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The most dangerous threat to a retired Dungeon Boss wasn't a hero wielding a sword. It was the infuriatingly optimistic apothecary elf next door who believed her bakery needed a little more chaos.

Hazel Serenella Burn fled her past to open Burn & Batch in the cozy town of Puddlewick. No monster mobs. No adventurers. Just precisely measured magic.

Then she accidentally unleashed a batch of Truth Cookies that caused the Great Cookie-Quake, sending the town into emotional chaos.

Suddenly, her bakery is suspended by the rigid local constable. Her only hope is Oswin Reed—the warm, intuitive elf who sweeps the flour off her floor without asking and insists that letting go is good for the soul. To save her fresh start, Hazel has to team up with Oswin to heal the town's baking divide.

Working side by side with him was supposed to be strictly business. She didn't plan on his gentle support breaking down her carefully constructed walls. Or the way he looked at her like she wasn't a monster at all.

If she can't learn to let go of her need for absolute control, she'll lose her desperately needed fresh start. But trusting Oswin might be the most dangerous—and delicious—risk she's ever taken.

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If you've ever wanted the story that starts after the epic quest, this is that series.

The Fresh-Start Quest books follow women who walked away from a life of danger, duty, and other people's expectations to build something softer, stranger, and more satisfying. Instead of saving kingdoms, they're opening magical businesses, navigating small-town politics, finding chosen family, and falling in love with people who see past the armor.

Expect enchanted baked goods, quirky magical sidekicks, town rivalries, low-stakes chaos, hidden histories, and deeply comforting romances where healing matters just as much as the happily ever after.

This series is for readers who want fantasy with warmth, romance with safety, and magic that smells like cinnamon, sugar, and second chances.

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