A fake engagement. A real disaster. One month in a campervan called The Tipsy Cone. Add two total opposites and a high-stakes baking competition in the Cotswolds. It's a recipe for disaster. What could possibly go wrong? • • • María de Melque ©️ 2026 All rights reserved. Credit goes to @-DeeIsDead- for this amazing cover. I can't stop looking at it! As the author, it is essential that readers approach my writing with maturity and, if they have any recommendations or opinions about the work, always with the utmost respect. MILESTONES June 18. 2026 | 🏅 Rank #2 romanticcomedy

Entry-level magic professors aren't supposed to be responsible for fixing the generations-long problems that come from a library haunted by fae. But when the administration sweeps the dangerous situation under the rug, Constance Wylf sets out to expose the truth. Armed with logic, a cart of books, and her personal-companion fairy, Constance is ready to storm the long-abandoned shelves. What she isn't prepared for is a tavern-keeper who's madly insistent on tagging along, especially since he seems convinced she's unravelling along the edges. Which is impossible. Unravelling, as everyone knows, is for people with emotions. And Constance Wylf is absolutely determined to keep any emotions she might have tied up tight. ~ * ~ Longlister in ONC 2025 Prompts 65 and 102 Main: What is science, if not magic governed by laws instead of emotions? Secondary: In a world where books are feared for their power to possess readers, one Scribe enters a haunted library full of cursed stories. The question is: will they leave the same person? ____________________ Cover © 2025 Avadel Ink Authorized solely on wattpad.com/avadel