Board Games, Broomsticks, and Cottage Magic

Nyssa Hawthorne has built the career she always wanted as a high-flying mage leading a coven, yet late nights and constant spell-casting have left her burnt out.

When an ordinary enchantment comes dangerously close to disaster, she sets her broomstick aside and returns to her late grandmother’s lakeside cottage, a place she has avoided for ten years.

There she rediscovers her beloved board games and opens a village café for shared play, with scuffed sofas, a stove in the corner, and blankets piled within easy reach.

Friends old and new soon fill the tables, until an old enemy arrives at her door.

Nyssa answers by blending her witchcraft with the games she loves, drawing adventure, found family, romance, and her neglected inner magic back into reach.