Homegrown Magic

YA novelists Pacton and Podos (coauthors of Furious) make their adult debut with a cozy queer fantasy featuring friends-to-lovers relationships, found family, and lots of whimsical garden magic. Yael Clauneck is on the verge of getting stuck in the boring life set out for them by their parents, so in a rash moment, Yael steals a mechanical horse and flees their graduation party with hope of being free and finding adventure. Margot Greenwillow is a plant witch who spends every day caring for her gardens and greenhouse while trying to keep her grandmother’s magical remedies business going. When Yael finds themself at Margot’s greenhouse, they decide to stay and be her apprentice, which leads to Yael finding a place where they feel they belong and Margot learning to lean on someone else and be supported. When old tensions heat up between rival families, the Claunecks and the Greenwillows, everything Yael and Margot have built together will be tested, and the feelings that have developed between them will be challenged.