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Something Brewed This Way Comes: A cozy monster romance with curses, coffee, and one very hot forest guardian.
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 6 2025
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
I just wanted to make espresso and vibe. Now I'm soulbonded to a cursed, grumpy forest guardian with antlers. (For fans of autumn magic, monster boyfriends, and gnomes who won't mind their business.)
I run a coffee and curio shop at the edge of a cursed forest.
My muffins spark personal revelations. My espresso might be enchanted.
Antlers. Growly voice. Eyes like golden ruin.
His name is Thorn-and according to my accidentally sentient pet Mumblefluff, he's cursed, dangerous, and 100% my problem now.
Turns out I'm part of some ancient soulbonding ritual no one warned me about.
I thought I was just a barista with good instincts.
But the flamefox picked me. The forest knows my name.
And the monster?
He wants more than coffee.
TROPES YOU'LL FIND INSIDE:- Grumpy forest monster x sunshine barista
- Forced proximity (soulbonded by accident, oops)
- Small town with big magical secrets
- Emotional support gnomes (and one sentient Mumblefluff)
- He falls first (and hard, and silently)
- Witchy cottagecore cozy vibes
- Found family (tiny, scarf-knitting kind)
- She thinks she's ordinary... she's not
- Autumn aesthetic so vivid you can smell the cinnamon
- Low-stakes fantasy with high-stakes emotional damage
- Monster smooch tension that will ruin you gently
- Spicy monster lovin'
Book One of The Hollow Hearth Series by Tansy Applewood:
For fans of cozy fantasy, slow-burn spice, enchanted pastries, and emotionally repressed monsters who fall in love with the barista.
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