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 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.