JP Rindfleisch IX’s MOSSWOOD APOTHECARY, following a botanical alchemist who gets a remote research assignment after a botched experiment and must study a mysterious loss of magic while contending with stubborn townspeople (including an all-too-handsome carpenter) before the year is up, to Chantelle Aimee Osman at Simon Maverick, in a nice two-book deal for publication in fall 2026, by Elaine Spencer