Sea of Charms

Marin has 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 fled to the water. Now she works as a supply runner on her own boat, sailing from island to island with letters, flour, stories and the occasional enchanted statue. It is a lonely life, but it is hers, and she has the company of Perri the sea serpent and Ree the sailor shrub.

On a routine trip to Alyssium, the capital of the Crescent Islands Empire, Marin finds the city on fire and a revolution underway. She offers passage to Dax, a composer friend who refuses to leave his instruments behind.

What starts as a rescue becomes a deal: Dax can stay on as a temporary member of her crew if he plays her pretend boyfriend at the End-of-Harvest Festival back home. Against her better judgment, Marin is drawn to his stubbornness, his passion for stories and his charming smile, and wonders whether she is the one doing the saving.

Sea of Charms is a cozy fantasy romance about finding your crew, your family and yourself. It is the third book in Sarah Beth Durst's Spellshop series, set in the same world as The Spellshop and The Enchanted Greenhouse and readable in any order.