Cozy Found Family Fantasy

 The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong 

I had no idea what this was going to be when I started it and yet it defied my expectations. This is a cozy fantasy meets adventure meets found family. I laughed. I was worried. I was surprised. I was constantly entertained. Tao has the sight, both small and greater. But she refuses to use the greater sight because you can't change it no matter what you do. So, she tells small fortunes. And she is constantly on the move because she is running from the Guild. She stops in town, does her thing, then when she is leaving she gets stopped by a fallen tree and is doing a truly horrible job of breaking it apart when two men appear on the other side. She, of course, is fearful but they help her. She tells Nash that he will give his daughter a kitten and she will name it after a pirate and he doesn't believe her because they are searching for his daughter who has been kidnapped. The three of them agree to travel together and he sees her fortunes start to come true which makes him hopeful. Then, they meet a baker (her goods are delicious but ugly) and she joins them. So the four of them are traveling when a Guild messenger finds them and invited Tao to join, but she declines. Then he finds her in another town and they have to run away. Then they have to do a quest to find a treasure, but it turns out it's a phoenix egg so they leave the treasure. Then she decides to join the Guild to use their resources to help Nash find his daughter because they haven't been having any luck. Turns out the Guild wants her because they think a war is coming; it's not. She reunites with her mom and step-father. She and her mom clear the air about what caused her to leave in the first place. Her friends break into the Guild to save her. She had already struck a deal that she wouldn't stay, but they could call on her again and she could go in peace. So she keeps traveling. They get to another town and find his daughter; she wasn't kidnapped but had instead been playing and fell asleep on a boat and by the time she woke up they were long gone and she didn't know the name of her town so a lady took her in and has been keeping her safe. He takes her home and all of them go to his house. His daughter wants to be a traveler and his wife agrees, so now they are a band of 6 and they travel from town to town and Tao tells small fortunes. This was so good! I will definitely be reading more from this author!