About the Author
Holland is a proudly queer author with a penchant for queer-normative fantasy, sci-fi, and (in her words) “anything with dragons.’ Her first-ever story, a self-insert Peter Pan adaptation, was written in a sparkly blue notebook with a bright pink spiral spine not long after learning how to string her first sentences together on paper.Now a grown-up, Holland has two cats and a wife she loves dearly. Many things have changed over the years, but not her imagination. These days, she likes to write the kind of cozy queer stories that (hopefully) make you want to curl up on a sofa with a cup of tea and raindrops tapping on the windowsill.
Books by Holland E. Armeta
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Farah's Familiars
A Creature Cafe
The Chronicles of Ferndell Book 1
Releases August 28, 2026.
Ferndell is a slow place. At least, that’s what Farah thought for the last three years. She has a comfortable, if directionless, routine behind the counter at Ambrewsia Café. It’s a quiet life, but an upgrade from being dumped on the street by her coven when she failed to develop magical abilities.Then her boss decides to retire, a talking cat shows up behind the compost with a broken leg, and whispers begin to spread about a magical spring that can awaken dormant powers.With a slew of would-be familiars barging into her tidy café, resulting in an unexpected bargain with her reclusive neighbor Rune, Farah must make an impossible choice: inherit the café and the quiet life she’s come to love, or risk everything to win back her family.
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The Lightkeeper’s Librarian
A Brinewood Story
Coming May 2027
When Tara Booker leaves her life in New England to purchase a bookstore in the middle-of-nowhere, Oregon, it’s the perfect opportunity to start over as someone new. She’ll become bubbly, bright, and leave her wallflower days behind. Little does she know that six months of abandonment have left Cedar & Ink in a much worse state than she anticipated.Shaye Agbayani came to Brinewood several years ago, settled in the lighthouse as its caretaker, and has stepped foot in town as little as possible since. After a long winter shut indoors, Shaye steps into Cedar & Ink to find a very flustered Tara trying–and failing–to rebuild the crumbling business by herself. As much as Shaye dislikes people in general, it quickly becomes evident that the lightkeeper just can’t seem to stay away from the bookseller with the fiery hair.The two make a bargain: Shaye will help Tara fix up the store, and Tara will provide a steady supply of books in return. What begins as a business partnership quickly becomes something more, but as the stakes of vulnerability grow ever higher, both women will have to decide if being known is worth the cost.
Rune's Relics
The Chronicles of Ferndell Book 2
Coming September 2027
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After Farah's return to Ferndell, Rune makes a terrifying decision: they are going to tell her how they feel.Not just yet. Eventually. When the time is right.But when an accident derails the life that Rune has carefully crafted over the years, the ratkin must reckon with the traumatic past that has led them to believe they must earn the love of those closest to them. Will they find the courage to embrace that which is freely offered? Or will they flee Ferndell in shame?Rune's Relics (working title) is slated for release in September 2027.
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