In these books the animal is part of the cast, not the scenery. A familiar who talks back. A cat who refuses to. A frog with an offer. A dog who decides you live here now.
The companion usually does two jobs. It keeps the heroine company while her life is in pieces, and it knows more than it lets on. If you like a story where the cat gets the best lines, start here.
by Ariana Jade and Arizona Tape · The Cobblestone Coven, book 1
A witch in her late twenties moves home after a failed engagement and takes over her grandmother's coffee house. Her magic stops working. There is a cat with a secret.
A Frog Prince retelling. A princess who would rather bake than pick a husband, a kingdom full of faerie suitors, and a talking frog offering to find out what they are really like.
A witch starts over running a bookstore in a mountain town and gets pulled into a mystery she would rather avoid. There is a talking cat who refuses to talk.
A witch who runs a coffee shop is sent a cursed teapot, which brings a warlock who thinks it is still ancient times and a cat who has decided to move in.
by Casey Blair · Tea Princess Chronicles, companion collection
Short stories from the world of the Tea Princess Chronicles. Magical tea that summons cats, a shop that deals in the unexpected, nothing much at stake. Written to be read while the kettle boils.
by Laura Greenwood and Ariana Jade · Purple Oak Oasis
A tea witch and healer keeps patching up the same man and his familiar. She is heir to her family's tea house and is not supposed to be falling for anyone.
A burned-out traveller wanders into a hamlet that isn't on any map and stays for twenty-four days. There's a good dog, a ghost, and a cat that may be a dragon.
by KJ Rose · The Pumpkin Spice Witch Series, book 1
A woman inherits a crumbling house in a hidden village and finds out she's its newest witch. There's a talking cat, a baker, and the town's magic is fading.