Homegrown Magic

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A cute and cosy fantasy romance debut, perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and The Witches of Thistle Grove A delightful queer cottagecore romantasy full of friends-to-lovers romance, found family, rival family drama, and cozy garden magic. Yael Clauneck might be an indifferent warlock, but they are also the only scion of an obscenely wealthy banking family with its fingers in every pie in the realm. On the precipice of a predetermined life, a loveless political marriage, and eventually, children who'll be raised exactly as they were, they flee during their own graduation party, in search of the chance to feel like life can still be a grand adventure. Margot Greenwillow-talented plant witch, tea lover, and stressed greenhouse owner-has never felt further from adventure in her life. After her grandmother died and her parents lost the family fortune, she's been on her own, desperately trying to keep what remains of the family business afloat. So when her childhood friend-and former crush-gallops back into her life, she's shocked, to say the least. But when Yael confesses they've fled home with no possessions and no plan, Margot, lonely and in need of help, offers Yael a job in the greenhouses. Yael is delighted to accept. They lay low for a while, harvesting strawberries for heartbreak jam, and flirting with Margot while they figure out what to do next. What Yael doesn't know is that Margot's been forming a plan of her own - reforge alliances, entice investors, and take back everything that was stolen from her own family by the Clauneck Company. But plans are notoriously unreliable things, unlikely to survive a swiftly-blooming mutual attraction, not to mention the machinations of a set of parents determined to get their heir back-no matter the cost.

Reviews

Bewitchingly cozy and deliciously queer. * S.A. MacLean, author of The Phoenix Keeper *
Yael and Margots sizzling spice and adorable charm had me turning pages so fast. * Rebecca Thorne, author of Cant Spell Treason without Tea *
Beautifully written, wildly original, and impossibly charming, Homegrown Magic is the gorgeous queer fantasy I didn't know I needed. * Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Paybacks a Witch *
A lovely, queer romance that feels like drinking tea in a cozy cabin. I cant wait for the next one! * Kimberly Lemming, author of That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf *
I loved it! I wish I could live in Bloomfield! * Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop *

Author Bio

Jamie Pacton (Author) Jamie Pacton (she/her) is an award-nominated Young Adult and Middle Grade author who lives in Wisconsin with her family. Her YA contemporary books include the forthcoming Furious, Lucky Girl and The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly. Her YA fantasy novels include The Absinthe Underground and The Vermilion Emporium. When she's not writing, reading, baking, or playing D&D, she teaches English at the college level. Rebecca Podos (Author) Rebecca Podos (she/they) is the Lambda Literary Award-winning and Cybils Award-winning author of YA novels. Her latest releases are the co-edited anthology Fools in Love (Running Press Kids) and the award-winning YA fantasy novel From Dust, a Flame (Balzer + Bray), as well as a story in the YA fairy tale anthology At Midnight. Furious, a contemporary YA co-written with Jamie, is her next release. By day, she's an agent at the Rees Literary Agency.