🚨 Pre-orders are LIVE for The Clockwork Coffin! 💖⚙️📚
Teaser for my newest book, my bonus panel at TeslaCon, and more for your TBR! 📚
Hello!
I hope you’re having a wonderful week! Now that I’m back from Romance Con, I’ve been drafting and added 9k words to my WIP last week. It feels good to be back into routine!
In fun news, pre-orders for my newest book, The Clockwork Coffin, are live now! This book is a dark fairy tale retelling of The Princess in the Coffin and will be part of a shared series. If you love tales with wit, courage, and a bit of spooky charm, this one's for you!
The Clockwork Coffin (A Wickedly Dangerous Fairy Tale)
Author of Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast, Kelsey Josephson's stand-alone fairy-tale retelling of The Princess in the Coffin set in a fantasy world with alchemy, curses, and slow-burn romance.
Happily ever after has never been so deadly…
After her father broke a deal with a vengeful fae, Sabeline Vale is cursed to spend her days locked in a mechanical coffin, rising as a monster every midnight. Gifted with intelligence and magic, Sabeline does everything in her power to break free during her limited hours of humanity. But after thirteen long years with only a loyal automaton for company, hope is fading fast.
Once a contender to be a world-renowned pianist, Oliver’s dreams were shattered when tragedy struck his family. When the Vales hire him as a tutor and distraction for their adult daughter, he’s desperate for a fresh start. He didn’t count on falling for his feral and strangely charming student.
Drawn to Oliver’s tender words and romantic music, Sabeline dreads that her darkness will be his downfall. Oliver and Sabeline must find their courage to let their hearts show them how to live again.
Pre-order FAQs
Why does the release date say September 16th, 2025?
The Clockwork Coffin will be released on July 1st, 2025. I like having extra wiggle room in case of tech goblins to upload all final files for the book on Kindle. I can easily move a pre-order date forward, but not later without jeopardizing my ability to have pre-orders for other books. Rest assured, the book is on track to come out this summer!
If I have Kindle Unlimited, should I pre-order?
If you’re a subscriber to Kindle Unlimited, adding The Clockwork Coffin to your library will tremendously help launch day at no cost to you. As long as you’re still subscribed to Kindle Unlimited on July 1st, 2025, the book will be in your library on release day.
Why pre-order?
Pre-orders give new books the best chance of higher visibility and reaching readers on launch day. Thank you so much for your support!
Where are the paperbacks?
Closer to release date, I’ll have pre-orders for paperbacks available on Barnes and Noble. For other retailers, there’s not an easy way for me to reliably set up pre-orders. Paperbacks will be available widely on July 1st.
What about ARCs?
I’ll have a call for Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) closer to launch. My newsletter subscribers will be the first to know when applications are open.
Any more questions? Feel free to reply to this email or ask in the comments!
While you’re waiting on The Clockwork Coffin, checkout this fantasy group promo featuring Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast. You can click here or the banner below for your next TBR.
Finally, in one last fun bit of news, I have a bonus panel at TeslaCon this November! Stay tuned to the Teslacon Fans group for a more official announcement. In the meantime, here are my confirmed panels:
⚙️ What if? Alternate History and the Media
🔱 Plato and the Story of Atlantis
🌊 Gadgets and Gizmos of the High Seas
Happy reading!
Kelsey
