A Cozy F/M Romantasy Novella
Synopsis: Autumn Brightleaf, who works at Acornsfield Library as a Grimsguard, allows the Grimoire of Whimsical Fantasies and Unknown Consequences to escape during her shift. Without losing time, she chases Whims all over town in order to keep her job, right before he disappears inside Ethan Hawthorn’s House of Storm. And even if the Striker Chief told Autumn that he never wanted to see her again, she sneaks inside the cottage to retrieve Whims. What can possibly go wrong?
Keywords: Apple-Tart Milkees, Coffee Shop, Fairytale, Fall Season, Grimoires, Leaf Storm, Library, Lil’ Dragons, Magic, Spells, Villains, Wands, Quaint Town
Genre: Adult Literature, Traditional Romance, Closed-Door Romance, Cozy Fantasy, Fantasy Romance
Release Date: September 2025
CHARACTERS
Autumn Brightleaf
Age: 23 years old
Birthday: Seventeenth Day of the Month when the Woods Hopped into a New Season Every Day and Drove Wicks Crazy Enough to Wear Shorts during Snowstorms, Year 3121, Fall Season (Fall Season, Hopping 17, 3121)
HeartScope: Malori
Occupation: Grimsguard
Favorite Spell: The Spell that Makes People Break into Songs out of Nowhere
Ethan Hawthorn
Age: 30 years old
Birthday: Twenty-Eighth Day of the Month when Witch Poppybloom Wandered into a Veil of Mist and Reappeared in the Cheers Royals’ Private Bathroom, Year 3114, Frogsbog Season (Frogsbog Season, Wandering 28, 3114)
HeartScope: Femori
Occupation: Striker Chief
Favorite Spell: The Spell that Glues People’s Lips Together and Prevents them from Uttering a Sound
THE STORY
Autumn Brightleaf works at Acornsfield Library as a Grimsguard, keeping an eye on the Grimoires shelved in the cliffside wing while making sure these mischievous magical beings behave in a proper manner, which happens to be a more difficult task than protecting the Woods of Wonders against Jinxes. No kidding.
Yet, despite the fact that Grimoires pull enough pranks to render any normal Wick crazy, Autumn loves her job more than A Jinx Hunter in Love, her favorite romance novel. The one she reads whenever she requires a boost of warmth and happiness, the kind she can’t find in a pop’cup of milkee.
And as of late, she’s been reading it often enough to recite entire passages by heart since her own heart has begun to crack under the pressure at work.
Because, Autumn’s one mistake away from being fired from Acornsfield Library, and after what transpired at her previous workplace, no other libraries will want to hire her. And if she loses her current job, she’d have to change career. But what else could she be? A book clerk? Frogs, she hopes not.
To make sure the Librarian doesn’t terminate her, Autumn has adopted a more professional approach when dealing with her Grimoires, which meant no more playing games of hide and seek or performing plays with magical effects. The Grimoires love Autumn’s new working method as much as Autumn enjoys casting duds inside her cottagestack that unleash gatherings of thunder clouds. In other words, they detested it, especially the Grimoire of Whimsical Fantasies and Unknown Consequences.
The most mischievous Grimoire in all the Woods of Wonders.
So far, tranquility is reigning in the cliffside wing up until Whims decides to escape from the library, forcing Autumn to chase him all over town. The problem isn’t that Autumn doesn’t enjoy the colors of the Fall Season or the quaint streets of Acornsfield Town, but that Whims decides to soar right inside Ethan Hawthorn’s House of Storm. The same Wizard who told Autumn that he never wanted to see her again.
Autumn doesn’t have much options. And even if she opts for the worst of them, she’s still optimistic about her chances of retrieving Whims and keeping her job at Acornsfield Library.
But Autumn, she’s never been more wrong in her life.