The Peppermint Pirate: A cozy fantasy adventure about second chances, community, and the spirit of the holidays

She tried to steal a fortune. Instead, she stole a debt.

Sydney “Pep” Milbourne has three rules.

First: never steal from someone who couldn’t afford it.
Second: never run a scam you couldn’t explain to your grandmother.
Third: never, under any circumstances, agree to anything without reading the paperwork.

She’s not very good at following the rules.

When she steals what looks like an ordinary document case from an unsuspecting courier, she hopes to find enough money to afford a new heating charm. Instead, she discovers the Peppermint Packet, an enchanted legal document that immediately mistakes her for its rightful owner.

Now Pep has just fourteen days to donate $87,500 to one of Candlebright City’s oldest magical charities...or spend the foreseeable future serving as a magically compelled debt collector for an ancient charitable covenant.

There is only one tiny problem.

Pep has forty-six dollars.

Her solution?

Start a charity.
Unfortunately, Pep’s résumé consists almost entirely of convincing people to give her money for the wrong reasons.

With a sarcastic talking crow, old friends she’d rather not ask for help, and an entire city preparing for Wintertide, Pep races to pull off the biggest fundraiser Candlebright has ever seen before magical bureaucracy catches up with her.

Filled with wit, heart, found family, and holiday magic, The Peppermint Pirate is a cozy fantasy adventure about second chances, community, and discovering that the greatest gifts are sometimes the ones you never wanted.