Welcome to the Weary Dragon Inn with its problem solving innkeeper Bev (that's short for Beverage Wench) and the quirky people of Pigsend. Shortly after a brutal civil war, a woman wandered into Pigsend with no memories and was taken in by the former innkeeper. He trained her first as a beverage wench, hence the name, and a few years later she inherited the inn. Pigsend is a dull seeming village that hides more than a few secrets, and keeps running afoul of the new Queen's investigators. Everyone in the village knows that one of the butchers can easily carry an entire cow and that the baker's mother made magically delicious muffins. Sadly, the new Queen uses those of magical blood that she finds useful and executes the rest. When mysterious sinkholes start appearing all over the village, including under Bev's front door, Bev finds herself volunteered to investigate despite having several guests at the inn. It's obvious that Bev's guests are rarely who they say they are, and that successfully solving one problem only gets her stuck dealing with every mystery that comes along. Oh and of course, most of the residents are going to complain about how she goes about it. 

The cozy fantasy genre is definitely growing. The success of books like Legends and Lattes, as well as the cozy mystery genre in general, has led to several new series. The Weary Dragon Inn has a good balance of fantasy and mystery with plenty of cozy details about life in Pigsend. The world building deepens with each book as Bev discovers more about the world she has forgotten and as she gets to know about her fellow villagers by prying into their secret lives. 

In Drinks and Sinkholes, Pigsend is suddenly plagued with random sinkholes. In addition to getting herself stuck with finding out what's causing the earthquakes and sinkholes, Bev is also trying to figure out what's wrong with the baker who recently inherited his shop when his mother died. His mother was good to Bev, and she promised to watch out for the young man, who clearly has no idea how to bake and lacks that special something his mother had. As usual, Bev's guests are acting strangely and s. Her friends are worried about a troop of Queensmen stationed nearby, while she discovers the home of a moleman named Merv and that there is a whole underground city known as Lower Pigsend for magical folk.

By the end of the first book, we learn why there is so much magic around Pigsend Creek and that there is definitely something magical about Bev's garden, especially the rosemary she uses in her famous rosemary bread. In the second book Bev finds pieces of an amulet that gives her flashbacks to the war. Assuming that the memories are hers, she not only fought on the losing side but she was a very powerful battlemage. The stories of those elite mages and how many they killed have Bev in denial that she could have such a past, but if so she would prefer to never remember and she must be especially careful to avoid being noticed by the Queen's people. Too late for that, as an amnesiac innkeeper who solves magical mysteries and has tea with molemen is already suspicious enough.

In Secrets and Snowflakes, someone is attempting to blackmail Bev's good friends, the butchers Ida and Vellora Witzel. Bev is almost certain that the blackmailer is one of the travelers stuck at her inn due to a snowstorm, but as usual most of them are suspicious. It's also unclear which secret the blackmailer has learned. Everyone in Pigsend knows that Ida has something magical in her bloodline because she's amazingly strong. Should the Queen's investigators find out it would mean the loss of her freedom or execution. On the other hand Vellora has told very few that she fought for the King in the civil war, so the blackmailer might think she would pay to keep it from being known in the village. Given that most of the village is unhappy with the Queen's stance on magic that's not much of a threat.

This is a very laid back series. The first book is rather slow as we get acquainted with Bev, her quirky neighbors, and the general world building. These first three books continue the world building and character development of Pigsend which allows for more personal mysteries in the third book and going forward. The series has an accomplished narrator in Deborah Balm who has worked across several genres. Most of her fantasy work has been for the bestselling romantasy author Jeffe Kennedy. She scores a solid five stars for her reading of The Weary Dragon Inn books.