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Sowing Spells: A Field Guide to Becoming a Wizard’s Apprentice (The Wizard’s Garden — Book 1)

Hardcover – December 2, 2025
By Cay Fletcher

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Warm, whimsical, and brimming with quiet queer charm, Sowing Spells invites readers into a gentle fantasy world where magic grows at its own pace—and so do matters of the heart. Cay Fletcher expands the beloved short story The Wizard’s Garden into a full-length cozy romantasy about friendship, magical mishaps, found family, and the unexpected tenderness that blooms between two very different men.

Sil has always been happiest with soil under his nails and seedlings on his shelves. As the practical, patient manager of the village plant shop, he knows the language of leaves far better than the unpredictable whims of magic. So when the local wizard, Wixen Anders Kessel, strolls into his shop asking for a fire curry plant—destined, Sil assumes, to join the long list of flora Anders has accidentally murdered—Sil prepares himself for disaster.

What he finds instead is the wizard’s sprawling, enchanting (and only slightly chaotic) magical garden…and a man who is far more eager for companionship than catastrophe. Determined to keep Anders from destroying any more plants, Sil appoints himself the wizard’s unofficial guide—and slowly, reluctantly, his apprentice.

As the two men navigate unruly magical creatures, garden-based spellwork, and the daily quirks of village life, Sil begins to suspect that he might have a knack for magic after all. Worse—and wonderful—he begins to notice that his feelings toward Anders are becoming something deeper, gentler, and entirely unexpected.

Filled with soft humor, magical creatures, budding affection, and a slow-burn queer romance, Sowing Spells is a comforting fantasy perfect for readers who love charm over conflict and gardens over grand battles. A delightful beginning to The Wizard’s Garden series.