The Lantern That Chose Its Hands: A Cozy Fantasy Novel

By MAEVE TINDLEY

Whole, unbroken, and waiting for the right hands.

Autumn returns to Mallowmere - a different autumn than the one Wren Halberd remembers. The grief has loosened its grip, the workshop is quiet again, and the old listening has come back to her, deeper and clearer than ever. Then Pippa brings down a lantern from the green: horn and glass, seamless and cool and complete. Nothing about it is broken. And yet it has come to the mender all the same.

What the lantern wants isn't repair - it's a choice. As a new apprentice finds his place at her bench and the village settles toward winter, Wren comes to understand that the truest keeping is not a tight fist but an open hand, and that some lights are meant to be carried on by someone new.

For readers who love warm, hopeful fantasy, cottagecore comfort reads, and gentle stories about new beginnings, mentorship, and quiet magic.

Book 5 of The Mallowmere Workshop - a cozy fantasy series you can read in any order.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H4C44BZT
• ISBN13: 9798180004987
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"