to the magical hearth of her kingdom is failing, and without its warmth, she may never recover. Even stranger, the ancient brick oven at the pizza shop begins burning with an impossible violet-gold flame that pulses in rhythm with the unconscious princess.Lena and the gruff, mysterious pizza master Seren Old Sal Willowbrook soon discover that the princess is not simply lost. Her arrival is connected to a deeper conflict involving the magical hearths, the Sunchain Spire, and forces determined to control or extinguish the connection between the mortal world and Elowen's kingdom. The ordinary pizza shop becomes an unlikely sanctuary, where flour, fire, friendship, and courage prove just as important as royal power.As Lena becomes involved in Elowen's struggle, she must decide whether she is willing to step beyond the safe boundaries of the life she knows. Along the way, she discovers that her practical skills, loyalty, and understanding of the hearth make her uniquely important to a magical world she never believed existed. The kitchen itself becomes a threshold between worlds, while the ancient fire reveals secrets that have been hidden for generations.At the heart of the story is the relationship between Lena and Elowen. One is a hardworking mortal who has never considered herself extraordinary; the other is a princess carrying the responsibilities of an entire kingdom. Their unlikely friendship challenges both of them to reconsider what makes someone worthy of leadership. The story explores courage, responsibility, belonging, trust, and the power of ordinary people to protect something extraordinary.Filled with magical portals, enchanted flames, hidden kingdoms, royal secrets, warm kitchen scenes, and the irresistible atmosphere of a brick-oven pizzeria, The Princess in the Pizza Shop blends urban fantasy with a heartfelt story about finding purpose. Lena ultimately realizes that magic does not need to rescue her from her ordinary life. Instead, it reveals the importance of the life she has already built-and the difference one pair of steady hands can make when a world needs someone to keep its hearth burning.

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