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Enchanted Village

by Lily Starling

A village romance beside a school of magic

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A village romance beside a school of magic

Hex Hollow’s everyday life unfolds in the shadow of Emberwind Academy, where Silas Birchwood teaches science as the school’s first non-magical instructor. Across the village, Margaret Nettle runs The Toasty Owl, a pub rooted in her family’s history and known for its magical drinks. When a rival bar threatens her business, Silas steps in to help; the theft of the drinks’ secret then puts Margaret’s sense of inheritance and belonging into question. The setup brings workplace romance together with small-village community, magical hospitality, and the contrast between formal spellcraft and practical know-how. Baby dragons and a pub fireplace add to the story’s fantasy setting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in workplace and small-town romance with a magical setting.
  • Readers who enjoy grumpy-and-sunshine pairings and found-family themes.
  • Readers seeking a romance that includes a pub, a magic school, and baby dragons.

Themes

Belonging and exclusionFamily legacyCommunityPractical knowledge and magicRomance

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Book overview

A cozy, magical, slice-of-life holiday romance set in a village adjacent to a magic school--if the Dream Harbor series were set at Hogsmeade!

I solemnly swear not to fall in love...

Silas Birchwood wasn't sure what to expect when he joined Emberwind Academy as the school's first non-magical teacher. But he knows he's found his calling, even if his wand-wielding pupils struggle with the scientific method.

Living in Hex Hollow, the quirky village adjacent to the magical school, certainly has its charms--most notably Margaret Nettle, the witch proprietor of The Toasty Owl. Every night, villagers gather in the glow of the fireplace to sip her warming magical drinks.

Margaret has devoted her life to running the pub left to her by her beloved mother and grandmother, even if it stings living so close to the magical school that rejected her.

When a rival bar opens across the street, Silas is determined to help Margaret save her business. And despite herself, Margaret finds herself warming to the man who can fix anything in her pub--with a smile that melts her grumpy heart.

When the secret to her magical drinks is stolen, Margaret fears she's destroyed her family's legacy. Can Silas help her see what he's always known...that the magic was hers all along?

Tropes:
- Grumpy x sunshine
- Small-town romance
- Found family
- Opposites attract
- Magical village
- Baby dragons
- Magic pub
- Fish out of water

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