SEA OF CHARMS + Untitled on Publishers Marketplace

And now it's Publishers Marketplace official!!! So much yay!!!

 

SEA OF CHARMS + Untitled Announcement!

So excited to share the news that there will be TWO MORE BOOKS in the world of The Spellshop and The Enchanted Greenhouse!!! I love writing in this world! And I love working with the incredible team at Bramble and Tor UK! 

See the announcement on Reactor here:

https://reactormag.com/book-announcement-sea-of-charms-by-sarah-beth-durst/

After The Enchanted Greenhouse (which will be out this July), there will be Sea of Charms in 2026 and then an untitled book in 2027. Sea of Charms brings cozy to the high seas, where a sailor, a musician, and a sea serpent -- along with a sentient shrub -- find companionship and love in a changing world.

Very happy and grateful and thrilled to continue sharing my cozy world with you!

Texas Library Association's 2025 Lariat Reading List

Excited to share that THE SPELLSHOP was selected for the Texas Library Association's 2025 Lariat Reading List of 25 outstanding fiction titles that are "simply a pleasure to read." Thanks so much, Texas librarians!

I'm grateful, honored, and particularly fond of the blurb they wrote to describe the book:

"This charming fantasy novel follows Kiela, a shy librarian, and her sentient spider plant assistant, Caz, as they flee from a coup with forbidden magic books. Navigating the world of illegal spellcasting in a cozy, magical setting, they find a community and we find a heartwarming story with endearing characters and a hope-filled touch of sweet romance."

https://txla.org/news/2025-lariat-reading-list-announced/

New Year, New Books! Happy 2025!!!

Happy New Year, everyone!!! I am very excited for 2025! I have 7 books coming out this year!! Two are brand-new, and five are new editions:

 

THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE is coming July 15 from Bramble. It's a cozy fantasy set in the same world as The Spellshop, about a librarian, a gardener, magical plants, honey cakes, and second chances. And the book will be hardcover with cool mint sprayed edges!

THE WARBLER is coming March 1 from Lake Union. It's book club fiction about three generations of women and how one person's choice can become another's curse. It is also about a woman who may or may not turn into a tree.

In the spring, there will be new trade-paperback editions of my epic fantasy trilogy, The Queens of Renthia, which is about bloodthirsty nature spirits and the queens who can control them. The first one, THE QUEEN OF BLOOD, will be out April 8. The second, THE RELUCTANT QUEEN, will be out May 6. And the third, THE QUEEN OF SORROW, will be out June 3. And they will all have brand-new gorgeous covers!

Also on June 3, the paperback of THE SPELLSHOP will be out in the world with lovely lavender sprayed edges! This is my cozy fantasy about a rogue librarian and her best friend, a sentient spider plant, who open a rather illegal spellshop.

And in the fall, on November 11, there will be a new edition of THE LOST! This is book club fiction about a woman trapped in a town full of only lost things and lost people. And I'm writing an all-new ending for it -- the ending I always meant for this book to have!

So that's what's coming from me in 2025! I can't wait to share all these stories with you! And I wish you all a wonderful and magical new year!