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✨ New Collections Alert! ✨ It’s time for our May Indie Author Spotlight collections, and these scents absolutely wonderful! Two of this months authors were actually able to join us in the studio and help create their scents hands on 🤩 We will be featuring these wonderful authors, their stories, and their candle collections throughout this month! Make sure to grab these scents very soon, they’re only available until June 8th! 📚 Shot in the Dark Series by Mary Dublin & Anne Kendsley 🕯️ STABBY FAIRY ERA — Pine Forest, Apple, Moss 🕯️ CRIMSON GALA — Citrus, Geranium, Rosewood 🕯️ ROISIN’S LAMENT — Greenery, Elderflower, Cedar 🕯️ SIRENSONG — Bergamot, Rain, Ylang Ylang 📚 Don’t Drag This Out & Forget Me Knot by Emery Lee 🕯️ BRIAN & THOMAS — Rosewood, Jasmine, Love 🕯️ RED STRING OF FATE — Redwood, Peach Blossom, Destiny 📚 The Onyx Mist Series by Sara Flanagan 🕯️ ARCADIA — Evergreens, Maple, Burnt Sugar 🕯️ BURN THE VILLAIN — Citrus, Fresh Herbs, Copper 🕯️ MORA — Burning Embers, Lavender, Pine 🕯️ ZADRIEL — Mint, Summer Rain, Forests #indieauthorspotlight #bookishcandles #saraflanaganauthor #marydublinandannekendsley #emerylee

SJM License Update ✨ Our license with Sarah J. Maas expires at the end of February, and while we are remaining hopeful, we still haven’t hear back from her new licensing company about our renewal. This means that it is likely the SJM collections will be leaving Briarwick at the end of this month. We are so grateful that we have been able to work with her wonderful team at Writer’s House over the past several years. We will likely have a sell-off period after our license expires, but we do recommend stocking up early to make sure you don’t miss out on any favorites before they’re gone. We know that many of you found our bookish small business through our ACOTAR and Throne of Glass collections, and we are so thankful that you’re still here. We are licensed with 20+ authors and are continually adding more of our favorite fandoms to our shop, and hope that we will be able to make bookish candles for your favorites stories for years to come! #sarahjmaas #acotar #throneofglass #crescentcity #bookishcandles

✨ A Bookish Bingo Challenge for 2026: Inspired by some of our favorite bookish scents! ✨⁠ ⁠ We love to burn a bookish candle while we read, and what better than to create a challenge out of our bookish scents with any and all stories that fit the prompt! We had so much fun with this challenge last year! ⁠ ⁠ We would be thrilled if you joined our Reading Challenge over on Storygraph, so that we can all recommend books together! We’ve added some recs into the challenge already 🤍 ⁠ ⁠ You can find this bingo sheet with a link to the Storygraph challenge in our stories and a few sharable bingo boards in our highlights! If you want to join in here on socials, please tag us and use #BriarwickBingo to participate! ⁠ ⁠ We’ll be posting book recommendations for the bingo squares once a week! We are also thinking about doing periodic giveaways for those of you working on this challenge with us, but still trying to work out the best ways to do so!⁠ ⁠ Do you like participating in reading challenges? 📖⁠ ⁠ #BriarwickBingo2026 #BookishBingo #ReadingChallenge #BookLovers #Bookstagram

New Collection Alert! ✨ We are SO excited to be launching these officially licensed scents from the Lady of Darkness series by Melissa K. Roehrich! Explore the world of this phenomenal enemies-to-lovers romantasy through these delectable scents pulled straight from the page! Available now in candles, wax melts, and literary linen sprays - bundle and save today! 🕯️ 🩶 SCARLETT — Jasmine Flowers, Sea Mist, Ozone ❤️ SORIN — Cedarwood, Clove, Smoked Oud 🖤 WRAITHS — Forests, Leather, Rosewater 💙 SEASTAR — Red Wine, Lavender, Sea Winds #ladyofdarkness #melissaroehrich #bookishcandles #briarwick

ISO Unputdownable Book Recs! 📚 Our team has been in a book slump and would love some recs for books that you just had to keep reading one more chapter instead of going to bed! Let us know the last book that made you feel like this below! 💜 ONE MORE CHAPTER — Ube, Toasted Coconut, Vanilla

We had a wonderful time working with our next Indie Author Spotlight: V.B. Lacey! She is the author of the Veridian Empire series, which is a collection of interconnected standalone romantasy stories. The first in the series, In the Wake of the Wicked, features high-stakes magical trials (which we ask about below), shifters, and a slow-burn spice free romance. Visit our site to read her entire interview!

LIMITED TIME: Shattered Crown Collection 🕯️  We were so excited to celebrate this collection with Gretchen Powell Fox the same month that Smoke and Scar was re-released! If you loved this series, you have to check out these scents to light while you’re reading 😍 📚 Shattered Crown Series by Gretchen Powell Fox 🕯️ THE PHOENIX — Charred Sandalwood, Burning Embers 🕯️ THE REVENANT — Cherry, Almond, Florals 🕯️ TIDEWEAVER — Ocean Breeze, Sea Spay, Magic 🕯️ WILDSHAPER — Cypress, Sage, Fresh Air Don’t worry, you still have time! These scents have been extended though May 14th, so make sure you don’t miss out!

The next paranormal romance author who spoke with us about being an indie author is Jasmine Silvera! She is the author of six books, and we’ve been lucky enough to have met Jasmine in person at a few book conventions. We were thrilled when she wanted to work with us on the Indie Author Spotlight Project! Read the rest of her interview on our website to learn more about her 😍

🕯️🍄 GIVEAWAY 🍄🕯️⁣ ⁣ What’s a woman to do when her husband drops dead and a rakish necromancer just happens to move in next door?⁣ ⁣ Get ready for witty banter, charming romance, and a splash of magic! Enter for the chance to win a paperback copy of A WIDOW’S CHARM by Caitlyn Paxson and a Historical Romance candle from @briarwick scented with peaches and sweet cream to create the perfect reading atmosphere!⁣ ⁣ How to enter:⁣ 🍄 Be following @delreybooks , @caitlynpaxson , and @briarwick ⁣ 🍄 Like this post⁣ 🍄 Tag a friend in the comments⁣ ⁣ ⁣ [NO PURCHASE NECESSARY; not affiliated with Instagram or Meta; three winners will be chosen at random and contacted directly by @delreybooks ; entries open to US residents 18+; giveaway closes 5/14/26 at 9am EST; see full rules here: /widows-charm-briarwick-candles-giveaway-official-rules]

The Jasmine Silvera Collection 🕯️  This collection has scents pulled straight from the pages of the Grace Bloods and Tooth & Spell Series’ by Jasmine Silvera, and they smell truly divine. Hex in the Woods is a personal favorite! 🕯️ AZRAEL’S STUDY — Old Books, Bourbon, Fireplaces 🕯️ A LITTLE DEATH — Agarwood, Cinnamon, Fire 🕯️ HEX IN THE WOODS — Salty Midnight Pine 🕯️ LOST IN THE STACKS — Tangerine, Bergamot, Honey Don’t worry, you still have time! These scents have been extended though May 14th, so make sure you don’t miss out! ✨

The Veridian Empire Collection 🕯️ If you’re an autumnal candle lover, you need to try Wicked, Darling! We’ve truly enjoyed working with V.B. Lacey on these scents, which are still available until May 14th! Don’t miss out on your chance to bring home a Dragon Daddy of your own ❤️‍🔥 🕯️ DRAGON DADDY — Smoky Fire, Amber, Spice 🕯️ LIE TO ME — Sweet Grass, Leather 🕯️ WICKED, DARLING — Cranberry, Woods, Autumn Spices

The best characters aren't just the heroes or villains… they're something very much in between. Who are your favorite morally grey characters? ⁠ ⁠ 🩶 MORALLY GREY — Bergamot, Yuzu, Dark Cologne