Tales of the Mistress

<p><em>Chocolat meets The Song of Achilles</em>-a spellbinding tale of bread memory and the keepers of a forgotten fire.</p><p>She carries the secret of bread-and the power to remember what the world forgot.</p><p>For years Epi Gerroux has lived in silence on the bread terrace of Ceres a remote village in southwest France. Known only as the Guild's most gifted baker-and whispered to have murdered his own mother-Epi shapes bread crowns that honor the very institution that betrayed him. But Epi is not who he appears to be.</p><p>When a hidden box reveals the forbidden seeds of Psomi-an ancient agrarian cult said to possess the knowledge of wild grains mystical rites and the power to remember through food-Epi is arrested for sedition and the past begins to unspool.</p><p>To survive Epi must confront a deeper truth: he is not a boy but a girl named Eleone once abandoned by her mother Antaia-the vanished leader of Psomi. Guided by the whispers of the Mistresses Eleone embarks on a journey through memory myth and fire to reclaim the legacy she was born into-and decide what kind of future she will rise to create.</p><p>Blending historical intrigue magical realism and culinary mythology <strong>Tales of the Mistress</strong> invites readers into a hidden world where bread carries memory kitchens echo with ghosts and love burns brighter than the oven's flame.</p><p>This first novel in the <em>Elysian Legacy</em> series is both an origin story and a resurrection-a testament to the women who keep the fire alive.</p>