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The Witch’s Guide to Tax Fraud and Tea: A Cozy Fantasy Mystery with a Sprinkling of Larceny
She defeated the Dark Lord. She conquered the Shadow Realm. Now, she just wants to deduct her cauldron as a business expense.
Elara Vance is retired. Technically, she’s the legendary Sun-Breaker who saved the realm from eternal darkness. But on her tax return, she’s just a humble baker running The Toasted Toad in the rainy village of Moonbright.
Her goals are Bake excellent cinnamon rolls, pet her chaotic dungeon mimic, Barnaby, and avoid ever picking up a sword again.
Her A little light tax fraud. (Okay, a lot of tax fraud. Dragon scale flour is expensive, and she didn't exactly get a receipt when she looted it.)
Enter Crispin Thorne.
He is the Royal Auditor. He has a jawline sharp enough to cut glass, a heart made of spreadsheets, and a suspicion that Elara’s profit margins are statistically impossible. He hasn't come to Moonbright to buy a scone; he’s come to audit her existence.
But when the Mayor’s prize-winning magical pumpkin is stolen days before the Harvest Festival, the Baker and the Auditor are forced into an unlikely alliance.
To save her town (and keep her secrets buried), Elara must team up with the one man who can destroy her. But as they chase demons through the woods and break into manor houses, Elara realizes that the only thing more dangerous than being exposed as a high-level mage is falling for the man sent to arrest her.
Can she balance the books, catch the thief, and save the festival before Crispin figures out that her "organic sawdust" is actually sleeping powder?
READ THIS IF YOU ☕ Cozy Fantasy with Saving the world is out. Saving the pumpkin festival is in.📉 Competence Watch a powerful Witch and a hyper-competent Accountant solve crimes.🔥 Grumpy x Sunshine (Reversed): She is the chaotic sunshine with a dark past; he is the grumpy rules-lawyer with a heart of gold.🗝️ Forced Including a very cramped broom closet heist scene.🐉 Magical House Featuring a cash register that bites.
Perfect for fans of 'Legends & Lattes' and Terry Pratchett, The Witch’s Guide to Tax Fraud and Tea is a warm hug of a novel about finding where you belong, even if your past is full of goblin wars and your future involves a lot of paperwork.
Elara Vance is retired. Technically, she’s the legendary Sun-Breaker who saved the realm from eternal darkness. But on her tax return, she’s just a humble baker running The Toasted Toad in the rainy village of Moonbright.
Her goals are Bake excellent cinnamon rolls, pet her chaotic dungeon mimic, Barnaby, and avoid ever picking up a sword again.
Her A little light tax fraud. (Okay, a lot of tax fraud. Dragon scale flour is expensive, and she didn't exactly get a receipt when she looted it.)
Enter Crispin Thorne.
He is the Royal Auditor. He has a jawline sharp enough to cut glass, a heart made of spreadsheets, and a suspicion that Elara’s profit margins are statistically impossible. He hasn't come to Moonbright to buy a scone; he’s come to audit her existence.
But when the Mayor’s prize-winning magical pumpkin is stolen days before the Harvest Festival, the Baker and the Auditor are forced into an unlikely alliance.
To save her town (and keep her secrets buried), Elara must team up with the one man who can destroy her. But as they chase demons through the woods and break into manor houses, Elara realizes that the only thing more dangerous than being exposed as a high-level mage is falling for the man sent to arrest her.
Can she balance the books, catch the thief, and save the festival before Crispin figures out that her "organic sawdust" is actually sleeping powder?
READ THIS IF YOU ☕ Cozy Fantasy with Saving the world is out. Saving the pumpkin festival is in.📉 Competence Watch a powerful Witch and a hyper-competent Accountant solve crimes.🔥 Grumpy x Sunshine (Reversed): She is the chaotic sunshine with a dark past; he is the grumpy rules-lawyer with a heart of gold.🗝️ Forced Including a very cramped broom closet heist scene.🐉 Magical House Featuring a cash register that bites.
Perfect for fans of 'Legends & Lattes' and Terry Pratchett, The Witch’s Guide to Tax Fraud and Tea is a warm hug of a novel about finding where you belong, even if your past is full of goblin wars and your future involves a lot of paperwork.
91 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 12, 2026
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January 24, 2026
This was a cute read about a baker (with magic) and. Tax auditor out to save the day and Bertha (the prize winning pumpkin). It was a fun short read. Looking forward to reading book number 2
January 27, 2026
Where has this author been hiding?? I don't know if this is a debut or an established author writing under a pen-name but the quality of the work is truly phenomenal.
This 90 page gem is a fast paced, brilliantly crafted cosy with mystery, magic and a lovely opposites-attract romance arc.
I loved Elara, the FMC. Her history sounds like an epic fantasy of dragons, battles and spells, and her present, a sea-change with pastries. Crispin, the MMC/Royal Tax Auditor, is wonderfully acerbic but with a soft centre and impressive forensic accounting skills, which he wields at tax evaders' peril. Their banter is full of dry humour and pithy one liners that held me entranced. And my new favourite side-kick is a Mimic called Barnaby.
This really is a book to be reread and enjoyed more each time. Book 2 is in my library (and was fr33 when I bought it) and I am itching to get to it - there is a dragon wanting back rent!
**********I have been told that the lack of any available author bio and publisher details means there is a good chance this is an AI written book. I didn't see any red flags while reading and enjoyed the story. Use your own discretion before purchasing**********
January 24, 2026
Magic And An Audit.
The baker, a retired hero under covet gets audited. Horror of horrors. Will the auditor find her secrets. Will he try and arrest her. A wonderful and hilarious book.
The baker, a retired hero under covet gets audited. Horror of horrors. Will the auditor find her secrets. Will he try and arrest her. A wonderful and hilarious book.
January 21, 2026
This was such a cute little novella! Loved it so much!
February 7, 2026
Cute short read. Very cosy fantasy
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