All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight drifting between the rafters… all complemented by love and good company. Thing is, Reyna works as one of the Queen’s private guards, and Kianthe is the most powerful mage in existence. Leaving their lives isn’t so easy.

But after an assassin takes Reyna hostage, she decides she’s thoroughly done risking her life for a self-centered queen. Meanwhile, Kianthe has been waiting for a chance to flee responsibility–all the better that her girlfriend is on board. Together, they settle in Tawney, a town that boasts more dragons than people, and open the shop of their dreams.

Rep: Sapphic love story (main romance), gay love story (implied, side romance), lesbian mc, pansexual mc, nonbinary sc, gay sc, neurodivergent (Anxiety, ADHD, Autism) mcs and scs

Content notes: Blood (mention of), violence, murder (on page), vomiting, near-death experiences, swearing, panic attacks, mental breakdown