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The Fox and the Innkeeper: A Cozy Fantasy of Fox Spirits, Found Family, and the Magic of Coming Home
He's a fox spirit who answers to no one. She's an innkeeper running on stubbornness and her mother's recipes. The building between them has plans for them both.Set two centuries before the Amazon bestselling The Inn at Thistledown Hollow, this is the story of how the Lavender Fox Inn found its first guardian — and how its guardian found home.
Kip broke into the wrong garden. Now Rosemary's offering him a job, her shortbread is doing something suspicious to his heart, and the inn keeps unlatching doors he didn't ask to walk through.
Ten weeks. That's the deal. Help with the spring season, then leave freely.
The problem with freedom is that sometimes the cage you're running from was never locked in the first place.
A cozy, gaslamp fantasy of found family, hearth magic, and one very opinionated building. For fans of Legends & Lattes, T. Kingfisher, and warm drinks on cold mornings.
Kip broke into the wrong garden. Now Rosemary's offering him a job, her shortbread is doing something suspicious to his heart, and the inn keeps unlatching doors he didn't ask to walk through.
Ten weeks. That's the deal. Help with the spring season, then leave freely.
The problem with freedom is that sometimes the cage you're running from was never locked in the first place.
A cozy, gaslamp fantasy of found family, hearth magic, and one very opinionated building. For fans of Legends & Lattes, T. Kingfisher, and warm drinks on cold mornings.
298 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 31, 2026
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Devon Yates
24 books10 followersDevon Yates has been chasing dragons since long before she started writing about them — first through the pages of Tolkien and George R.R. Martin, then through the wilds of Skyrim, and now through sweeping tales of magic and destiny all her own. She recharges on wooded hiking trails with a 2000s rock playlist on repeat, firmly believing the genre's comeback is long overdue, and shares her home with a fearless Pomeranian named Boots who is convinced he is the main character. Lately, she's writing cozy fantasy; a genre near and dear to her heart.
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April 13, 2026
Amazing Prose
This book should be shelved under poetry. I cried in several placeS, not because of the story, but the beauty of the words. Ordinary words strung into garlands, shining and simple. The story smelled of summer nights, winter coldness and spring freshness. Thank you for this simple gift of words.
This book should be shelved under poetry. I cried in several placeS, not because of the story, but the beauty of the words. Ordinary words strung into garlands, shining and simple. The story smelled of summer nights, winter coldness and spring freshness. Thank you for this simple gift of words.
May 8, 2026
deeply touching journey into life’s purpose
Well written and characters were complex but dedicated. Plot unfolded like the leaves of summer produce. Baking shortbread a symbol of doubt about life and friendships shared. True love and friendship shared in a magical life of dedication. Loved it all-no disappointments.
Well written and characters were complex but dedicated. Plot unfolded like the leaves of summer produce. Baking shortbread a symbol of doubt about life and friendships shared. True love and friendship shared in a magical life of dedication. Loved it all-no disappointments.
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