The Bookshop and the Barbarian

Explore its many rooms, pick something nice off the shelf, and have a little read by the fire at the Cozy Quill Bookshop.
Running from strife in her homeland, Maribella Waters becomes the new owner of the fabled Cozy Quill. After finding squatters on her property, she employs Asteria Helsdottir, a giant, barbarian warrior woman more accustomed to swinging an axe than opening a book. Together, the odd couple must make a success out of the bookshop-and survive a dizzying procession of seasonal festivals.
But the local evil noblewoman has other plans in mind. Threatened with being run off the land, Maribella and Asteria must use their wits to outsmart Lady Malicent and keep their business open. Along the way, the whole town lends a hand, and friendships are forged … along with a few secrets revealed.
The Bookshop and the Barbarian is a low-stakes, comedic, and cozy fantasy with a slice-of-life, sapphic romance. It is about the celebration of books, autumn and winter, community, friendship, and unexpected romance. Chapter 1 - Maribella Buys a Bookshop
Chapter 2 - Maribella Hires a Murder-Hobo
Chapter 3 - Maribella Visits the Bloody Stump
Chapter 4 - Asteria Goes to Work
Chapter 5 - Goblins Once Again Squat at the Cozy Quill
Chapter 6 - Maribella and Asteria Explore the Bookshop
Chapter 7 - The Bookshop is a Complete Failure
Chapter 8 - Maribella Finds Some Haunted Books
Chapter 9 - Lady Malicent Ruins Everything
Chapter 10 - Maribella and Asteria Read Some Books
Chapter 11 - Maribella Thinks Logically
Chapter 12 - Gidget Becomes a Deity
Chapter 13 - Leafhaven Celebrates Duckover
Chapter 14 - The Llama Merchant Comes to Leafhaven
Chapter 15 - Maribella and Asteria Listen to Rain
Interlude
Chapter 16 - The Pumpkin Festival Comes to Leafhaven
Chapter 17 - Maribella and Asteria Read Some More Books
Chapter 18 - Encounter on the Eastern Sea
Chapter 19 - The Bookshop Has a Bookworm
Chapter 20 - The Greatest Person To Have Ever Lived Visits The Bookshop
Chapter 21 - Leafhaven Celebrates the Winter Solstice
Chapter 22 - Maribella Gets an Unwanted Visit
Chapter 23 - Leafhaven Celebrates New Year's Night
Chapter 24 - Gidget Leaves to Burn Things Down
Chapter 25 - Maribella Tells the Truth
Chapter 26 - Maribella Finally Hears the Punchline
Chapter 27 - The Reader Takes the Final Quiz
Chapter 28 - Maribella and Asteria Read a Happy Ending
Epilogue