Wildkeeper of Cider Hollow by Fern Frankie - Cozy Fantasy/Magical Realism - June 2026
In the Blue Ridge Mountains, tucked into a hollow where fog drifts through young apple orchards and an ancient spring runs cold and clear, the Cider Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary quietly mends the broken and the lost.
Vina Whitaker has tended it alone for seven years — competent, steady, and careful never to want too much. Then a silver-tipped fox named Wisp limps out of the deep woods at dusk and collapses at her feet. The moment Vina touches her, the spring surges back to life. Something old and warm stirs in the hollow — something that has been waiting.
When burned-out trauma surgeon Foster Hale arrives to settle a land dispute, he doesn't expect to find himself holding a fox during a difficult bandage change — or feeling, for the first time in years, like he might be exactly where he's supposed to be.
For readers who love slow-burn romance, found family, and magic rooted in place.
Publication date: June 2026
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