Open magic brings visitors-and regulators.When the regional coven rolls into Willow Creek with "support," Aunt Patricia is handed glossy pamphlets and a stack of forms. Public permits. Performance licenses. Approved thresholds. It all sounds reasonable... until the fine print reveals a hush clause that would turn their town into a training outpost and put the Holloways under friendly surveillance.With Grandma's grimoire, the Holloway Family's practical backbone, and help from a surprisingly helpful Mr. Blackwood, Patricia chose the same strategy that saved them once: small and good. Tea carts at hearings. Lantern walks without a spectacle. Safety plans that outshine politics. As the Quiet War tightens-the pleasant smile of control-the girls uncover a hidden binding braided into the coven's "best practices."To protect Willow Creek, they'll have to unbind a policy woven like a spell, rally their neighbors, and write a new playbook: transparent, consent-first, beautifully boring. Because magic belongs to people-and this town has already chosen welcome.Cozy, romantic, and fiercely gentle, Willow Creek & the Quiet War is about boundaries, community care, and the courage to say no-politely and persistently.