Add these cozy reads to your TBR this season.
The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida
A quaint seaside town in Kitakyushu, Mojiko is full of hidden delights. And one unexpected treasure is the 24/7 convenience store, Tenderness. Sure, it’s a bit odd that the incredibly handsome manager has his own fan club. And perhaps the customers are somewhat eccentric, if not entertaining. But there’s a warmth about the store that draws you in. The truth is, Tenderness is different. Operating only in Kyushu, Tenderness stands firm and proud by its motto “Caring for People, Caring for You”, no matter the cause. And for Mitsuhiko, dishing out delicious food is simply the appetizer to his unsolicited but hearty wisdom on the town’s shenanigans.
The Baby Dragon Cafe by A.T. Qureshi
When Saphira opens her cafe welcoming pet baby dragons, she isn’t expecting it to be quite so hard to keep going. But her young dragon patrons keep incinerating her furniture, which means she isn’t covering all her costs. Local heart-throb Aiden is a gardener, though his disobedient baby dragon is a major distraction from his beloved plants. However, Saphira’s café gives him an idea — he’ll ask Saphira to train his dragon, and pay her enough to keep the cafe afloat. They know they’re the answer to each other’s problems, but happy-go-lucky Saphira and gorgeous-but-grumpy Aiden couldn’t be more different. Can they find a way to work together — and maybe even ignite some fire of their own?
A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
After resurrecting her great-aunt and befriending a half-villainous talking fox, Sera Swan is exiled from the magical Guild and loses her magic, but an old spell book mentioned by a handsome historian may hold the key to restoring her power.
Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos
Fleeing a stifling future, wealthy heir Yael Clauneck seeks adventure and finds unexpected refuge with childhood friend Margot Greenwillow, a struggling plant witch, as their rekindled bond blooms into love that is threatened by meddling families.
A Simple Twist of Fate by April Asher
At the bright-eyed age of eighteen, witch Harlow “Harry” Pierce attended her first Fates Festival Finding Ceremony certain the Blue Willow Wisp would lead her to her Fated match, her cougar shifter boyfriend, Jaxon Atwood. But Fate had other plans, guiding her best friend to him instead. With a broken heart, all her belongings, and a vow to never return, Harry did the only thing a heartsick witch could do. Run. Thirteen years later, she returns to her magical hometown.
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and created a sentient spider plant. As punishment, she was turned into a wooden statue and placed in an alcove in the Great Library of Alyssium. This should have been the end of her story . . . Yet one day, Terlu wakes in winter on a nearly deserted island full of magical greenhouses. When she learns that the magic that sustains them is failing, she has to help. Even if that means breaking the law again. This time, though, she isn’t alone. Assisted by the gardener and a sentient rose, Terlu must unravel the secrets of a long-dead sorcerer if she wants to save the island–and have a fresh chance at happiness and love.
Storybook Ending by Moira Macdonald
A charming story about romance, friendship, and a love of books, in which two women–a lonely remote worker and a widowed single mom–and a handsome local bookstore clerk find themselves in an unusual love triangle when an anonymous note left in a book finds the wrong recipient.
