F.T. Lukens National Launch Event for SPELL BOUND at B&N Union Square

**PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE GUIDELINES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO CHANGING COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS**

Join Barnes & Noble - Union Square on Saturday, April 1, 2023, as we welcome New York Times bestselling author F.T. Lukens to celebrate the release of SPELL BOUND B&N Exclusive Edition! In this lively young adult romantic adventure, two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic.

F.T. Lukens will be in conversation with Ryan La Sala, the bestselling and award-winning author of THE HONEYS.

BONUS: Your ticket includes a copy of SPELL BOUND B&N Exclusive Edition, which features a unique cover and original bonus content related to the curse-breaking business Hex-a-gone, including customer reviews, intra-office messaging records, and highly classified internal documents. (WARNING: the seller of this book is not liable for any actions the sorceress Antonia Hex may take against you if she finds these documents in your possession.)

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**If you are not vaccinated, masks are strongly recommended.**

To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of buying a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.

• Barnes & Noble reserves the right to make new rules and orders in its sole discretion with regard to COVID-19 at any time and any person not abiding by the Barnes & Noble directives will be refused entrance or directed to leave the premises.

TICKETING INFORMATION

• B&N Exclusive Book Admission - $21.81 (Admission + one copy of SPELL BOUND B&N Exclusive Edition + 5-cent bag fee): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

• One copy of SPELL BOUND B&N Exclusive Edition (out 4/4/23).
• Admission to the event space and signing line with F.T. Lukens and Ryan La Sala.

• $5 Gift Card Admission - $5.00 (Admission + one $5 B&N Gift Card): **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

• One $5 B&N Gift Card.

• Admission to the event space and signing line with F.T. Lukens and Ryan La Sala.

• Socially distanced photos with F.T. will be allowed at the event.

• F.T. will sign and personalize copies of SPELL BOUND B&N Exclusive Edition and their other titles.

• Masks are strongly recommended if you are not vaccinated.

• Any gifts for the author will be collected prior to the signing line.

• Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.

• Please arrive by 2:00 PM in order to secure your seat in the event space. Late arrivals may only have access to standing room and may not have the opportunity to meet the author.

GUIDELINES

• No memorabilia will be signed at this event.

• No large bags will be permitted into the event.

• Ticket holders will be admitted into the event beginning at 1:30 PM the day of the event. Please have a copy of your ticket available (either printed out or on your phone) for check in.

• In order to attend this event, ticket holders should:

• Have not had any contact in the last 14 days with a confirmed COVID-19 patient.
• Not be subject to a quarantine order.
• Not traveled in the past 14 days to any state or country that New York has designated as an area requiring isolation upon returning to the state.
• At the time of the event, have not experienced in the last 72 hours any body temperature above 100 degrees Fahrenheit or any new symptoms associated with COVID-19. People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19: fever or chills; cough; shortness of breath or difficulty breathing; fatigue; muscle or body aches; headache; new loss of taste or smell; sore throat; congestion or runny nose; nausea or vomiting; and/or diarrhea.

• Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.

• All event guidelines are subject to change.

• If you have any additional questions, please call the store directly at: 212-253-0810.

Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event. Each person must have a ticket to enter.

REFUNDS

Attendees can receive refunds up to 1 day (24 hours) before your event start time.

If you are unable to attend the event, Barnes & Noble - Union Square will hold your book for seven days after the event. Please contact the store to arrange your pickup.

Should this event be canceled due to changing COVID-19 concerns, all customers will be refunded their ticket price to the original method of payment per Eventbrite's refund policy.

Event guidelines are subject to change.

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ABOUT SPELL BOUND:

Edison Rooker isn’t sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies. He doesn’t have much experience with hexes or curses. Heck, he doesn’t even have magic. But he does have a plan—to regain the access to the magical world he lost when his grandmother passed.

Antonia is…intimidating, but she gives him a job and a new name—Rook—both of which he’s happy to accept. Now all Rook has to do is keep his Spell Binder, an illegal magical detection device, hidden from the Magical Consortium. And contend with Sun, the grumpy and annoyingly cute apprentice to Antonia’s rival colleague, Fable. But dealing with competition isn’t so bad; as Sun seems to pop up more and more, Rook minds less and less.

But when the Consortium gets wind of Rook’s Spell Binder, they come for Antonia. All alone, Rook runs to the only other magical person he knows: Sun. Except Fable has also been attacked, and now Rook and Sun have no choice but to work together to get their mentors back…or face losing their magic forever.

ABOUT F.T. LUKENS:

F.T. Lukens is a New York Times bestselling author of YA speculative fiction including the novels So This Is Ever After and In Deeper Waters (2022 ALA Rainbow Booklist; Junior Library Guild Selection) as well as other science fiction and fantasy works. Their contemporary fantasy novel The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic was a 2017 Cybils Award finalist in YA Speculative Fiction and the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Gold Winner for YA fiction and won the Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction. F.T. resides in North Carolina with their spouse, three kids, three dogs, and three cats.