Today, I’m happy to announce the arrival of a new Fashion Frenchies book!
Fashion Frenchies is a cozy contemporary fantasy series where a magical seamstress, her talking French bulldogs, and a rotating cast of foster dogs cause trouble, model doggy outfits, and help manage the family’s online dogwear business. Along the way, they just might help their humans heal too. Think Bewitched-style light magical realism with heart, humor, and a little style.
Book 2, The Pooch Salute!, just had a fantastic Kickstarter launch (funded in under one week!). Now this feel-good indie read is available everywhere in ebook—and on Amazon in paperback. And while it’s book 2 in the series, it works just great as a standalone summer/Fourth of July read!
Check out this cover I drew:
Deadline: looming. Foster dog: brooding. And the potion that could save the family biz? Still brewing…
Dogwear designer Vivian Feng is preparing for the biggest event of the summer—a flashy Fourth of July parade that could take her family-run fashion business to the next level. She even takes on another foster dog, certain she can manage it all with one arm tied behind her back—until she doesn’t have a choice.
When a mishap with her newest houseguest leaves her with a broken arm, everything unravels. Determined not to let an injury—or a painfully slow-simmering healing potion—derail her deadline, Vivian scrambles to stitch together a solution.
Meanwhile, her grandniece has a secret riding on the parade’s success…and the foster dog, August—a guarded but loyal German shepherd—is living with invisible scars he’s not ready to reveal.
With everything on the line—from the future of the Fashion Frenchies to a foster dog’s second chance—it’ll take teamwork, trust, and a little Frenchie flair to pull off a miracle…and remind everyone that love is the real magic.
Heartfelt, funny, and full of canine charm, this cozy contemporary fantasy is perfect for fans of:
• Bewitched-style domestic magic with a modern twist
• A Dog’s Purpose and other emotional dog stories
• Feel-good reads that make you smile, sigh, and believe in second chances
• Uplifting tales about family, healing, and second chances—with plenty of warm fuzzies
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Announcing the paperback release of Fashion Frenchies #1: Love Potion Commotion!
I couldn’t leave Book 1 in the doghouse…so I reillustrated its cover and released it in paperback for the first time ever! Here’s the glow-up:
While I was producing the paperback, I refreshed the interior and double-checked the work for typos (thanks, Sally!). Being the first book in the Fashion Frenchies series, it was published years earlier and needed just a touch of extra love to bring the magical realism a little extra polish (though I didn’t touch the story at all. To quote Edna Mode, “I never look back, darling.”)
If you like magical misfires, talking dogs, and cozy chaos with a happy ending, you’ll adore Love Potion Commotion!
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🐾 WHO THIS SERIES IS FOR:
- Dog lovers, especially if you believe pets are family.
- Fans of happy endings that feel like warm hugs (happiness is a warm puppy, after all!)
- Readers who love animals as fully-realized characters, not just cute sidekicks
- People who enjoy light magical touches in everyday life—like healing potions brewing in Crock-Pots.
- Fans of intergenerational stories with heart and humor
- Fans of stories about family, second chances, and discovering magic in life’s messier moments.
🐾 THIS SERIES MAY NOT BE FOR YOU IF:
- …You want a side-splitting, over-the-top wacky comedy
- …You want epic high stakes and heart-pounding conflict
- …You want lots of world-building and magical jargon
- …You want a 100% fluffy read with no emotional depth
- …You want a cozy mystery or sleuth-centered plot (Vivian’s too busy sewing!)
- …You don’t like books with multiple viewpoint characters (The Pooch Salute! switches perspective between chapters)
If any of this sounds like you, I think you’ll have a fab time with the Fashion Frenchies.
