
Hi, I’m Retha🌿 I write cosy fantasy, magical adventures, and slow-burn romance.
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🎄 Now: Royal Road Writathon! Read the Christmas romantasy early on Patreon or follow on Royal Road.
👑 Next: A royal romance launching Jan. 2026 on Patreon.

Mystery at Santa’s Village: a cosy Christmas romance
It is almost Christmas, and Lacey is still working. Love? She doesn’t even have time to meet the new neighbour. But when she wakes up in a snowdrift in Santa’s Village after falling and hitting her head, she knows it’s time for a break. Even if it means making toys in Santa’s workshop.
Then, a fellow workshop elf vanishes, and Santa instructs Lacey to find her. Except, Jinxy has a reputation for disappearing, and nobody takes Lacey’s search seriously. Even Peter, the handsome dark-eyed village guard, is far more interested in Lacey than finding a flighty elf.
That’s fine, Lacey doesn’t mind completing the mission by herself. That’s how she prefers to lead life anyway. Now, if she can only get Peter to stay out of her business, things would be perfect.
But with the clock ticking and Jinxy nowhere to be found, Lacey is about to learn just how much she needs someone by her side.
Are you ready for an early Christmas?
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The Founder is a Three-Year-Old!
On the last day of winter, a three-year-old touches the administrative console stone in an abandoned village, thus becoming the village’s Founder, to the great surprise of the village’s holographic assistant.
It had been years since the town interface assistant was last activated. What had happened to her town? Why are her memories shattered? All she knows is that it will take every strand of her consciousness to protect the new founder and ensure they make it back to town status. And then, a retired soldier walks into the village.
Goliath used to be a founder but turned to soldiering after he was ousted. Now he’s retiring after many years in the army and a decade-long civil war. He certainly will not sign up to be anyone’s protector ever again. And he definitely will not volunteer to run a village once more. And he most assuredly will not cater to the whims of a three-year-old.
But the village holds a secret that will challenge them all in unexpected ways. Will they be ready?
This is a light fantasy incorporating a bit of town building and management.
Already hooked? Book 1 is complete! ➡️Read on at Royal Road!

Second Chance Core
On the day of her death, Claire finally starts living. Rediscovering herself as a pink gem on the tropical island of Ithica, she is ready to give her all in her new life as a dungeon core. That is until Layne, the walking reminder of her previous life’s crush shows up. Add one retired assassin, one progressing rogue, core hunters, a girlfriend and a scheming mother-in-law-to-be; and Claire’s new life may not be so simple after all. What’s a core to do?
Core crafting, dungeon construction, progression and stats – this second chance romance has it all!
Book 1 complete – Book 2 coming early 2027
Catch up now and be ready when this cosy LitRPG returns.
➡️ Read Book 1 on Royal Road