First published 2025
Violet Thistlethwaite hangs up her dark magic robes after her master Guy Shadowfade dies. She moves to the sleepy town of Dragon's Rest and opens a flower shop, determined to grow carnations instead of casting curses. The locals warm to her colorful bouquets, but she can't shake her wicked reputation or her murderous talking houseplant. Worse, she must share greenhouse space with Nathaniel Marsh, a surly alchemist who sees right through her reformed villain act. When a mysterious disease starts killing the town's plant life, Violet faces an impossible choice. She could use her forbidden powers to save Dragon's Rest, but that means risking everything she's built in her new life. Working alongside the maddeningly attractive Nathaniel, Violet discovers that burying the past isn't as simple as planting flowers. As old secrets emerge and the blight spreads, she must decide whether a former villain deserves love and redemption.
Genres: romance, fantasy, adult-fiction, cozy-fantasy
Vibes: charming, redemptive, romantic, slow-burn, whimsical
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, found-family, redemption-arc
Setting: Dragon's Rest
360 pages · Paperback · Ace
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