A Haven for the Sea-Sprites: 2

A cozy fantasy about a lighthouse keeper, his gargoyle, and the fragile colony of magical sea-sprites only he can help save. Arthur Pemberton-Kay finally has everything he came to Gull Rock without ever admitting he wanted: a lighthouse to tend, a village that knows his name, and a gargoyle who refuses to leave his side. Then something impossible washes up in his basement. When careless trawlers shatter an ancient reef of singing stone, a colony of sea-sprites - creatures of glass-thin fin and shimmering, wordless song - flee the open water and wash up exhausted in the flooded tide-pool beneath the tower. Arthur cannot understand a note of their grief; Barnaby's granite heart catches every frequency of it. Together, keeper and gargoyle set out to build the sprites a home: a miniature stone village tuned like an orchestra, pieced together one quiet errand at a time. But a secret this fragile cannot stay hidden forever, and when a blinding summer fog strands Oakhaven's fishing fleet at sea, it will take every note the sprites have left - and every ounce of Arthur's trust in the village he once kept at arm's length - to bring the boats safely home. Why readers are loving this cozy fantasy sequel: - Found Family, Expanding: the sprites are the newest members of a household that already includes a gargoyle, a selkie, and half of Oakhaven.- A Secret Sanctuary to Protect: a hidden basement colony, built from borrowed flour sacks and sea glass, that only gets more fragile the longer it stays secret.- An Animal Companion Who Understands What No One Else Can: Barnaby's glowing heart translates a grief no human in the story can hear. Readers of Travis Baldree ( Legends & Lattes) and TJ Klune ( The House in the Cerulean Sea) will feel right at home here.