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Supersized BoS: Earls, Small Town Romance, & More

This one was put on my radar after LittyN in the comments made the recommendation. EMILY WILDE meets DIVINE RIVALS in this debut cozy historical romantic fantasy about a grumpy apothecarist, the whirlwind woman who comes to save his shop, and the letters that secretly unite them.

Supersized BoS: Earls, Small Town Romance, & More

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This one was put on my radar after LittyN in the comments made the recommendation.

EMILY WILDE meets DIVINE RIVALS in this debut cozy historical romantic fantasy about a grumpy apothecarist, the whirlwind woman who comes to save his shop, and the letters that secretly unite them.

Nestled between steel skyscrapers lies a small shop stocked with old magic and experimental elixirs.

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This one was put on my radar after LittyN in the comments made the recommendation. EMILY WILDE meets DIVINE RIVALS in this debut cozy historical romantic fantasy about a grumpy apothecarist, the whirlwind woman who comes to save his shop, and the letters that secretly unite them. Nestled between steel skyscrapers lies a small shop stocked with old magic and experimental elixirs.

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  • This cozy historical romantic fantasy debut is a tale of mistaken identity, reluctant partnership, and the quiet, transformative magic of being truly seen—on and off the page.
  • Yet, it must be fate when she walks into one of the last magical apothecaries in the city and they offer her a job after she's just been fired.
  • Struggling against a tide of anti-magic sentiment amidst the city's rapid industrialization, the shop is slated to close in six short months unless Josie can save it.
  • She finds him infuriatingly uptight—nothing like the sensitive scholar Josie has been exchanging anonymous letters with as they s...

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