Sourdough and Sigils

fantasy

Elspeth has spent three years perfecting the art of invisibility. Not magical invisibility—she gave up that kind of power when she fled the Academy—but the everyday kind. The kind where a baker blends into her village, her sourdough starter the only thing she lets rise. Willowmere suits her. The villagers don't ask questions. The work is honest. And Bramm Hower, the quiet blacksmith who accepts her bread deliveries with minimal words and maximum brooding, doesn't seem to notice her at all. But when a Guild inspector arrives hunting for unregistered mages, Elspeth's careful wards begin to crack. Her magic is waking up. Her past is catching up. And Bramm, it turns out, has secrets of his own—scars that speak of battles she never knew he fought. As the net tightens around Willowmere, Elspeth must decide: run again, as she always has, or stand and fight beside a man who sees her—truly sees her—for the first time in years. Sourdough and Sigils is a cozy fantasy romance about found family, second chances, and the courage it takes to stop hiding.