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The Café of Infinite Doors

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By Zara Marielle

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Apr 28, 2026
Page Count
352 pages
Publisher
Union Square & Co.
ISBN-13
9781454961277

Price

$18.99

Price

$24.99 CAD

In a mythical Scotland of long ago, a goddess’s mortal surrogate dies in childbirth and leaves behind a vindictive firstborn daughter who seethes in the shadow of her new divine sister, leading to a violent clash that leaves both sisters imprisoned in separate worlds.

Millennia later in San Francisco, sheltered, isolated twenty-three-year-old Marceline is desperate for a job, longing for a temporary escape from her controlling, toxic husband, Baxter. One evening, a magical café appears after Baxter strands Marceline on a desolate street after a nasty fight. Run by a quirky, mysteriously feathered woman named Lucretia, her partner, Kilda, and a gentle Tahitian man named Sylvan, the café holds the safety, comfort, and companionship Marceline has craved. Upon learning that the café’s door is a protected portal that opens to those in need, she joins the cafe’s staff behind Baxter’s back.
 
Several months after Marceline has found her safe haven, the portals to the café begin closing one by one and the cafe’s sourceless light goes from warm and honeyed to dim and shadowy. Evil is looming that will endanger not only the café but the world at large; if Marceline is to protect herself and her newfound family, she must choose herself for good and escape her marriage once and for all . . . or say goodbye to her hard-fought freedom forever. 

  • “Zara Marielle pulls off a truly fantastical feat: crafting a story that’s as magical as it is life-affirming. Two ancient Scottish sister-goddesses locked together in eternal battle inadvertently create an otherworldly pocket of comfort for lost souls in need—setting the stage for Marceline, a truly wonderful heroine, to find the strength she needs for her own battles. As rich in Scottish mythology as it is sharply feminist, The Café of Infinite Doors weaves a warmly magical world I wanted to live in forever.”
    Halley Sutton, USA Today bestselling author of The Hurricane Blonde

Zara Marielle

About the Author

Zara Marielle is the product of a Northern Californian hippy town and a rustic village high in the French Alps. A former ESL teacher, she loves to travel and has lived in Canada, Venezuela, England, and Scotland. Marielle earned a master’s in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh in 2015.

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