An Evening with Jamie Pacton: The Hyacinth Labyrinth

• Each ticket will include either a hardcover copy of The Hyacinth Labyrinth or a $10 RBB Gift Card.
• Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
• An audience Q&A and signing will follow the talk.

All magic begins in stories. That’s what Fae princess Hyacinth has always been told. As the unmagical daughter of Queen Mab, Hyacinth has never fit in at her mother’s court. She hopes that if she learns about her father, who disappeared fifteen years ago, she can finally learn more about herself.
When Hyacinth and her friend Chloe—a human stablehand trapped in Fae—sneak off to a riverside night market, Hyacinth learns that her father was last seen heading to a library at the heart of a treacherous labyrinth. The problem: The labyrinth was built long ago by three goddesses, and no one has ever returned from it.
Still, Hyacinth has to try.
With the help of Chloe and a tiny dragon named Coffee, she defies Queen Mab and sets off into the wilds of the Moonshadow Kingdom. Along the way they face bandits, magical creatures, a centuries-old human who hosts an Endless Ball, and Hyacinth and Chloe’s growing feelings for each other. Meanwhile, an ancient power lies in wait at the center of the labyrinth, and it is eager to write the girls’ ending.
A lush, fairycore, sapphic YA fantasy that returns readers to the Fae world introduced in Jamie Pacton’s bestselling novel The Absinthe Underground!
“Like a faerie spell, The Hyacinth Labyrinth will ensorcell readers with its lush atmosphere; swashbuckling heroines; and sweet, slow-burn romance.” —Allison Saft, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wings of Starlight

Jamie Pacton is a bestselling, award-winning author who lives in Oregon with her family. Her YA contemporary books include Furious, Lucky Girl and The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly. Her YA fantasy novels include, The Hyacinth Labyrinth, The Absinthe Underground and The Vermilion Emporium. Her adult fantasy romance debut, Homegrown Magic, published with Del Rey in 2025.

Rebecca Podos is the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of YA and Adult novels. What If…Kitty Pryde Stole the Phoenix Force? is her latest. By day, Rebecca is a Senior Agent at Neighborhood Literary. She serves as a co-director of the Communications and Fundraising Committee for Literary Agents of Change, and on the Board of Directors for QT Library, a nonprofit, queer and trans lending library based in Boston.

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