Indulge your dreams of living in a cursed bookshop with literature's hottest villains in the Nevermore Bookshop series, exclusive to Backerkit with brand new paperback covers, foil details, and sprayed edges, all housed in a limited-edition slipcase.
- Do you love reading light-hearted cozy fantasy filled with bookish humour, but you also want all the spice?
- Are you obsessed with tropes like found family, villains get the girl, murder mysteries, grumpy/sunshine, quirky villages, whychoose, raven shifters, touch her and die, and disability representation from a blind author?
- Do you collect gorgeous collector's editions of spicy cozy fantasy whychoose books?
In the Nevermore Bookshop series by Steffanie Holmes (that's me!), our heroine, Mina, finds herself working in a magical bookshop that brings infamous fictional villains from classic literature to life. Now she's wrangling fictional men all the while trying to solve the mystery of who killed her ex-best friend and why Nevermore Bookshop is cursed in the first place.
The Nevermore Bookshop series is a ten-book spicy cozy fantasy series. We are raising funds to produce the first five books in these beautiful luxe collectors' paperback editions, with some fun merch from the world of Nevermore. (The remaining five books will be produced next year).
To give these paperbacks a true punk rock aesthetic, incredible artist Holly Dunn has created linocut covers. In addition to all the usual paperback bling (foil! sprayed edges! signed by the author! maps! easter eggs from the books!) these paperbacks feature linocut details that were hand-cut and printed by Holly – a truly unique Nevermore experience.
Holly is creating other linocut details for the campaign, such as Quoth the Raven chapter headings:
Backers on higher tiers will be able to purchase limited-edition archival-quality art prints of the covers, signed by both author and artist, as well as other gorgeously kooky and spooky Nevermore merch.
Book boyfriends may do it better, but they're more trouble than they're worth.
After being fired from my dream fashion job, I return home to my village under a cloud of failure and take a job at the quaint Nevermore Bookshop. I'm hoping for an easy few months while I get my life together.
But this is no ordinary bookshop.
A mysterious curse on Nevermore brings infamous fictional villains from classic literature to life in the real world.
My "easy" job involves rescuing customers from a 6foot4, grumpy, tattooed Heathcliff, drinking tea and evading the authorities with sophisticated villain Moriarty, and making art with Edgar Allen Poe’s shy, cheeky, raven shifter, Quoth.
As if that isn’t crazy enough, my ex-best friend shows up dead with a knife in her back, and I’m the chief suspect. I’m going to have to Agatha Christie this shiz if I want to clear my name.
Oh, and those three fictional villains?
They like to share…
The Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries are what you get when all your book boyfriends come to life. Join a brooding antihero, a master criminal, a cheeky raven, and a heroine with a big heart (and an even bigger book collection) in this spicy cozy fantasy series by USA Today bestselling author Steffanie Holmes.
- Love interests are famous villains from classic literature
- Magical bookshop
- Disabled rep from a blind author
- Grumpy/sunshine, they fall first
- Raven shifter
- Mysteries to solve
- Morally grey book boyfriends
- Kooky, spooky humour
About five years ago, I'd just started my indie author career after being pushed out of my dream job because of my eyesight. (I'm legally blind). I took all the hurt I felt and poured it into a story about a heroine who is going blind and ends up working in a magical bookshop that brings infamous fictional villains from classic literature to life.
Publishing professionals and reviewers told me that no one wanted to read a book with a blind heroine, that mixing cozy mystery/fantasy and spice was a mistake, that I was killing my new career before I even got started.
My readers proved them wrong.
Turns out, people absolutely love the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series, and Mina, Heathcliff, Morrie, and Quoth. Because of that love, all my author dreams have come true. Nevermore Bookshop has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide.
I'm blown away by the response to these books!
I wanted to do something cool for YOU, the readers who've helped me to bring the world of Nevermore Bookshop to life. We already have some beautiful hardcovers inspired by vintage book design, but for Nevermore Bookshop's first special edition paperbacks, I wanted to go a little more punk rock.
We have so many special details and goodies to share with you in August. I can't wait!
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Secure your spot with a $2 reservation and get:
- 24-hour early access before the public launch
- Exclusive Quoth the Raven sticker set (only available with reservations)
- First access to limited tiers–-your best chance to secure the best goodies!
- Your $2 becomes a credit towards your chosen book reward!
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