Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about but haven’t yet read. Most of the time they’re books that have yet to be released, but not always. It’s based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme, which was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This week my Can’t-Wait-For Book is The Baby Dragon Café by A.T. Qureshi!
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Contemporary or Urban Fantasy
Published on: 16th January 2025
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The perfect read for fans of Pumpkin Spice Café and Legends and Lattes!
When Saphira opened up her café for baby dragons and their humans, she wasn’t expecting it to be so difficult to keep the fires burning. It turns out, young dragons are not the best magical animals to keep in a café, and replacing all that burnt furniture is costing Saphira more than she can afford from selling dragon-roasted coffee.
Aiden is a local gardener, and local heart-throb, more interested in his plants than actually spending time with his disobedient baby dragon. When Aiden walks into Saphira’s café, he has a genius idea – he'll ask Saphira to train his baby dragon, and he'll pay her enough to keep the café afloat.
Saphira’s happy-go-lucky attitude doesn’t seem to do anything but irritate the grumpy-but-gorgeous Aiden, except that everywhere she goes, she finds him there. But can this dragon café owner turn her fortunes around, and maybe find love along the way?
Okay, the cover’s not to my taste, but who can resist that premise?! A little bit ridiculous – customers are going to need welding gear to be safe around the dragons, surely! – and hugely whimsical and sweet; I am HERE for it!
Plus, dragon-roasted coffee? That is a most excellent gimmick, I like how Saphira thinks! (I wonder if it affects the taste at all?)
I’m hoping this is romantasy in the vein of Phoenix Keeper, where the romance was the secondary plot, not the primary one…that might be a bit much to hope for? I shall hope for it anyway. Even if the romance is very front-and-centre, I won’t actually mind if this stays as fun as it promises. (Also I believe they’ll have to pretend to be married at some point???) I have a major soft spot for grumpy gardeners, as long as, you know, they’re only grumpy, not actually mean!
Very much looking forward to curling up with a lovely read full of baby dragons, basically!
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