Chiara Bullen

Wrap yourself up in a blanket and have a warm cup of tea close at hand! This may be the coziest fantasy I’ve ever read.

Ry Herman, author of This Princess Kills Monsters

The perfect blend of magical academia and whimsical D&D flair, Bullen's debut brims with tender longing and heartfelt comfort. I will read anything she writes!

Nadia El-Fassi, author of Love at First Fright

A book that feels like a don’t-leave-the-tavern D&D session. With a cast of fascinating, heart-warming characters and a mystery fuelled by the curiosity of an overstretched academic, The Inn At The Foot of Mount Vengeance is a beautifully written, thoughtful tale which wraps you in a warm blanket, gives you a hot drink and then asks if you’re ready to talk about academic corruption (always). Depth, warmth and impeccable world-building all at once.

Bea Fitzgerald – Author of Girl, Goddess, Queen

What if a life’s ambition could never fulfill a heart’s desire? Set on the cozy side of a DnD style high fantasy world, The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance will have readers questioning the true meaning of life and their definitions of happiness. This book pairs a languid, sweet tale that will warm the hearts of cozy fantasy readers along with a lovable cast of characters. There is no doubt everyone who reads The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance will want to linger for another night’s stay.

J. Penner, author of A Fellowship of Baker & Magic

Charming and lovely, with a wonderful found family, THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VENGEANCE is a heartfelt and heartwarming story about leaving a toxic relationship and finding your own peace.

Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

BEHIND EVERY HERO, THERE'S A HISTORIAN 
Mount Vengeance is legendary, a monumental climb with a dragon at its peak. 
For most, it’s an adventure, or a quest to prove themselves worthy of fame and glory. 
For Ainsworth, it’s perfect thesis material. 
 
Ainsworth Gladsly, ambitious young scholar, research fellow and up-and-coming historian is finally ready to make his mark on the world. So when his supervisor learns of a rustic inn at the foot of the legendary Mount Vengeance, she sends him to be the first to to document the exploits of the bold adventurers who face the perils of the mountain – and the dragon said to inhabit it. 
 
But the inn is far from the sophisticated city life he’s grown to love, and even as he grudgingly warms to its rustic charm – and its lovely innkeeper, Honey – the mystery of the mountain refuses to reveal itself. Worse, Ainsworth can’t actually find evidence that anyone has ever undertaken the climb – every adventurer comes to the inn, stays for a single night, and then returns home. 
 
And with Ainsworth’s reputation as an academic on the line, it’s a mystery he can’t allow to remain unsolved – even if he has to push the adventurers up the mountain himself.

Chiara Bullen

Praise for The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance

Wrap yourself up in a blanket and have a warm cup of tea close at hand! This may be the coziest fantasy I’ve ever read.

The perfect blend of magical academia and whimsical D&D flair, Bullen's debut brims with tender longing and heartfelt comfort. I will read anything she writes!

A book that feels like a don’t-leave-the-tavern D&D session. With a cast of fascinating, heart-warming characters and a mystery fuelled by the curiosity of an overstretched academic, The Inn At The Foot of Mount Ven ...

Wrap yourself up in a blanket and have a warm cup of tea close at hand! This may be the coziest fantasy I’ve ever read.

The perfect blend of magical academia and whimsical D&D flair, Bullen's debut brims with tender longing and heartfelt comfort. I will read anything she writes!

A book that feels like a don’t-leave-the-tavern D&D session. With a cast of fascinating, heart-warming characters and a mystery fuelled by the curiosity of an overstretched academic, The Inn At The Foot of Mount Ven ...

Wrap yourself up in a blanket and have a warm cup of tea close at hand! This may be the coziest fantasy I’ve ever read.

The perfect blend of magical academia and whimsical D&D flair, Bullen's debut brims with tender longing and heartfelt comfort. I will read anything she writes!

A book that feels like a don’t-leave-the-tavern D&D session. With a cast of fascinating, heart-warming characters and a mystery fuelled by the curiosity of an overstretched academic, The Inn At The Foot of Mount Ven ...

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