the Flour and Flame: A Cozy Fantasy of Hidden Truths & New Roots

Saffron Marlow has made a life out of leaving.She travels from village to village, baking where she's needed and moving on before anywhere can begin to feel like home. So when a winter storm strands her in Alderhush, the plan is simple: bake until the roads clear, then leave.But then the bread begins telling the truth.A strange mark appears in one loaf. Then another. The same mysterious seam keeps turning up in bread baked by people who seem to have nothing in common, and no one can explain why.The longer Saff stays, the stranger it becomes.Old sayings suddenly sound more like warnings. Villagers remember pieces of stories they'd nearly forgotten. And the trail Saff follows seems to lead toward something buried in Alderhush's past, something that may be connected to the quiet magic already stirring throughout the village.Saff has always known when it's time to move on. But with the snow still falling, the oven warm, and Alderhush offering more questions than answers, leaving may not be quite as easy as she expected.The Flour and the Flame is Book 3 of The Alderhush Chronicles, a clean cozy fantasy filled with gentle mystery, found family, enchanted bread, winter evenings, and the kind of magic that hides in ordinary things.Perfect for readers who love the cozy atmosphere of Legends & Lattes, the whimsical magic of The Spellshop, and stories about finding home in the most unexpected places.Come in out of the cold. The oven is warm, and something unusual is baking in Alderhush.