Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore
A powerful plant witch and a grumpy alchemist must work together to save their quiet town from a magical plague in this debut cozy fantasy romance about starting over, redemption, and what it really means to be a good person. Guy Shadowfade is dead, and after a lifetime as the dark sorcerer's right-hand, Violet Thistlewaite is determined to start over--not as the fearsome Thornwitch, but as someone kind. Someone better. Someone good. The quaint town of Dragon's Rest, Violet decides, will be her second chance--she'll set down roots, open a flower shop, keep her sentient (mildly homicidal) houseplant in check, and prune dark magic from the twisted boughs of her life. Violet's vibrant bouquets and cheerful enchantments soon charm the welcoming townsfolk, though nothing seems to impress the prickly yet dashingly handsome Nathaniel Marsh, an alchemist sharing her greenhouse. With a struggling business and his own second chance seemingly out of reach, Nathaniel has no time for flowers or frippery--and certainly none for the intriguing witch next door. When a mysterious blight endangers every living plant in Dragon's Rest, Violet and Nathaniel must work together, through their fears, pasts, and growing feelings for one another, to save their community. But with a figure from her previous life knocking at her door and her secrets threatening to uproot everything she's worked so hard to grow, Violet can't help but wonder...does a former villain truly deserve a happily-ever-after?
Encyclopedia of Mythical Creatures - Taoism, Chinese & Korean Mythology
Encyclopedia of Mythical Creatures - Taoism, Chinese & Korean Mythology
Welsh Folk Tales of Coast and Sea
Peter Stevenson tells the folk tales of the sea along the Welsh Coast Path. Meet the lovesick mermaid of Llanina, the water horse of Oxwich Bay, the submerged land of Llys Helig, the utopian world of Rhys's children in Cardigan Bay, the giant Skomar Oddy who cleaned up Milford Haven, Jemima the Fishguard shoemaker who prevented the Last Invasion of Wales, the Kings of Bardsey Island, Cranogwen the mistress mariner of Ceredigion, the pirate Leekie Porridge of Tenby, the cockle women of Penclawdd, the Swan Girls of Barry Island, the Lady of Ogmore, the Beaver of Conwy, the drunken mermaids of Cardigan Bay, and Siani Chickens who lived in the no one's land between the high tide and the cliffs on the beach at Cei Bach where she paid rent to no one.
