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Tea and Tarot: Crossroads Queen Side Quest
She walked away from the life she was born to live. Now she has one chance to build the life she's always wanted.
Indigo Briggs was one of the most feared tarot mages in the business—until a job went wrong and she walked away from it all. Now she's in Fairhaven, a quirky supernatural town with secrets of its own, trying to build something a tea shop, a fresh start, and a life she might actually deserve.
The only problem? Her new venture needs funding she doesn't have.
Enter Boone Fincher—charming, infuriatingly handsome, and in desperate need of a fake fiancée. His father's will requires him to marry a mage with a powerful lineage, and Boone is running out of time. The arrangement is strictly Indy gets the money she needs, Boone gets his inheritance, and when it's over, they part ways.
Simple.
Except nothing about this is simple. Between a blind vampire with unsettling insight, a revenant who likes to lend a hand, a mysterious bone monster that wanders through the crossroads, and a ghost from her old life determined to unravel everything she's built, Indy is starting to suspect the universe has a plan she didn't envision.
Then the past she thought she'd escaped comes looking for her, and Indigo must decide whether she's willing to risk everything for the future she's finally begun to imagine—one that includes a love that was never supposed to be real.
Tea and Tarot is a Crossroads Queen Side Quest Novel—an enchanting cozy urban fantasy standalone with fake dating, witty banter, found family, and the slow-burn realization that happily-ever-afters are worth believing in.
Indigo Briggs was one of the most feared tarot mages in the business—until a job went wrong and she walked away from it all. Now she's in Fairhaven, a quirky supernatural town with secrets of its own, trying to build something a tea shop, a fresh start, and a life she might actually deserve.
The only problem? Her new venture needs funding she doesn't have.
Enter Boone Fincher—charming, infuriatingly handsome, and in desperate need of a fake fiancée. His father's will requires him to marry a mage with a powerful lineage, and Boone is running out of time. The arrangement is strictly Indy gets the money she needs, Boone gets his inheritance, and when it's over, they part ways.
Simple.
Except nothing about this is simple. Between a blind vampire with unsettling insight, a revenant who likes to lend a hand, a mysterious bone monster that wanders through the crossroads, and a ghost from her old life determined to unravel everything she's built, Indy is starting to suspect the universe has a plan she didn't envision.
Then the past she thought she'd escaped comes looking for her, and Indigo must decide whether she's willing to risk everything for the future she's finally begun to imagine—one that includes a love that was never supposed to be real.
Tea and Tarot is a Crossroads Queen Side Quest Novel—an enchanting cozy urban fantasy standalone with fake dating, witty banter, found family, and the slow-burn realization that happily-ever-afters are worth believing in.
264 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 17, 2026
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Annabel Chase
262 books1,588 followersAnnabel Chase is the author of urban fantasy and cozy mystery novels. She would love to live in a magical town where she can shop at Ready-to-Were for the the perfect outfit, flirt with hot angels and vampires, and cook gourmet meals without exerting any effort. Visit her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Annabel-Chas... or on her website at www.annabelchase.com.
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Have you read the Crossroads Queen Urban Fantasy Series by Annabel Chase?
WELL, YOU SHOULD, it is amazing!!!!
Tea and Tarot is a new book in the world of the Crossroads Queen, A Side Quest, if you will.
A Cozy Urban Novel with some familiar faces and new ones.
Fake Fiancé, Um YES please!!!!!
Indigo Briggs is the most successful and feared tarot mage, until she retires.
She is in Fairhaven chasing a quieter life with a dream of opening up a tea shop.
Indigo is doing fairly well, except for the funding part.
In comes Boone Fincher, gorgeous and in a high need of a fake fiancé to please his father.
If he marries a mage with a strong line, he will get his inheritance.
If Indigo (Indy) does it, she will have the money she needs and Boone will have the inheritance he wants.
I LOVED this romance, but it is so much more.
Claude, the reverent is back and better than ever, he's a hand by the way, literally.
Lorelei and Kane are in some scenes that I absolutely LOVED revisiting with them.
Again, READ the Crossroads Queen series for more of them.
I love Indy and Boone's chemistry and banter.
Slow burn fake dating, fake fiancé, found family with some of the best world building you will read.
Highly recommend this cozy urban fantasy novel.
You MUST read this!!!!
WELL, YOU SHOULD, it is amazing!!!!
Tea and Tarot is a new book in the world of the Crossroads Queen, A Side Quest, if you will.
A Cozy Urban Novel with some familiar faces and new ones.
Fake Fiancé, Um YES please!!!!!
Indigo Briggs is the most successful and feared tarot mage, until she retires.
She is in Fairhaven chasing a quieter life with a dream of opening up a tea shop.
Indigo is doing fairly well, except for the funding part.
In comes Boone Fincher, gorgeous and in a high need of a fake fiancé to please his father.
If he marries a mage with a strong line, he will get his inheritance.
If Indigo (Indy) does it, she will have the money she needs and Boone will have the inheritance he wants.
I LOVED this romance, but it is so much more.
Claude, the reverent is back and better than ever, he's a hand by the way, literally.
Lorelei and Kane are in some scenes that I absolutely LOVED revisiting with them.
Again, READ the Crossroads Queen series for more of them.
I love Indy and Boone's chemistry and banter.
Slow burn fake dating, fake fiancé, found family with some of the best world building you will read.
Highly recommend this cozy urban fantasy novel.
You MUST read this!!!!
September 17, 2026
A new residents view of Fairhaven
What’s a retired Fortuna Mage going to do to stay out of limelight? Open and tarot and tea shop.
With familiar faces and hands aplenty this book was a perfect return to the crossroads.
Friends, love, enemies and misunderstandings create the best way to spend some reading time.
What’s a retired Fortuna Mage going to do to stay out of limelight? Open and tarot and tea shop.
With familiar faces and hands aplenty this book was a perfect return to the crossroads.
Friends, love, enemies and misunderstandings create the best way to spend some reading time.
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