Author Talk & Signing with Emily Krempholtz

Join Storyline Bookshop for an enchanting evening celebrating the release of three exciting new novels in fantasy, romance, and romantasy! We're thrilled to host authors Ayana Gray ("I, Medusa"), Kate Goldbeck ("Daddy Issues"), and Emily Krempholtz ("Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore") for a panel discussion, Q&A, and book signing.

Hosted by Storyline Bookshop and moderated by Jasmine Sparks and Kenzie Chene, booksellers and avid readers of romance and fantasy! (🤞🏼)

Don't miss this opportunity to connect with fellow readers and immerse yourself in the worlds of fantasy, romance, and romantasy.
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About the author:

Emily Krempholtz is an author, editor, book coach, ghostwriter, and storyteller. Her debut cozy fantasy romance, VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE, will be available November 18, 2025 from Ace Books.

When she’s not writing, Emily loves to hike, travel, ride horses, bake bread, decorate cakes, play board games, and drink more tea than is probably healthy. She reads just about as many fantasy and romance novels as she can get her hands on, and spends a lot of time camped out in her neighborhood cafes, writing.

Emily lives in sunny Colorado, where you can usually find her in the mountains—either hiking (and pretending to be a character in a novel) or curled up in a hammock with a good book (and also pretending to be a character in a novel). She’s on a lifelong quest to discover the magic in the world, and has a sneaking suspicion that the written word is where she’ll find it.

With a background that spans from journalism to fantasy, Emily is passionate about pulling at the threads of a narrative—be it memoir, self-help, romance, fantasy, or sci-fi—to unearth the powerful stories that lie beneath the fabric of the human experience. She prides herself on being an enthusiastic, supportive, and honest advocate for the authors she works with, and on helping her clients find their own unique, individual flavor and voice for their books.

As a bestselling ghostwriter, editor, and book coach, Emily has worked with hundreds of writers as they write and publish their books. Her clients have gone on to:

• Finish their manuscripts
• Sign with their dream agents
• Sell their books for six figures
• Publish their books with Big 5, small presses, or independently
• Win awards and accolades for their work from national best-seller lists and major publications including USA Today, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, the LA Times, the Indie Book Awards, and more.
  
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About the book:

A powerful plant witch and a grumpy alchemist must work together to save their quiet town from a magical plague in this debut cozy fantasy romance about starting over, redemption, and what it really means to be a good person.

Guy Shadowfade is dead, and after a lifetime as the dark sorcerer’s right-hand, Violet Thistlewaite is determined to start over—not as the fearsome Thornwitch, but as someone kind. Someone better. Someone good.The quaint town of Dragon’s Rest, Violet decides, will be her second chance—she’ll set down roots, open a flower shop, keep her sentient (mildly homicidal) houseplant in check, and prune dark magic from the twisted boughs of her life.

Violet’s vibrant bouquets and cheerful enchantments soon charm the welcoming townsfolk, though nothing seems to impress the prickly yet dashingly handsome Nathaniel Marsh, an alchemist sharing her greenhouse. With a struggling business and his own second chance seemingly out of reach, Nathaniel has no time for flowers or frippery—and certainly none for the intriguing witch next door.

When a mysterious blight endangers every living plant in Dragon’s Rest, Violet and Nathaniel must work together, through their fears, pasts, and growing feelings for one another, to save their community. But with a figure from her previous life knocking at her door and her secrets threatening to uproot everything she’s worked so hard to grow, Violet can’t help but wonder…does a former villain truly deserve a happily-ever-after?