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SEA OF CHARMS

Sea of Charms, August 2026
Spellshop #3
by Sarah Beth Durst

Bramble
Featuring: Dax; Marin
384 pages
ISBN: 1250400678
EAN: 9781250400673
Kindle: B0FMSDB8JY
Hardcover / e-Book
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"A Boat, a Sea Serpent, a Sentient Plant, and One Irresistible Adventure"

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SEA OF CHARMS
Sarah Beth Durst

Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel
Posted July 30, 2026

Fantasy Romance | Fantasy | Romance Fantasy

After a bad break-up, Marin loves being in control of her life – her time, her boat, and her travels. She loves being on the sea and seeing the world. With her new boat, she transports messages and packages. She travels with Perri, a sea serpent she helped rescue, and Ree, a sentient plant who dreams of traveling.

One day she enters the capital city of Alyssium and realizes something is very wrong. There are no guards, no one is walking the streets, and everything is quiet. When she arrives at the conservatory, she spies her friend Dax, a very talented musician.  She learns there’s been a revolution and the Empire is falling. Dax and his musician friends request safe passage away from the capital city.

Marin transports the group to safety. When it comes time to leave, Dax isn’t interested in saying goodbye anymore than she is. He’d like to continue his travels.

As Marin and her new crew travel together, they attempt to help others as they look for jobs that will help Marin pay off her family’s debt and finally be rid of her ex-fiancé once and for all. Can they sail into their happily ever after?

THE SEA OF CHARMS is the third book in the Spellshop series – and while they can be read as standalones, they are connected. This book starts prior to the previous books, but quickly moves forward in time. Readers will get a glimpse of favorite characters from the first two books. I love how this found family: Marin, Perri, Ree, and Dax came together and found each other. I loved them traveling to new locations and having adventures together. This book is a cozy read filled with hope, friendship, and will make readers long for adventures.

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SUMMARY

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst brings cozy fantasy romance to the high seas in Sea of Charms, the third magical adventure in the Spellshop series!

Marin had always belonged on the great blue sea. When the man she thought was the love of her life schemed to ruin her parents’ business, she did what her heart knew best: she fled to the sea.

Now working as a supply runner on her own boat, Marin sails from island to island, delivering a varied array of goods: letters, flour, stories, and even the occasional enchanted statue. It’s a lonely life, but it’s hers. Besides, she’s got the company of Perri the sea serpent and Ree the sailor shrub. They’re the best crew she could ask for.

On one of her routine trips to the capital of the Crescent Islands Empire, Alyssium, Marin finds the city on fire and a revolution underway—so she offers transportation to Dax, a composer friend who refuses to leave behind his instruments. What starts as a rescue evolves into a deal: Marin will keep Dax on as a (temporary) member of her crew if he becomes her pretend boyfriend at the End-of-Harvest Festival back home.

Against her better judgment, Marin finds herself intrigued by his stubbornness, his passion for stories, his charming smile—and realizes that perhaps she isn’t saving him. Maybe it’s the other way around.

Sea of Charms is a cozy fantasy romance about finding your crew, your family, and moreover, finding yourself.

Read in whatever order your heart desires, but don’t miss The Spellshop and The Enchanted Greenhouse.

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BOOK SERIES

The Spellshop

The Spellshop
THE SPELLSHOP
#1.0 โ€ข July 2024
The Enchanted Greenhouse
THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE
#2.0 โ€ข July 2025
Sea of Charms
SEA OF CHARMS
#3.0 โ€ข August 2026

 

 

 

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