WHERE HER WALLS HOLD ME

Carpenter June Hale buys a sentient cottage as a cheap renovation and discovers Mallow, its glamorous living spirit, trapped inside a deed that treats her as property. As every repair becomes an intimate negotiation, June must risk her livelihood to prove that a home can choose its own body, its own future, and the woman it loves.

A Carpenter Buys a Living Cottage to Flip for Profit—But Saving Its Sapphic Heart Means Proving Her New Home Owns Herself