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The Undermining of Twyla and Frank

by Megan Bannen

A midlife fantasy mystery where partnership turns personal

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A midlife fantasy mystery where partnership turns personal

Set in Tanria, this fantasy-romance pairs an active investigation with a long-established friendship under new pressure. Twyla Banneker and her neighbor Frank Ellis have spent eight years working as Tanrian Marshals, a second chapter that has taken Twyla beyond the routines of family life. The discovery of a fellow marshal’s body, an enormous footprint, and Frank’s unexpected role caring for a baby dragon pull them into a plot connected to Tanria’s mineshafts. Alongside the case, the novel develops the changing terms of their friendship, placing a middle-aged widowed heroine and an established partnership at the center of its romantic arc.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fantasy readers interested in mysteries and investigations
  • Romance readers who enjoy friends-to-lovers relationships
  • Readers seeking adult protagonists navigating a later-life romantic possibility

Themes

Friendship and romanceMidlife reinventionMystery and dangerDragons and demigodsFound family

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Book overview

From the author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy comes a heartwarming fantasy with a best friends-to-lovers rom com twist set in the delightful demigod and donut-filled world of Tanria.

The entire town of Eternity was shocked when widowed, middle-aged Twyla Banneker partnered up with her neighbor and best friend, Frank Ellis, to join the Tanrian Marshals. Eight years later, Twyla's rewarding career patrolling the strange land of Tanria remains a welcome change from the domestic grind of mom life, despite the misgivings of her grown children.

Fortunately (or unfortunately) a recent decrease in on-the-job peril has made Twyla and Frank's job a lot safer ... and a lot less exciting. So when they discover the body of one of their fellow marshals near an enormous footprint--and Frank finds himself the inadvertent foster dad to a baby dragon--they are grateful to be back in action.

Soon, the friends wind up ensnared in a nefarious plot that goes far deeper than any lucrative Tanrian mineshaft. But as danger closes in and Twyla and Frank's investigation becomes more complicated, so does their easy friendship. And Twyla starts to realize that her true soul mate might be the person who has lived next door all along...
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