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An Evening with Sarah Beth Durst & Venessa Vida Kelley — The Enchanted Greenhouse

Join us for a cozy summer evening with New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst as we celebrate the release of The Enchanted Greenhouse — a standalone cozy fantasy romance filled with singing flowers, magical greenhouses, and the sweet promise of new beginnings.
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We’re delighted to welcome New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst to Four Seasons Books to celebrate the release of her latest cozy fantasy, The Enchanted Greenhouse—a heartwarming standalone novel about a lonely librarian, a grumpy gardener, and a magical island full of singing flowers, sentient plants, and love waiting to bloom.
Joining Sarah in conversation will be Venessa Vida Kelley, debut author and illustrator of When the Tides Held the Moon, a queer cozy historical romantasy set in 1911 Coney Island, already earning starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. Together, they’ll discuss writing magic into everyday life, cozy worldbuilding, and the power of found family and second chances.
Event Highlights:Cozy conversation between two brilliant cozy fantasy authors
Audience Q&A
Book signing

Admission: Although this event is free to attend we highly suggest you preorder to ensure your copy. Free to attend. A limited number of books will be available for purchase and signing during the event.

The Enchanted Greenhouse is also the July pick for our *Tales from the Cottage Cozy Book Club! 
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Meet Sarah Beth Durst


​ABOUT Sarah Beth Durst: Sarah Beth Durst is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty-five books for adults, teens, and kids, including cozy fantasy The Spellshop. She's been awarded the American Library Association's Alex Award, the Libby Book Award for Best Fantasy, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Several of her books have been optioned for film/television, including Drink Slay Love, which was made into a TV movie and was a question on Jeopardy! She lives in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband, her children, and her ill-mannered cat. Visit her at sarahbethdurst.com.​
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Meet Venessa Vida Kelley

Venessa Vida Kelley is a Nuyorican writer, illustrator and sequential artist. Their work focuses on magical realism, fantasy, and romance in a culturally diverse world, and has been featured in Discovery Girls Magazine, Buzzfeed, and in board games and activism campaigns for Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, creator of the La Borinqueña comic series. They hold a BA and MA in English Literature with concentrations in film from the University of Delaware and George Washington University. They live in Washington, DC with their spouse and two sons. 
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*SIGNED* The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst

$32.09

DELUXE EDITION--a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring beautiful mint green sprayed edges!


New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst invites you to her new standalone novel set in the world of The Spellshop! Follow her to The Enchanted Greenhouse, a cozy fantasy nestled on a far-away island brimming with singing flowers, honey cakes, and honeyed love. The hardcover edition features beautiful sprayed edges.


Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and created a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she was turned into a wooden statue and tucked away into an alcove in the North Reading Room of the Great Library of Alyssium.This should have been the end of her story . . . Yet one day, Terlu wakes in the cold of winter on a nearly-deserted island full of hundreds of magical greenhouses. She's starving and freezing, and the only other human on the island is a grumpy gardener. To her surprise, he offers Terlu a place to sleep, clean clothes, and freshly baked honey cakes--at least until she's ready to sail home.But Terlu doesn't want to return home, and as she grows closer with the unwittingly charming gardener, Yarrow, she learns that the magic that sustains the greenhouses is failing--causing the death of everything within them. Terlu knows she must help, even if that means breaking the law again.This time, though, she isn't alone. Assisted by Yarrow and a sentient rose, Terlu must unravel the secrets of a long-dead sorcerer if she wants to save the island--and have a fresh chance at happiness and love.Funny, kind, and forgiving, The Enchanted Greenhouse is a story about giving second chances--to others and to yourself.



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*SIGNED* When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley

$33.99

The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman in this beautifully illustrated queer historical cozy fantasy, as a young Puerto Rican immigrant goes through a journey of love and self-discovery after capturing a merman for a Coney Island sideshow act in turn-of-the 20th century New York."Venessa gives life to the most unexpected things. I have a strong, strong feeling that this is the start of something special." --TJ KLUNE, New York Times Bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea Benigno "Benny" Caldera knows an orphaned Boricua blacksmith in 1910s New York City can't call himself an artist. But the ironwork tank he creates for famed Coney Island playground, Luna Park, astounds everyone, especially the eccentric side-show proprietor who commissioned it. Benny's work earns him an invitation to join the show's eclectic crew of performers--his first welcome in the city--and share in their astonishing secret: the tank Benny built is a cage for their newest exhibit, a living, breathing, in-the-flesh merman stolen from the banks of the East River under a gleaming full moon. The merman is more than a mythic marvel, though. Benny comes to know Río as a clever philosopher, an observant traveler, and a kindred spirit more beautiful and compassionate than any human he's ever met. Despite their different worlds, what begins as a friendship of necessity deepens to love, leading Benny's heart into uncharted waters where he can no longer ignore the agonizing truth of Río's captivity--and his own. A cage is no place for a merman to survive. Though releasing Río means betraying his new family, bankrupting their home, and losing his soulmate forever, Benny must look within for the courage to do what's right, and find a love strong enough to free them both. "When the Tides Held the Moon is a beautifully illustrated novel with artwork throughout by Venessa Vida Kelley, known for her stunning romance and fantasy art. This novel includes two different full-color endpapers for front and back, fully-designed chapter headers, and 27 pieces of detailed illustrations throughout, using beautiful two-color, aqua blue and black inks.

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