A Magical Mending

<p><strong>After decades of war battle-mage Saya Duskbane expected to die with a weapon in her hand. Instead she survives-only to lose everything she fought for: her family her purpose and the magic she once trusted.</strong> </p><p></p><p>When illness nearly ends her life one question remains:What do you do when the fight is over but the wounds remain?</p><p></p><p>With nothing left in the North but war stories and ghosts Saya flees to her mother's abandoned cottage in the warm sea-swept village of Spring Hill. The cottage is crooked the roof leaks and something is definitely living in the walls-but it's hers. </p><p></p><p>She <strong><em>intends</em></strong> to spend her quiet days repairing her cottage as she heals.She does <strong><em>not</em></strong> intend to acquire a loyal hound a stubborn old maid a cottage full of small mysteries unpredictable magic or a village determined to welcome her home.</p><p></p><p>But as Saya begins to stitch a new life together her magic stirs-not with violence but with something softer and older. Something her mother once whispered about: magic meant not for battle but for belonging.</p><p></p><p>To rebuild her home-and herself-Saya must face the grief she outran the magic she fears and the quiet truth that healing is its own kind of courage.</p><p></p><p><strong>A cozy fantasy for readers of T. Kingfisher Travis Baldree and <em>The Spellshop</em>-a story of second chances soft magic rekindled hope and the strange wonderful ways we find home after the world falls apart.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>