Megan G. Mossgrove

"I just thought my life would be different."At 34, Elaine spends each day going through the motions---alone. When she learns of her father's passing, she puts her home up for sale, hoping it will give her the strength to abandon the city, its memories, and the ghosts of her dashed hopes. Like her mother "There’s no longer a reason to stay." But soon, Elaine wonders if reason may have agreed to split spices at the market. Tall, handsome, green, with a bone shaking laugh, and a glorious smile, the orc innkeeper seems set on wooing her, but he doesn’t know the depth of her heartache. Or the truth that could very well push him away. "This one can still be good."Innkeeper by day, smuggler by night, Satyr dreams of a future where he can keep the Aspen Inn afloat without skimming Arnell’s precious pearls—but too many rely on him for it to be a choice. When the pressure doubles and his separate lives bleed together, it’s all he can do to stop it from affecting the inn’s newest resident—the castle’s head chef, whose ribboned hair and solemn eyes betray more than she knows. With found family, life after loss, and a bit of hot chocolate, Satyr is a sweet, heart-achy, cozy romantasy about a chef that carries a mountain of grief, and the orc innkeeper who’s determined to carry her in turn.

When the line is drawn, where will you stand? Harboring a secret obsession with magic, Leo studies for years, making little progress until fate knocks on her door—and Sebastian steps in. The wizard is more than happy to teach her, so long as she agrees to marry his cousin–Prince Dimitri Nathair. But the prince has a secret as well. Finding her fairy-tale cage quickly closing in, Leo escapes–right into the hands of a man whose intention she has yet to divine. He never meant to become a living legend–Fael is just willing to do whatever it takes to protect his home. An aptitude for bloodshed and a simmering hatred for nobility means he is happy to investigate the rumors threatening Umbri–until he’s ordered to kill the princess in question. Fael is torn between duty and instinct. Then everything takes a turn even a scoutmaster can’t anticipate. Battling monsters, bounty hunters, and unexpected feelings, Leo and Fael must choose if two kingdoms worth of lies and loyalty will keep them apart, or if they’ll accept the challenge to close the gap between who they are, and who they want to be. A sword and sorcery, slow burn, low/no spice romantic fantasy with monsters, wizards, poetry, and a tiny bit of possession.