by C. J. Milbrandt (Author)
After years of searching for someone brave enough, Tupper Meadowsweet finds her at Pennyflax & Quince.Tupper Meadowsweet is now a young man by Flox reckoning, but he no longer fits in with his own people. Wild hair, stealthy grace, and foreign fashions make it obvious that he's lived with Pred since boyhood. In his own quiet way, he's been on the lookout for someone willing to follow him onto the legendary Moonlit Mountain. The last place he expected to find her was in his own hometown. Meanwhile, Master Freydolf faces the challenge of finally shaping his masterpiece, while the Statuary's close-knit community deals with new additions, cross-cultural courting traditions, magical meddling, mixed ancestry, and kidnapping. Cozy Fantasy. Slice-of-Life. Courtship.