Mosswood Apothecary

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A struggling alchemist.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A small town with ancient secrets.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And... a mysterious shadow ferret?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Botanical alchemist Rowan Mosswood didn't expect much when he finally graduated so a remote research assignment in Frostfern Valley seemed fitting. With his reputation in tatters after a public alchemical mishap and his discipline of magic considered antiquated Rowan agrees to the university's terms: fix up an old greenhouse study the mysterious loss of magic and send regular reports. If he can manage all that his student debts will disappear.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The assignment sounded Mundane enough a wrist slap to be endured-until Rowan discovers the greenhouse is falling apart the crops refuse to grow and a wily shadow creature has taken up residence in his new home. As if that weren't complicated enough there's Jimson: a too-handsome-for-his-own-good carpenter who seems determined to help... and fluster...Rowan.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With strange magic stirring in the forest stubborn townsfolk to win over and a year-long deadline ticking down Rowan must decide whether to focus on the assignment or the life he's beginning to build in Frostfern.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mosswood Apothecary is a cozy queer fantasy brimming with botanical magic slow-burn romance queer found family cottagecore vibes and small-town charm.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This edition contains the map and three black-and-white illustrations.</span></p><p></p>