Chivalry & Chocolate
A Cozy Fantasy Novel by M.J. Gillbright
A knight trades her sword for a chocolate shop, befriends a dramatic dragon, and discovers that the bravest thing she can do is be known without her armor.
M & J Gillbright
We’re a husband-and-wife writing duo who believe the world needs more stories that feel like a warm cup of “everything is going to be okay” with extra marshmallows. As cozy fantasy authors (and recovering theme park designers), we love bringing touches of magic to everything we create.
Under the banner of Positopian Publishing, we craft tales of found family, second chances, and the quiet courage it takes to choose joy in a complicated world.
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Chivalry & Chocolate
Book One of the Neapolitan Ice Cream Sisters Series
Dassia Temperton has a secret, well, not a secret so much as a bold, ongoing misunderstanding that she refuses to correct in the kingdom. For years, she’s been a woman disguised as a knight… because honestly, have you seen how they get treated? Hot meals. Personal space. Significantly fewer marriage proposals from balding merchants. Dassia has been living in borrowed armor and even more borrowed confidence, dodging questions and keeping her feelings locked up tighter than a royal vault.
But when her captain sends her on a quest to slay a dragon, Dassia meets Etchling: a chocolate-obsessed dragon with a flair for the dramatic and zero interest in being slain. What starts as survival becomes something unexpected: a friendship, a business partnership, and a cozy chocolate shop in a village where nobody asks too many questions. Etchling has demands (snacks), opinions (many), and a talent for poking directly at Dassia’s emotional armor. Add a charming bookshop mage who has the nerve to see right through her, and Dassia’s defenses begin to melt. But some meltdowns are how hearts grow softer, especially when chocolate is involved.
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What Readers Are Saying
“Like curling up with a mug of the finest hot chocolate while a dragon makes delicious chocolates by your side. I didn’t want it to end.”
“The found family elements hit me right in the heart. Dassia, Etchling, and the bookshop mage are characters I will carry with me for a long time.”
“If Legends & Lattes and The House in the Cerulean Sea had a baby, and that baby was raised in a chocolate shop, this would be that book.”
