Death Meets Cute Release Party with J. Penner

Join us to celebrate the release of Death Meets Cute by J. Penner!

• Date: May 9, 2026
• Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
• Location: Temecula, CA - Venue To Be Announced

• Death Meets Cute Bundle: $30.00
• Includes entry to the event and a copy of Death Meets Cute (Deluxe Edition) by J. Penner.

• J. Penner will sign and personalize (name only, no messages/quotes) Death Meets Cute.
• You may bring up to three (3) additional books to be signed by J. Penner. You can bring the additional books from home or purchase them from us. Additional books brought from home will only be signed, not personalized.

Baking magic into every page, J. Penner crafts Cozy Fantasy from her sun-kissed San Diego home. With a cat on her lap and a pen in her hand, she invites you into worlds as warm and comforting as a cup of tea.

As Fraywell's self-proclaimed villainess, Iris needs a fearsome enforcer. Instead she gets Talon, a half-orc as sweet at the cookies he bakes—and just as irresistible.

Iris Weyward is Fraywell's resident villainess. She knows it; you know it; everybody knows it. Except Talon Gefroy, of course. He was, quite literally, born yesterday.

Iris, a low-level wizard with big aspirations, has always felt the need to prove her evil credentials in the perfectly quaint town of Fraywell. This often leaves her with little time for herself, except for her peculiar hobby: dabbling in reanimation spells.

Enter Talon, a half-orc who met his tragic end in a recent skirmish near town. With his previously fearsome reputation, he seemed the ideal candidate to replace her ogre bodyguard who'd recently vanished on an extended holiday. But when Talon is reanimated, he turns out to be nothing like the warrior she expected. Instead, he's her worst nightmare: a cinnamon roll who bakes cookies for the townspeople and follows her around like a smitten puppy.

Now Iris faces an unprecedented dilemma: should she return Talon to his haunted forest or give in to his adorably infuriating charm?

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