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Taken for Granite

(2026)
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She’s trying to grow a garden on his roof.

He’s a stone-cold grump who’s been guarding it for centuries.

Sabina Vale is a botanist with a sunny disposition and a quirky new business plan: a rooftop garden of rare, nocturnal flowers that bloom only under the moon. The only spot she can afford is atop a crumbling historic building with a remarkably grumpy-looking gargoyle perched on the ledge. She figures a stone statue won’t mind her late-night potting and planting.

She’s wrong.

Orin is a gargoyle—cursed to be stone by day and a solitary, living guardian by night. For two hundred years, his routine has been predictable and blessedly quiet. Now this relentlessly cheerful human is digging up his peace and talking to him like he’s a garden gnome. He’s determined to scare her off.

But when a soulless corporation threatens to pave over the roof—destroying her dream and his home—the grumpy gargoyle and the sunshine botanist must form an unlikely alliance. Saving their sanctuary will take the whole neighborhood, an elderly historian with a magnifying glass, a shy musician’s courage, and a sacrifice that could keep Orin trapped in stone forever.

He might be made of granite, but her persistent warmth is starting to chip away at his heart.

Taken for Granite is a cozy paranormal romantic comedy with a grumpy gargoyle hero, a sunshine botanist heroine, found family, gaslamp fantasy vibes, and a sweet closed-door romance. Perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches.


Genre: Paranormal Romance

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