First published 2026
Talula Smith brews terrible coffee at The Blue Moon Café in Pine Hollow. The awful taste serves a purpose. It keeps humans away from her real business: providing sanctuary and new identities to magical beings in danger. Only one human refuses to stay away. Dahlia loves Talula's hot cocoa and keeps coming back despite the coffee shop's reputation. Her sharp eyes and charming dimples make Talula nervous about hiding her fledgling magical abilities. When hunters begin targeting supernatural creatures, Talula's powerful mother leaves town to stop them. Talula must handle the café alone with magic she can barely control. The Samhain festival approaches. Magical refugees need help. Half the town turns hostile. Dahlia grows more suspicious. Then the hunters arrive in Pine Hollow. Talula faces an impossible choice between protecting her secret world and saving the woman she loves.
Genres: fiction, romance, fantasy, contemporary
Vibes: cozy, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, whimsical
Tropes: forced-proximity, found-family, sapphic-romance, secret-identity
Setting: Pine Hollow, The Blue Moon Café
448 pages · Paperback · Dell
Content warnings: violence
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