The Baby Dragon Cafe
"IF I COULD GIVE 6 STARS I WOULD" ★★★★★
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The first standalone cozy fantasy romance in the bestselling series!
When Saphira opens her cafe welcoming pet baby dragons, she isn’t expecting it to be quite so hard to keep the fires burning. But her young dragon patrons keep incinerating her furniture, which means selling coffee isn’t covering all her costs.
Local heart-throb Aiden is a gardener, though his disobedient baby dragon is a major distraction from his beloved plants. However, Saphira’s café gives him an idea – he’ll ask Saphira to train his dragon, and pay her enough to keep the cafe afloat.
They know they’re the answer to each other’s problems, but happy-go-lucky Saphira and gorgeous-but-grumpy Aiden couldn’t be more different. Can they find a way to work together – and maybe even ignite some fire of their own?
The perfect dual POV, grumpy sunshine cozy fantasy, with HEA guaranteed!
Tropes:
Grumpy x Sunshine 🌞We pretend we're married! 💍Small town 🍂Low spice ✨
**The Baby Dragon Cafe was a Times top 10 bestselling paperback and an Amazon top 10 bestselling ebook on Feb 1 2025, and a USA Today bestseller on Jul 9 2025***
Reviews
‘Qureshi’s gentle, Hallmark Channel-esque storytelling hits the spot. Readers seeking a soft and sweet love story will be pleased.’ Publishers Weekly
‘I didn’t want to put it down!’ ★★★★★ reader review
‘This is one of those romantasies where you are happy and giggling throughout the book’ ★★★★★ reader review
‘I absolutely love the idea of owning a baby dragon 🤩’ ★★★★★ reader review
About the author
A. T. Qureshi is a Pakistani, Muslim American who adores words. She is the author of the Baby Dragon series and the upcoming Dragon Racer series.
Aamna grew up on Long Island, New York, in a very loud household, surrounded by English (for school), Urdu (for conversation), and Punjabi (for emotion). Much of her childhood was spent being grounded for reading past her bed-time, writing stories in the backs of her notebooks, and being scolded by teachers for passing chapters under the tables. Through her writing, she wishes to inspire a love for the beautiful country and rich culture that informed much of her identity.
When she's not writing, she loves to travel to new places where she can explore different cultures or to Pakistan where she can revitalize her roots. She also loves baking complicated desserts, drinking fancy teas and coffees, watching sappy rom-coms, and going for walks about the estate (her backyard). She currently lives in New York.
- Pages
- 320
- First published
- January 16, 2025
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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Reviews
Started January 12, 2025 · Finished January 15, 2025
3.5/5 ⭐ 1/5 🌶️ CAWPILE: 41/70 Tropes: - introvert x extrovert - dragon training - cafe - <spoiler>fake dating</spoiler> - <spoiler>one bed</spoiler> Recommended To: Lovers of low stakes, cozy romance and those who seek out hella good vibes over depth. My Thoughts: (Book 1 of The Baby Dragon series) Okay, to get it out of the way, yes the dragons were sooooooo cute. I loved Sparky with my whole heart i swear to god. This was an extremely cozy weird but in my opinion it lacked a lot of depth. Which isnt necessarily vibe, especially when you want some feel good smiles and a warm heart :) it is perfectly low stakes, deliciously slow burn, and so sweet it might give you a happy little toothache. Aiden is a cutie pie and Saphira was like a big heaping pile of cherries on top. The characters are not very complex, but there was a little bit of character development. I dont think it was anything amazing, but its there. Their internal problems weren't really a focus of the story. The conflict is where my CAWPILE rating kinda dipped a little bit. It it meant to be a low stakes read and its really good at that, butttt i did find myself a little bit put off at how easily everything was resolved. The easy solutions and lack of permanent consequences made me not really care about the conflict happening. I would call the writing style pretty standard, though at time a little bit jilted and awkward. I wouldnt say theres anything amazing or bad about it, but the type of style that flies under the radar as you get lost in the story and giggle at the characters. And thats a good thing, imo. Triggers: (past) parental death, (past-ish) illegal racing, money issues, minor classism Spice: Slow burn and high tension. woooo boy the tension was tensioning and made me tense but in an intensely good way. the brief touches, the almost giving in, the instant attraction but reluctance to act on it, MWAH chefs kiss it was done so well. The part where they finally bone is sweet and simple, not explicit and closes the curtain when they start to get busy. the spicy chapter is <spoiler>chap 24</spoiler> Special Notes: -29 chapters, very short, third pov -took me about 3 hours to read this one -arc read, comes out Jan 16th