The Botanist's Field Guide to Accidental Betrothals
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One sandwich + Three conversations = One magically binding marriage contract he didn't know he was making.
Sir Evan Hartfree would rather catalog mushrooms than navigate society. So when he discovers a tiny, shivering creature in his beloved marsh, he does what any decent naturalist would do... he shares his sandwich.
It's an act of kindness. Nothing more.
Except Poppy Nettle Down isn't just any creature. She's a marsh pixie, and in her world, accepting food within a fairy ring three nights in succession means something very specific: they're now engaged.
When Poppy arrives at his door barefoot, with her luggage and an absolute certainty that they're about to be married, Evan faces his most terrifying challenge yet. Not the pixie who can make roses explode with a touch, or the vicious society matron determined to destroy his family, but the revolutionary idea that he might actually deserve to be loved exactly as he is.
Perfect for readers who love:
Awkwardly adorable heroes who info-dump about fungi
Literal-minded heroines who solve problems with magic
Regency ballrooms where furniture becomes sentient
Marriages of convenience that become wonderfully inconvenient
Sweet romances with magical chaos and zero bed-hopping
Found family and happily ever afters for beautifully weird people
A cozy Regency romantasy where the only thing more binding than pixie law is true love.
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