Tea, Tomes, and Dragons

Fire-breathing librarian seeks quiet life... and cookies.

Every retirement plan has flaws. Beatrice's involves spontaneous combustion. After a small incident involving her dragonfire and a very flammable library, sixty-three-year-old Beatrice Ashcroft retreats to Emberville to run her family's bookshop. She wants peace, pastries, and absolutely no incidents that require a fire extinguisher.

Unfortunately for her, the Ashcroft Bookshop has other plans.

Warmth hums through the floorboards. Runes shimmer across the walls. A ghostly founder sends unsolicited mail. And the town council cheerfully informs her that unless business drastically improves, the shop will be reassigned to a "more suitable custodian" by week's end.

Her only hope? Partnering with the one person she hoped to avoid for the rest of her natural life: Celeste Moonshadow, an impeccably dressed high-school rival turned werewolf councilwoman.

Between a talking pig who insists on acting like the world's grumpiest housecat, a teenage assistant with unpredictable moonlit magic, and a powerful ex-boyfriend who still thinks the quickest way to a dragon's heart is through her two stomachs, Beatrice begins to suspect a truth she's avoided for decades: maybe not all problems can be solved with dragonfire.

Perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and Can't Spell Treason Without Tea, this cozy fantasy blends magical bookshop charm, lighthearted adventure, and found family warmth. Tea, Tomes, and Dragons offers a feel‑good mix of midlife magic, gentle mystery, and whimsical worldbuilding.

Set in the same magical small town as The Villainous Aunties of Ember Row, Tea, Tomes, and Dragons can be enjoyed as a standalone cozy fantasy-or as part of the larger Emberville world.