Enchanted Greenhouse (2026)

Set in a cosy, heartwarming world filled with singing flowers, honey cakes and gentle romance, this fantasy novel is about giving second chances to others and to yourself. Terlu Perna breaks the law because she is lonely, casting a spell that creates a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she is turned into a wooden statue and placed in an alcove in the Great Library of Alyssium. Years later, Terlu awakens on a nearly deserted island covered with hundreds of magical greenhouses. The only other human there is a grumpy but surprisingly sweet gardener, who offers her somewhere to sleep, clean clothes and freshly baked honey cakes until she is ready to sail home. But Terlu cannot return and does not want to. When she discovers that the magic sustaining the greenhouses is failing and everything inside them is dying, she knows she must stay and help, even if it means breaking the law again. With the gardener, a sentient rose and a winged cat at her side, Terlu must uncover the spell that can save the island and perhaps find a new chance at love and happiness along the way. The novel offers a funny, kind and forgiving cosy fantasy romance featuring grumpy and sunshine characters, forced proximity, second chances, found family, only one bed, a reclusive hero, sentient plants and healing.