Prudence Marsh has never left her quaint hometown. While she loves Dragon’s Rest and her family to bits, she’s spent her life yearning for more. But fame and fortune don’t just fall in your lap, so she sets off to pursue her dreams as a traveling bard.
Callum DiCorvo is happy playing second fiddle. The roguishly handsome cursebreaker is content being right hand to the boss of a merry group of bandits that steal from the rich and give to the poor. Cheerfully thieving his way through life is all he’s good for anyway.
When Pru collides with Callum and his crew in a botched roadside robbery, she finds herself on the wrong side of the law…and with a broken violin. Refusing to accept defeat and go home, she demands to travel with the group until they can replace it. To her surprise, Pru finds herself growing close to the motley crew-and no matter how hard she tries to dislike Callum, she can’t help but admit that bantering with him brings her to life…
Soon, Pru gets roped into their next heist: breaking into the legendary Lune vault. But when the plan goes awry and betrayals come to light, she can’t help but wonder…can a nobody ever really become a somebody?
A brand-new, cosy, heartwarming fantasy romance for anyone that loves Robin Hood and Tangled. Perfect for fans of Assistant to the Villain, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches.
Tropes:
✨Robin Hood-style bandits
✨Found Family
✨Small-Town
✨Forced proximity
✨Road trip
✨Slow burn but spicy
Callum DiCorvo is happy playing second fiddle. The roguishly handsome cursebreaker is content being right hand to the boss of a merry group of bandits that steal from the rich and give to the poor. Cheerfully thieving his way through life is all he’s good for anyway.
When Pru collides with Callum and his crew in a botched roadside robbery, she finds herself on the wrong side of the law…and with a broken violin. Refusing to accept defeat and go home, she demands to travel with the group until they can replace it. To her surprise, Pru finds herself growing close to the motley crew-and no matter how hard she tries to dislike Callum, she can’t help but admit that bantering with him brings her to life…
Soon, Pru gets roped into their next heist: breaking into the legendary Lune vault. But when the plan goes awry and betrayals come to light, she can’t help but wonder…can a nobody ever really become a somebody?
A brand-new, cosy, heartwarming fantasy romance for anyone that loves Robin Hood and Tangled. Perfect for fans of Assistant to the Villain, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches.
Tropes:
✨Robin Hood-style bandits
✨Found Family
✨Small-Town
✨Forced proximity
✨Road trip
✨Slow burn but spicy
Reviews
An irresistibly delightful cozy fantasy filled with plant magic, love, and second chances! I absolutely loved this warm and wonderful book!
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A book to curl up on the couch with, a fire blazing in the hearth and a cup of something warm and delicious in your hands. Emily Krempholtz' debut is lyrical and swoony and a wonderfully hopeful story of second chances that I never wanted to end. Pure magic!
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