Strangebrew Apothecary - Rustin Lovewell

Strangebrew Apothecary - Rustin Lovewell

Rustin Lovewell

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Published 29 October 2026

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  • Pages · 368 pages
  • Publication Date · 29/10/2026
  • Genre · Adventure
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Legends & Lattes meets The Lost Apothecary in this debut adventure fantasy following a potion maker who must hide her true powers from her misfit co-workers, only to suffer the consequences of leading a double life. When Ellastaria Strange joins a ragtag crew of con artists, she knows she's walking on a perilous knife edge - because unlike her crooked co-workers, she's the real deal: an apothecary with supernatural abilities, hiding from a suspicious world. When a swindle goes wrong and she accidentally reveals her true nature to some fanatics with no tolerance for the supernatural, she and her friends suddenly find themselves on the run from a hoard of obsessed vigilantes. Desperate and terrified, they find refuge with a beer brewer who wants nothing to do with crooks or occultists - and his starry-eyed sister who wants in on all of it. For any hope of a future, the scrappy misfits must band together, embrace what makes them outcasts and trust in each other's talents - no matter how strange .

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