A gorgeous hardcover edition featuring 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 ripe berries.

But magic can do more than make life a little sweeter, so Kiela risks the consequences of using unsanctioned spells and opens the island's first-ever and much needed secret spellshop.

Like a Hallmark rom-com full of mythical creatures and fueled by cinnamon rolls and magic,The Spellshop will heal your heart and feed your soul.

Sarah Beth Durst is the author of over twenty-five books for adults, teens, and kids, including The Lies Among Us, The Spellshop, The Lake House, and Spark. Her writing has won an American Library Association Alex Award and a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and Durst has been named a finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula Award three times. Several of her books have been optioned for film and television, including Drink, Slay, Love, which was made into a TV movie and became the subject of a Jeopardy! question. Sarah is a graduate of Princeton University and lives in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband, two children, and an ill-mannered cat. Learn more about the author, her work, and upcoming events by visiting her website at www.sarahbethdurst.com.