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Also by Sarah Beth Durst:

Sea of Charms, August 2026
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The Enchanted Greenhouse, July 2026
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The Lost, November 2025
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The Enchanted Greenhouse, July 2025
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The Spellshop, June 2025
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The Warbler, March 2025
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The Spellshop, July 2024
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The Lies Among Us, April 2024
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The Bone Maker, March 2021
Paperback / e-Book
Race the Sands, May 2020
Paperback / e-Book
The Deepest Blue, March 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
The Queen of Sorrow, February 2019
Mass Market Paperback
The Queen of Sorrow, May 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
The Reluctant Queen, February 2018
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Reluctant Queen, July 2017
Hardcover
The Queen of Blood, May 2017
Mass Market Paperback
The Missing, December 2014
Paperback / e-Book
Chasing Power, October 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
The Lost, May 2014
Paperback / e-Book
Drink, Slay, Love, September 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Enchanted Ivy, October 2010
Hardcover
Ice, October 2009
Hardcover
Out Of The Wild, June 2008
Hardcover
Into The Wild, July 2007
Hardcover

THE RELUCTANT QUEEN
By: Sarah Beth Durst

Queens of Renthia #2
Harper Voyager
February 2018
On Sale: January 30, 2018
432 pages
ISBN: 0062474111
EAN: 9780062474117
Kindle: B01M4GCANT
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
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Fantasy

In The Queen of Blood, Daleina used her strength and skill to survive the malevolent nature spirits of Renthia and claim the crown. But now she is hiding a terrible secret: she is dying. If she leaves the world before a new heir is ready, the spirits that inhabit her realm will once again run wild, destroying her cities and slaughtering her people.

Naelin has the power necessary to become an heir, but she couldn’t be further removed from the Queen. Her world is her two children, her husband, and her remote village tucked deep in the forest. But when Ven, the Queen’s champion, passes through her village, Naelin’s ambitious husband tells him of his wife’s ability to control spirits —magic that Naelin fervently denies. She knows embracing her power will bring death and separation from those she loves.

But Ven must find the best possible candidate to protect the people of Aratay. As the Queen’s power begins to wane and the spirits become emboldened, the only way Naelin can keep her son and daughter safe is to risk everything.