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Cozy Fantasies to Yeet at Your Valentine

We don't want flowers for Valentine's Day -- we want cozy fantasy books!!! Thanks B&N for including THE SPELLSHOP on this lovely list!

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/cozy-fantasies-to-yeet-at-your-valentine/

 

The Spellshop ARCs!!!

My SPELLSHOP ARCs arrived!!! I'm so in awe of the cover artist, Lulu Chen. I can't even imagine how gorgeous the finished hardcover is going to be, with its lovely lavender sprayed edges. I'm picturing that scene in Pulp Fiction when John Travolta opens the glowing briefcase..... *faints in anticipation*

Happy 2024!

Wishing you all a wonderful new year! I am full of hope and excitement for 2024. Three new books coming out -- two for adults, THE SPELLSHOP and THE LIES AMONG US, and one for kids, SPY RING. I'm so ready for this year! Let's do this!

Macmillan's Most Anticipated Books of 2024

Wow!!! So honored to be included in such incredible company -- Macmillan's Most Anticipated Books of 2024!!! Enter their sweepstakes for a chance to win advance reader copies of all seven of these forthcoming books!

https://sites.macmillan.com/most-anticipated-2024-bookclub-fiction

UK Cover Reveal for THE SPELLSHOP

UK Cover Reveal for THE SPELLSHOP!!! Same gorgeous art by Lulu Chen as the US version, new lovely lettering and tagline! Thanks so much, Tor UK! I love it so much, especially those interlocking S's! What do you all think?

https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/sarah-beth-durst/the-spellshop/9781035042326

 

Announcing THE WILLOW AND THE WARBLER!!!

Very excited to announce that I sold a new book! It's called THE WILLOW AND THE WARBLER, upmarket book club fiction about a woman who can't stay, who comes to a town she cannot leave. Coming in 2025 from Lake Union. Yay!!!

Signing at B&N Bridgehampton on Sun 12/3

BOOK EVENT!!! Tomorrow (Sun 12/3) at 12pm, I'll be signing books at the Barnes & Noble in Bridgehampton, NY, as part of their Grand Opening weekend. Yay, new bookstore!! If you're in the area, I hope you'll stop by! Signed books make great gifts!

https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062162618-0

Advent Calendar Day!

It's December! Very excited to start my new advent calendar today -- Bonne Maman jams -- especially appropriate this year as my upcoming cozy fantasy novel, THE SPELLSHOP, features much jam making (in addition to illegal spell casting and a talking spider plant)!

December 1st is White Nectarine - Peach - Lemon Verbena!!!

Gift Giving Guide 2023

 

Happy holidays! If you'd like to give someone a book by me this holiday season (and if so, thank you and I love you!!!), but you don't know which one to give to which reader, I thought I'd share a gift guide:

BOOKS FOR KIDS (AGES 8-12)

For the kid who loves animals… THE SHELTERLINGS, a fantasy adventure about a squirrel named Holly and her friends at the Shelter for Rejected Familiars. Lots of talking animals!

For the quiet kid... SPARK, a fantasy adventure about a quiet girl and her lightning dragon who learn you don't need to change yourself to change the world.

For the kid who wants a loyal best friend with tentacles... THE GIRL WHO COULD NOT DREAM, a fantasy book for kids about a girl whose family owns a secret shop where they buy, bottle, and sell dreams.

BOOKS FOR TEENS

For the teen who wants a creepy survival story... THE LAKE HOUSE, a YA survival thriller about three girls stranded in the wilderness of Maine.

For the teen who likes snark... DRINK SLAY LOVE, a YA contemporary fantasy about a 16-year-old vampire girl who is stabbed through the heart by a were-unicorn and develops a very inconvenient conscience.

For the teen who loves fairy-tale romance... ICE, a Beauty-and-the-Beast retelling set in the present-day Arctic.

BOOKS FOR ADULTS

For the reader who watched the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings or who wants middle-aged heroes... THE BONE MAKER, a standalone epic fantasy about five heroes 25 years past their prime. It's about second chances. And lots of bone magic.

For the reader who thinks the Indy-500 would be better if the cars had a lot more teeth and tentacles... RACE THE SANDS, a standalone epic fantasy about monster racing (and smashing the patriarchy).

For the reader who likes kickass women and very tall trees... THE QUEEN OF BLOOD, Book One of the Queens of Renthia, an epic fantasy trilogy about bloodthirsty nature spirits.

For more info on these and any of my other books, please visit http://www.sarahbethdurst.com

If you'd like a signed bookplate (a clear sticker that I'd personalize and you can stick inside any of my books to transform them into signed books) for yourself or for a gift, please drop me an email (sarah AT sarahbethdurst DOT com), and I'd be happy to mail you one (US only).

Happy holidays, and thanks for reading!

Cover Reveal for SPY RING

Cover reveal! I'm so excited to share the cover for my upcoming book for kids, SPY RING (coming 5/21/24 from HarperCollins / Clarion Books)! It's about two modern-day kids on a treasure-hunt adventure inspired by real-life Revolutionary War hero Anna Smith Strong, America's first female spy! Huge thanks to the incredible artist Brandon Dorman for the beautiful cover art and to the whole team at Clarion Books!
 

www.sarahbethdurst.com/SpyRing.htm