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How Not to Charm Your Human Colleague
They are looking for sunshine… in a world without a sun.
When six human women are rescued from the Dreadmoor, Kizros’s only job is to check on their health and provide the rune cuffs that keep them safe. He didn’t imagine that by the afternoon, he’d be escorting one of those humans to his apothecary as his new assistant. But Aofe is the opposite of what he thought humans would be like. She’s a bloom in the dark, a colorful and curious creature, and from the moment he saw her brilliance, Kizros was determined not to scare away his new colleague.
Aofe has spent her life being told what she can’t do because of her crutches, but working for Kizros is everything she’s ever wanted. A quiet shop, a job she’s qualified for that doesn’t require being on her feet, and a handsome green demon with glasses to keep her company. Kizros is sweet, charming, and awkward, and though he doesn’t quite understand her disability, he makes the effort to learn.
Their pull is undeniable, but their past holds them back. He’s always been too much. She’s always been an inconvenience. Can they learn to trust the sunshine in each other and heal from their pasts together?
For fans of fantasy monster romance, cozier fantasy, and queer stories, join Laura Winter and AK Caggiano in the Falling for Demons series of interconnected standalones, set in the same fantasy world. Follow six humans and their budding romances with the demons they once feared in a cozy, spicy setting.
How Not to Charm Your Human Colleague
How Not to Charm Your Human Colleague
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Why we chose this: Six human women, rescued from slavers and brought to a sunless city of demons who turn out to be nothing like the monsters they were taught to fear: gruff soldiers, awkward apothecaries, possessive beastkeepers, charming architects, gentle bakers, and one demon who practices magic and finds himself falling for the human who was only supposed to be pretending. These are warm, cozy, genuinely tender stories about people building lives and love in a place none of them planned to end up. Vanilla + Cashmere carries the soft, enveloping warmth of a series this full of unexpected gentleness, quietly indulgent and entirely without fuss. It is the candle for every book in this series. Light this candle and let the warmth of vanilla and cashmere fill the room like a cozy cottage in a demon city where the fires are always going and everyone is slowly, carefully learning to trust.