M. K. Deppner

Melanie Montgomery hasn't left the bookstore in awhile. And why should she? Her apartment is right above the business she owns and loves, her friends drop by to see her often, and groceries can be delivered to her door whenever she needs. So what if it feels like her world will implode if she takes three steps outside the store? She just won't go out. Simple.Samuel Reid's life has stagnated. At 42, he's retired from the lavish world of an international real estate agent and finds himself back at his grandparents' home in his old college town. Unsure of his next steps, he humors his grandfather by agreeing to sell off the rare books the man's collected over the years. It seems like it'll be a boring chore to help his grandfather out, but there is that very attractive bookseller down at Poor Oliver's...Maybe being back in this small town won't be so bad after all.This novel explores the world of rare book sales as well as the world of someone with agoraphobia.This small-town romance has plenty of bookish vibes, a healthy dose of summer into autumn feels, and explores what it means to love someone who suffers with debilitating mental health issues.

A Rare Find

Olivia Norwich isn't bothered by the disappearances in the sleepy university town of Warren, Kansas. As aphotography instructor, she's preoccupied with an impossible deadline for the town's Harvest Festival at the end ofOctober. Her research for the project takes her back in time to Warren's tumultuous past, and when ghosts from thatera begin to stir, Olivia discovers that the past and present are more entangled than she ever knew.It's 1897, and Evelyn Weatherford must navigate the delicate balance of the reality of life on the prairie and herdream of attending the town's university. Her actions inadvertently land her in the middle of a feud between twofamilies whose bitter rivalry is brought to a head during Evelyn's lifetime.A novel about ancestral memory and how choices can echo across the centuries.

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