Combat Boots, Coffee, and the Middle Aged Dragon Queen
(2026)(The third book in the Midlife Mayhem series)
A novel by Julia Mills
Apparently, saving the world requires combat boots. Martha would've preferred coffee.
Martha Dellencourt has survived menopause, monsters, Magical mayhem, and more prophecies than any sane woman should be expected to tolerate. Now her Mating Ceremony has been postponed; she's spending her days face-first in a swamp learning how to fight without Magic, and something ancient has decided hiding is no longer an option.
The One Below is coming.
And she knows Martha's name.
Buried beneath Dragoon Bootay is a truth someone went to extraordinary lengths to hide—a Dragon Queen's crown, a Witch's binding, a Guardian destined to fall, and a history that got almost everything wrong.
To save everyone she loves, Martha must claim the crown waiting for her.
There's just one problem.
Everyone keeps acting like becoming Queen means sacrificing the life she already chose.
Martha has a better idea.
She'll keep her family.
She'll keep her coffee shop.
She'll keep her ridiculously protective Fairy King.
And she'll damn well save the world on her own terms.
Because Fate may have chosen the Dragon Queen...
But Martha gets to decide what kind of Queen she'll be.
If you love:
Dragon Queens & ancient Magic, Fated Mates who choose each other every time, Midlife heroines taking back their power, Witches, Baba Yagas & buried secrets, Coffee-fueled chaos, Bedazzled combat boots, Talking dogs with questionable taco habits, Found family, laugh-out-loud mayhem & a hard-earned happily-ever-after
...then welcome back to Dragoon Bootay, where Fate has opinions—but Martha has the final say.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Martha Dellencourt has survived menopause, monsters, Magical mayhem, and more prophecies than any sane woman should be expected to tolerate. Now her Mating Ceremony has been postponed; she's spending her days face-first in a swamp learning how to fight without Magic, and something ancient has decided hiding is no longer an option.
The One Below is coming.
And she knows Martha's name.
Buried beneath Dragoon Bootay is a truth someone went to extraordinary lengths to hide—a Dragon Queen's crown, a Witch's binding, a Guardian destined to fall, and a history that got almost everything wrong.
To save everyone she loves, Martha must claim the crown waiting for her.
There's just one problem.
Everyone keeps acting like becoming Queen means sacrificing the life she already chose.
Martha has a better idea.
She'll keep her family.
She'll keep her coffee shop.
She'll keep her ridiculously protective Fairy King.
And she'll damn well save the world on her own terms.
Because Fate may have chosen the Dragon Queen...
But Martha gets to decide what kind of Queen she'll be.
If you love:
Dragon Queens & ancient Magic, Fated Mates who choose each other every time, Midlife heroines taking back their power, Witches, Baba Yagas & buried secrets, Coffee-fueled chaos, Bedazzled combat boots, Talking dogs with questionable taco habits, Found family, laugh-out-loud mayhem & a hard-earned happily-ever-after
...then welcome back to Dragoon Bootay, where Fate has opinions—but Martha has the final say.
Genre: Paranormal Romance