Lilac Love - A Small-Town Witch Romance

Glen Haven Book 1 — Sapphic Paranormal Romance

Elsie has one rule: nobody in Glen Haven can ever find out she's a witch. It's a rule that's kept her safe, but lonely, pouring her magic into tea leaves and cauldrons where no one can see, and running her struggling bakery, Pie in the Sky, without a single friend in town to share it with. So when a guarded stranger with a heavy backpack turns up needing somewhere to stay, the sensible thing would be to say no.

Amanda came to Glen Haven to disappear, to hike the forests, keep her head down, and stay far away from the very bad men from her past who are still looking for her. She's spent her whole life learning that trusting people gets you hurt, that the only person you can rely on is yourself. Saying yes to a stranger's spare room, to a friendship that's already sneaking past every wall she's built, breaks every rule she's ever lived by. She says yes anyway.

But something is wrong in the woods around Glen Haven. Animals are turning up dead. The land itself feels sick, and it's getting worse. As Elsie and Amanda try to untangle what's happening in the forest they both love, they find themselves leaning on each other in ways neither expected, and falling for each other along the way.

A whimsical, closed-door, roommates-to-lovers witch romance set in small-town Aotearoa New Zealand, with a giant dog familiar, plenty of baking, warmth, and laugh-out-loud small-town chaos, and a found-family slow burn worth every page. With real danger lurking underneath it all, right to the very end. Perfect for fans of Practical Magic and Gilmore Girls, and anyone who wants their sapphic romance cosy, their small towns chaotic, and their happy endings hard-won.