THE SPELLSHOP

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER A 1 LibraryReads pick An Indie Next pick EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring beautiful lavender sprayed edges The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst s romantasy debut a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks unexpected friendships sweet jams and even sweeter love Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people Thankfully as a librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium she and her assistant Caz a magically sentient spider plant have spent the last decade sequestered among the empire s most precious spellbooks preserving their magic for the city s elite When a revolution begins and the library goes up in flames she and Caz flee with all the spellbooks they can carry and head to a remote island Kiela never thought she d see again her childhood home Taking refuge there Kiela discovers much to her dismay a nosy and very handsome neighbor who can t take a hint and keeps showing up day after day to make sure she s fed and to help fix up her new home In need of income Kiela identifies something that even the bakery in town doesn t have jam With the help of an old recipe book her parents left her and a bit of illegal magic her cottage garden is soon covered in ri