📢 Acquisition Announcement 📢

Ringtale Publishing is pleased to announce The Spellbound Alchemist, by Sarah Sappanos.

Sixteen-year-old Ari feels trapped by the smallness of life on her tiny island, staring down a future in her mother’s unbearably boring tea shop. She dreams of adventures on the mainland of Cemre—of learning alchemy and discovering a meaningful calling. One night, after a painful argument with her mother, she gets her wish.

Accepting an invitation to join a troupe of traveling fortune tellers, Ari runs away from home. What seems like a dream journey takes a perilous turn when a rogue magician mistakes her for a sorceress and takes her captive.

An ill-advised bargain with a witch becomes her only chance to escape. The witch binds her to a disgraced sorcerer, forcing her to carry his magic as part of a plan to defeat the magician. Suddenly embroiled in plots to shape the fate of the kingdom, she has a chance to subvert the coming coup and save Cemre from a brutal war. But only if she can convince her new partner to care. If she can’t, she’ll be just another unmarked grave in the coming clash.

Cozy, magical, and packed with peril, The Spellbound Alchemist is perfect for teens who love fantasy adventures reminiscent of a D&D campaign.

Coming Q2 2026

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