The Midnight Reader

<p><strong>The Midnight Reader: A Leafwood Falls Quick-read</strong><br><em>A heartwarming cozy mystery with a touch of magic!</em><br><br><strong>Can be read as a standalone or part of a the series!</strong><br><br><em>What happens when someone's been breaking into your bookstore... but all they leave behind is beautiful literary criticism?</em><br><br>Charlie Whitmore has finally found her rhythm as owner of Oak & Ink Bookshop in charming Leafwood Falls Vermont. More than a year after leaving her high-powered Manhattan law career behind she's settled into small-town life with her boyfriend her sharp-tongued assistant Mia and Hemingway the imperious orange cat who rules the shop with literary opinions and strategic hairballs.<br><br>But when Charlie discovers someone has been visiting Oak & Ink after hours she expects the worst. Instead she finds carefully penciled margin notes signed R.W.-thoughtful insightful commentary that suggests someone who truly understands books grief and the healing power of stories.<br><br>With Mia's investigative enthusiasm and help from Tom the poetry-quoting blacksmith who makes Mia's heart flutter in unexpected ways Charlie sets out to solve the mystery. But the truth they uncover is more heartbreaking than any break-in: sometimes the people who need books most are the ones who can no longer afford to own them.<br><br>Set in the magical world of Leafwood Falls <strong>The Midnight Reader</strong> delivers all the bookish charm gentle humor and small-town warmth that made readers fall in love with <strong>The Next Chapter Bookshop.</strong> This novella is perfect for an afternoon escape into a place where cats dispense wisdom books have opinions and good things happen.<br><br><strong>Perfect for readers who loved THE BOOKSHOP ON THE CORNER THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY and THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP.</strong> A tender story about community second chances and the magic that happens when we approach each other's mysteries with curiosity instead of fear.</p>