Leafwood Falls Series by Brooke Skie

What happens when your mother's fairy tales about magical tigers turn out to be the story of your own life?Kat Morrison has built her world around taking care of everyone else. As a freelance web designer in charming Leafwood Falls, Vermont, she's perfected the art of juggling client deadlines while caring for her mother Rose, whose memory isn't what it used to be, and her talented seventeen-year-old daughter Emma... moreWhat happens when your mother's fairy tales about magical tigers turn out to be the story of your own life?Kat Morrison has built her world around taking care of everyone else. As a freelance web designer in charming Leafwood Falls, Vermont, she's perfected the art of juggling client deadlines while caring for her mother Rose, whose memory isn't what it used to be, and her talented seventeen-year-old daughter Emma. Kat's days are a carefully orchestrated dance of doctor appointments, work commitments, and family needs, with little room left for her own dreams.But Rose has always been a storyteller, and her enchanting tales of Luna and her magical tiger have become a feature of monthly story nights at Oak & Ink Bookshop, where the whole community gathers to hear about adventures in their own backyard.Until everything starts to change.Between Rose's increasingly fragile grip on the present, Emma's growing restlessness and mysterious phone calls, and Ben Walsh, the quietly thoughtful parks department worker who keeps showing up exactly when Kat needs him most, Kat's perfectly controlled life begins to unravel. There's something about Ben that makes her want things she's convinced herself she can't have, but opening her heart means risking the careful balance that keeps her family afloat.As the community rallies around Rose's magical stories and Emma faces her own crossroads, Kat must choose between the safety of staying in control and the terrifying possibility of letting others help carry the load. Because in a town where a cantankerous orange cat named Hemingway dispenses wisdom through strategic interventions, where stories have a way of revealing hidden truths, and where love appears in the most unexpected forms, sometimes the greatest magic is learning to see yourself through someone else's eyes.With her carefully constructed world shifting beneath her feet, Kat discovers that the hardest person to take care of might just be herself.Perfect for readers who loved BEACH READ, THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, and THE BOOKSHOP ON THE CORNER. A deeply moving story about family, caregiving, and finding love when you least expect it. And the courage to accept both help and happiness. less

What happens when a simple bookshop project to help people face their fears goes viral, and reveals that someone in your small town is achingly, desperately invisible?Charlie Whitmore thought she'd finally figured out life in Leafwood Falls... moreWhat happens when a simple bookshop project to help people face their fears goes viral, and reveals that someone in your small town is achingly, desperately invisible?Charlie Whitmore thought she'd finally figured out life in Leafwood Falls. Two years after trading her Manhattan law career for the Oak & Ink Bookshop, she's settled into a rhythm of cozy fall mornings, community book clubs, and only occasional sabotage by Hemingway, the imperious orange bookshop cat who expresses his literary opinions through destruction and hairballs.Then her assistant Mia has the perfect idea for Halloween.The Fear Jar starts drop in your anonymous fear, take a personalized book recommendation. A small Halloween project for the bookshop. But this is Mia, purple-haired, endlessly enthusiastic, physically incapable of doing anything halfway, and within days the jar goes viral. Confessions flood in. Social media explodes. The whole town is suddenly writing down their deepest terrors and trusting Charlie to answer with the perfect story.Until Charlie notices something heartbreaking. Someone in Leafwood Falls is drowning in invisibility, writing their loneliness over and over, hoping someone will notice.Charlie wants to respect anonymity. Mia wants to solve the mystery, in a dramatic reveal at the Halloween masquerade party. And Hemingway has his own, feline opinions. And as October winds toward its witching hour, the cozy bookshop mystery becomes something more complicated, because in a small town where everyone knows everyone, discovering who's been writing those fears means unraveling secrets people have spent years keeping hidden.Curl up with a pumpkin spice latte and let this Halloween bookshop mystery work its magic. You'll laugh at Mia's chaotic sleuthing, fall in love with fall in Leafwood Falls, and find yourself believing that bookshop cats know more than they're letting on. Perfect for readers who love their mysteries cozy, their small towns quirky, and their October evenings full of twinkle lights and possibility.Return to the beloved town of Leafwood Falls, where a viral Fear Jar, one all-knowing bookshop cat, and a purple-haired investigator with boundary issues prove that October's best magic happens when someone finally sees you. less

A heartwarming fake dating romance with a touch of bookshop magic!She came to Leafwood Falls to hide from her failure. She didn't plan on faking a romance with the one man who sees right through her.Amanda arrives in town just before Christmas with impractical boots, too much luggage, and a career in ruins... moreA heartwarming fake dating romance with a touch of bookshop magic!She came to Leafwood Falls to hide from her failure. She didn't plan on faking a romance with the one man who sees right through her.Amanda arrives in town just before Christmas with impractical boots, too much luggage, and a career in ruins. After her sustainable kitchenware business collapsed in a public scandal, her plan is spend December working at the Oak & Ink Bookshop, avoid difficult questions, and lick her wounds in peace.She certainly doesn’t plan on Finn.Finn is a rare book appraiser who prefers crumbling pages to people. He’s hiding his own professional scars behind a wall of quiet reserve and a worn blue notebook full of secret sci-fi stories he’s too afraid to share. When he meets Amanda on the shuttle, her relentless warmth crashing into his logical silence, he assumes they’ll just be polite coworkers for the month.But Leafwood Falls has a meddling matchmaker, Mia, and when the pressure to couple up gets too high, Amanda makes a panic-induced She tells everyone she and Finn are already dating.Now, they have a deal. They just have to fake it until New Year's.It should be easy. But between practice dates by the frozen lake, coffee delivered exactly how she likes it, and the discovery of the beautiful worlds hidden in Finn’s notebook, the lines between "pretend" and "real" begin to blur. They make each other laugh. They make each other brave. And the town, including a certain opinionated orange cat named Hemingway, is starting to suspect that this "fake" relationship has more sparks than a fireplace.As Christmas Eve approaches and their January 1st deadline looms, Amanda and Finn must retreat to the safety of their solitary lives, or admit that the best love stories are the ones you never planned to write.Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Debbie Macomber, and the magic of a snowy small town. A gentle, funny, utterly romantic story about second chances, the courage to be vulnerable, and the magic that happens when you finally come home. less