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We’re just some folks who love books -
So we brought a used bookstore to the Queen City because of it. Located in Camp North End, a revitalized industrial park, our used book shop offers a wide selection of formerly-loved books for you, as well as a small selection of new books written by local Charlotte authors.
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We have something for every kind of reader: the aficionado, the curious, the occasional, the sleuth, the hopeless romantic, the student…you get the picture. Can’t find what you’re looking for? We’ll order it!
Paperback. Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father’s beekeeping business.
Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.
And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet she wonders if she can trust him completely. . . .
Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in Ash, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.
Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.
Hardcover. Good girls deserve a treat.
Every member of The House, the most exclusive sorority on campus, and all its alumni, are beautiful, high-achieving, and universally respected.
After a freshman year she would rather forget, sophomore Nina Kaur knows being one of the chosen few accepted into The House is the first step in her path to the brightest possible future. Once she's taken into their fold, the House will surely ease her fears of failure and protect her from those who see a young woman on her own as easy prey.
Meanwhile, adjunct professor Dr. Sloane Hartley is struggling to return to work after accepting a demotion to support her partner's new position at the cutthroat University. After 18 months at home with her newborn daughter, Sloane's clothes don’t fit right, her girl-dad husband isn’t as present as he thinks he is, and even the few hours a day she's apart from her child fill her psyche with paralyzing ennui. When invited to be The House’s academic liaison, Sloane enviously drinks in the way the alumnae seem to have it all, achieving a level of collective perfection that Sloane so desperately craves.
As Nina and Sloane each get drawn deeper into the arcane rituals of the sisterhood, they learn that living well comes with bloody costs. And when they are finally invited to the table, they will have to decide just how much they can stomach in the name of solidarity and power.
Hardcover. Sanjana Satyananda is trying to recover her life. It’s been a year since she walked out on her husband, a struggling actor named Killian, at a commune in India, after a disagreement about whether to have children. Now, Sanjana is struggling to resurrect her busted anthropology dissertation and crashing at her annoyingly perfect sister’s while her similarly well-adjusted peers obsess over marriages, mortgages, and motherhood. Sanjana needs to move forward—and finalize her divorce, ASAP.
There’s just one problem: Killian is missing. As Sanjana tries to track him down, she’s bombarded with unnerving calls from women seeking her advice on pregnancy and fertility. Soon, Sanjana comes face to face—literally—with what her life might have been if she’d chosen parenthood. And the road not taken turns out to be wilder, stranger, and more tempting than she imagined.
A darkly funny, vertiginous novel about the dilemmas of procreation, pregnancy, and parenting, Goddess Complex is both a twist-filled psychological thriller and a feminist satire of our age of GirlBosses turned self-care influencers, optimization cults, internet mommy gurus, egg freezing, and so much more.
Paperback. Engineer Trishara Malik once dreamed of being the first woman of color to smash the glass ceiling at WMC Purcell, but after years of dealing with white male privilege and blatant nepotism, she watches her hard-earned promotion go to her nemesis, Rafe Gallagher—the boss’s son. Teetering on the edge of burnout, Tris is stunned when she’s picked to attend WMC's corporate leadership retreat in Hawaii. It’s a chance to revive her stalled career and compete for a coveted spot in an executive training program—plus, three weeks in paradise! The only downside? Rafe is her co-attendee.
Tris plans to avoid Rafe entirely, but when she arrives in Maui, a booking error has them stuck sharing the honeymoon suite. Sure, it’s not all torture. Rafe is a smoldering ten—okay fine, an eleven—but after years of competition, they can barely stand being in the same time zone. As they vie against each other during aptitude tests and team-building exercises, Tris begins to realize Rafe might not be the villain after all. With her dreams at stake, can she learn to trust the man who might have been standing in her corner all along?
Hardcover. When Nadia Amin, a witty and bighearted PhD, publishes an article on deradicalization, everything changes. The United Nations comes calling with an opportunity to put her theory into practice and lead a rehabilitation program for women caught in the crosshairs of harmful ideology. And why not? Abandoned by her mother and devastated by unrequited love, she leaps at the chance.
In Iraq, Nadia quickly realizes she’s in over her head. The UN is a mess of competing interests, and her team consists of Goody Two-shoes Sherri who never passes up an opportunity to remind Nadia of her objections; and Pierre, a snippy Frenchman who has no qualms about perpetually scrolling through Grindr. But then Nadia meets Sara, a hilarious, foul-mouthed East Londoner who was pulled into radicalism at just fifteen. The two are kindred spirits, and Nadia vows to get Sara home.
As the rehabilitation program picks up traction, Sara reveals a secret that upends everything, forcing Nadia to make a drastic choice. In the fallout, Nadia’s brown-savior fantasies crumble, leaving her to wonder if she can save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.
A fierce, wildly funny, and razor-sharp exploration of radicalism, family, and the quest for belonging, Fundamentally boldly inspects one of the defining controversies of our age and introduces a fearless new voice in contemporary fiction.
Hardcover. Kalki Divekar grows up a daughter of Kingston—a city the British built on the ashes of Bombay. The older generation, including her father, have been lost to the brutal hunt for rebels. Young men are drafted to fight wars they will never return from. And the people of her city are more interested in fighting each other than facing their true oppressors.
When tragedy strikes close to home, Kalki and her group of friends begin to play a dangerous game, obtaining jobs working for the British while secretly planning to destroy the empire from the inside out. They found Kingston's new independence movement, knowing one wrong move means certain death. Facing threats from all quarters, Kalki must decide whether it’s more important to be a hero or to survive.
Told as ten moments from Kalki’s life that mirror the Dashavatara, the ten avatars of Vishnu, Ten Incarnations of Rebellion is a sweeping, deeply felt speculative novel of empowerment, friendship, self-determination, and the true meaning of freedom.
Hardcover. In a Britain fuelled by stories, the knight and the witch are fated to fall in love and doom each other over and over, the same tale retold over hundreds of lifetimes.
Simran is a witch of the woods. Vina is a knight of the Queen's court. When the two women begin to fall for each other, how can they surrender to their desires, when to give in is to destroy each other?
As they seek a way to break the cycle, a mysterious assassin begins targeting tales like theirs. To survive, the two will need to write a story stronger than the one that fate has given to them.
But what tale is stronger than The Knight and the Witch?
Hardcover. Where there’s a will, there’s a war.
Thayer Wren, the brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech and so-called father of modern technology, is dead. Any one of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children would be a plausible inheritor to the Wrenfare throne.
Or at least, so they like to think.
Meredith, textbook accomplished eldest daughter and the head of her own groundbreaking biotech company, has recently cured mental illness. You're welcome! If only her father's fortune wasn't her last hope for keeping her journalist ex-boyfriend from exposing what she really is: a total fraud.
Arthur, second-youngest congressman in history, fights the good fight every day of his life. And yet, his wife might be leaving him, and he's losing his re-election campaign. But his dead father’s approval in the form of a seat on the Wrenfare throne might just turn his sinking ship around.
Eilidh, once the world's most famous ballerina, has spent the last five years as a run-of-the-mill marketing executive at her father’s company after a life-altering injury put an end to her prodigious career. She might be lacking in accolades compared to her siblings, but if her father left her everything, it would finally validate her worth—by confirming she'd been his favorite all along.
On the pipeline of gifted kid to clinically depressed adult, nobody wins—but which Wren will come out on top?
Hardcover. In this sweeping crossover of romantic fantasy and Hindu mythology, acclaimed author Kritika H. Rao reimagines the famous tale of a celestial dancer tasked with seducing a human sage, but when she finds herself falling in love with her mark, she will be forced to choose between loyalty to her home and being true to herself—perfect for readers of Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Kaikeyi, and Circe.
Across the mortal and immortal realms, celestial dancers known as apsaras are revered for their beauty, allure, and enchanting magic. But Meneka knows that is not all they are. Trained as a weapon—a warrior—Meneka despises leaving each of her marks in thrall to her potent illusions. With every seduction Lord Indra, king of heaven, demands of her for his political gain, she craves her freedom more and more.
When a mortal sage’s growing powers threaten Indra’s supremacy in his own realm, Meneka seizes a rare opportunity. She strikes a deal—if she can seduce this dangerous man, Indra will allow her to forgo future missions. But upon meeting the sage, Kaushika, Meneka finds herself captivated by his energy, ignited by his empathy and passion, even though he threatens everything she’s ever known. Can she overthrow the man who is—little by little—stealing her heart, or is Kaushika seducing her instead? As war looms in the skies, Meneka must choose between her duty to protect her home, and the sage who is showing her what true love can mean.
Romantic, spellbinding, and empowering, The Legend of Meneka breathes new life into Hindu mythology to weave a lustrous tale of a woman discovering the cosmic power within herself. This first book in the Divine Dancers duology is a completely unputdownable adventure for lovers of romantasy and myth retellings.
Paperback. It’s 2012, and post-revolution Egypt is sparking with political energy—but Hannah and Zain are numb.
The flight from New York to Cairo is long—longer still for two siblings on a journey to bury their mother. When they discover their father’s unforgivable betrayal, what’s left of their family crumbles.
Hannah gives up her spot at Columbia Law to remain in Egypt, where she navigates romantic entanglements and a new culture. Back in America, Zain’s self-destructive behavior begins to catch up with him, leaving him to wonder whether he’s any different from his father.
When the siblings reunite in Cairo months later, Zain is nearing rock bottom, and Hannah finds herself in the middle of the Arab Spring uprising. Together they confront shared secrets and reconcile their conservative upbringing with their new beliefs as adults. Will they heal together, or has the loss of their only bridge—their mother—set them permanently adrift?
A tender reflection on the effects of grief and loss, this deeply felt novel explores how siblings come together to mend a fractured family and, in the process, find themselves.
Paperback. Librarian Angela Gutierrez has never been kissed. But after posting a video about her late bloomer status and ace identity, she's finally ready to get some firsts out of the way. Using her new influencer status to come up with a scavenger hunt idea in which the winner earns her first kiss, Angela realizes she may need some help to pull off the event. Enter Krystal Ramirez, hot bartender and Angela’s unrequited crush of five years. Despite vowing that romantic love isn’t for her, Krystal seems awfully determined to help Angela pull off the scavenger hunt and find true love.
There’s just one the connection between Angela and Krystal is getting stronger and stronger the more they hang out, until Angela isn’t sure she wants to go through with the scavenger hunt after all. But Krystal is convinced that she isn’t capable of love and before long, Angela realizes she's falling head over heels for a woman who may never love her back.
Hardcover. Preorders will be available for in-store pick up on September 15, 2026 or will be shipped out on September 14, 2026.
2031. America is at war with itself, but for the first time in weeks there is some good news: the Republic of California has been declared, the curfew in Los Angeles is lifted, and everyone in the city is going to a party.
Ari, newly released from prison, arrives with her friend Gloria just as a fragile new era begins. But there are people at the party who shouldn’t be there. Something is very wrong . . .
Years later, living a different life in Paris, Ari remains haunted by that night. Whatever happened at the party fractured her sense of reality – and may hold the key to a very different world.
Exit Party is Emily St. John Mandel’s electrifying new novel about freedom and surveillance, art and survival, love and loss in a broken world.
Hardcover. Hierarchy #2.
OMNE TRIUM PERFECTUM.
The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am.
But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore.
I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium, and lost everything—and now, impossibly, the ancient device beyond the Labyrinth has replicated me across three separate worlds. A different version of myself in each of Obiteum, Luceum, and Res. Three different bodies, three different lives. I have to hide; fight; play politics. I have to train; trust; lie. I have to kill; heal; prove myself again, and again, and again.
I am loved, and hated, and entirely alone.
Above all, though, I need to find answers before it’s too late. To understand the nature of what has happened to me, and why.
I need to find a way to stop the coming Cataclysm, because if all I have learned is true, I may be the only one who can.
Hardcover. AUDI. VIDE. TACE.
The Catenan Republic – the Hierarchy – may rule the world now, but they do not know everything.
I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus – what they call Will – to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do.
I tell them that I belong, and they believe me.
But the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart.
And that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family.
To survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy’s ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and win. Because if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me.
And if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.
Hardcover. Black-Owned celebrates small businesses and their role in community building—and in liberation. Journalist Char Adams reports on how Black bookstores have always been centerpieces of resistance. This is a story of activism, espionage, violence, and perseverance. The first Black-owned bookstore was opened by an abolitionist in 1834. In the twentieth century, civil rights and Black Power activists started a Black bookstore boom nationwide. Malcolm X would deliver speeches at the doorstep of the National Memorial African Book Store in Harlem, a place dubbed “Speakers Corner.” Soon many bookstores became targets of the FBI and local law enforcement alike.
Amid these struggles, bookshops were also places of Eartha Kitt and Langston Hughes held autograph parties at their local Black-owned bookstore and Maya Angelou even became the face of National Black Bookstore Week. Now a new generation of Black activists are joining the radical bookstore tradition, with rapper Noname opening her Radical Hood Library in Los Angeles. And several stores made national headlines in the era of the Black Lives Matter movement. Today finds Black-owned bookshops in a position of strength—and as Adams will make clear, in an era of increasing division, their presence is needed now more than ever.
Populated by vibrant characters and written with cinematic flair, Black-Owned is an enlightening story of community, resistance, and joy.
Hardcover. 2014 : At a dinner for close friends and colleagues, renowned poet Francis Blundy honors his wife's birthday by reading aloud a new poem dedicated to her, 'A Corona for Vivien'. Much wine is drunk as the guests listen, and a delicious meal consumed. Little does anyone gathered around the candlelit table know that for generations to come people will speculate about the message of this poem, a copy of which has never been found, and which remains an enduring mystery. 2119 : Just over one hundred years in the future, much of the western world has been submerged by rising seas following a catastrophic nuclear accident. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. In the water-logged south of what used to be England, Thomas Metcalfe, a lonely scholar and researcher, longs for the early twenty-first century as he chases the ghost of one poem, 'A Corona for Vivian'. How wild and full of risk their lives were, thinks Thomas, as he pores over the archives of that distant era, captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith. When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the elusive poem's discovery, a story is revealed of entangled loves and a brutal crime that destroy his assumptions about people he thought he knew intimately well. What We Can Know is a masterpiece, a fictional tour de force, a love story about both people and the words they leave behind, a literary detective story which reclaims the present from our sense of looming catastrophe and imagines a future world where all is not quite lost.
Paperback. The Legendborn Cycle #2.
The shadows have risen, and the line is law.
All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Order, a secret society descended from King Arthur’s knights—only to discover her own ancestral power. Now, Bree has become someone new:
A Medium. A Bloodcrafter. A Scion.
But the ancient war between demons and the Order is rising to a deadly peak. And Nick, the Legendborn boy Bree fell in love with, has been kidnapped.
Bree wants to fight, but the Regents who rule the Order won’t let her. To them, she is an unknown girl with unheard-of power, and as the living anchor for the spell that preserves the Legendborn cycle, she must be protected.
When the Regents reveal they will do whatever it takes to hide the war, Bree and her friends must go on the run to rescue Nick themselves. But enemies are everywhere, Bree’s powers are unpredictable and dangerous, and she can’t escape her growing attraction to Selwyn, the mage sworn to protect Nick until death.
If Bree has any hope of saving herself and the people she loves, she must learn to control her powers from the ancestors who wielded them first—without losing herself in the process.
Paperback. This Nebula Award-winning sequel to Parable of the Sower continues the story of Lauren Olamina in socially and economically depressed California in the 2030s. Convinced that her community should colonize the stars, Lauren and her followers make preparations. But the collapse of society and rise of fanatics result in Lauren's followers being enslaved, and her daughter stolen from her. Now, Lauren must fight back to save the new world order.
Paperback. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.
The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.
Paperback. Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath.
They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.
Paperback. Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.
Paperback. 1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the smalltown of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing.
When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake.
Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.
A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope.
Paperback. Warren University has stood amongst the ivy elite for centuries, built on the bones―and forbidden magic―of its most prized BIPOC students…hiding the rot of a secret society that will do anything to keep their own powers burning bright. No matter who they must sacrifice along the way.
Ellory Morgan is determined to prove that she belongs at Warren University, an ivy league school whose history is deeply linked to occult rumors and dark secrets. But as she settles into her Freshman year, something about the ornate buildings and shadowy paths feels strangely…familiar. And, with every passing day, that sense of déjà vu grows increasingly sinister.
Despite all logic, despite all reason, despite all the rules of reality, Ellory knows one thing to be true: she has been here before. And if she can't convince brooding legacy student Hudson Graves to help her remember a past that seems determined to slip through her fingers as if by some insidious magic…this time, she may lose herself for good.
Paperback. On a Thursday morning in June 2010, Katharine Blake's sixteen-year-old cousin walked to a nearby bike path with a boxcutter, and killed a young boy he didn't know. It was a psychological break that tore through his brain, and into the hearts of those who loved both boys--one brutally killed, the other sentenced to die at Angola, one of the country's most notorious prisons.
In The Uninnocent, Blake, a law student at Stanford at the time of the crime, wrestles with the implications of her cousin's break, as well as the broken machinations of America's justice system. As her cousin languished in a cell on death row, where he was assigned for his own protection, Blake struggled to keep her faith in the system she was training to join.
Consumed with understanding her family's new reality, Blake became obsessed with heartbreak, seeing it everywhere: in her cousin's isolation, in the loss at the center of the crime, in the students she taught at various prisons, in the way our justice system breaks rather than mends, in the history of her parents and their violent childhoods. As she delves into a history of heartbreak--through science, medicine, and literature--and chronicles the uneasy yet ultimately tender bond she forms with her cousin, Blake asks probing questions about justice, faith, inheritance, family, and, most of all, mercy.
Sensitive, singular, and powerful, effortlessly bridging memoir, essay, and legalese, The Uninnocent is a reckoning with the unimaginable, unforgettable, and seemly irredeemable. With curiosity and vulnerability, Blake unravels a distressed tapestry, finding solace in both its tearing and its mending.
Paperback. Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had.
But in the thick of motherhood’s exhausting early days, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter–she doesn’t behave like most children do.
Or is it all in Blythe’s head? Her husband, Fox, says she’s imagining things. The more Fox dismisses her fears, the more Blythe begins to question her own sanity, and the more we begin to question what Blythe is telling us about her life as well.
Then their son Sam is born–and with him, Blythe has the blissful connection she’d always imagined with her child. Even Violet seems to love her little brother. But when life as they know it is changed in an instant, the devastating fall-out forces Blythe to face the truth.
The Push is a tour de force you will read in a sitting, an utterly immersive novel that will challenge everything you think you know about motherhood, about what we owe our children, and what it feels like when women are not believed.
Paperback. The Spanish Love Deception meets The Holiday in this fake dating YA romance about a city girl and country boy’s lives colliding at Christmas.
City girl Tia Solanké is dreading the festive period. She’s on a break with her boyfriend and the last thing she wants to do is spend Christmas away from London. Arriving at Saiyan Hedge Farm, Tia takes an instant disliking to it. She falls in horse manure, is chased by sheep and the Wi-Fi sucks. How is she meant to stalk her ex now and concoct a foolproof plan to win him back?
Country boy Quincy Parker and his family run the farm, and this year they’ve been selected to host the biggest event in the town's calendar – the Winter Ball. Preparations are underway, and Quincy is working around the clock to make it a success. The only problem is, he’s told everyone he has a date to the ball, when in reality that couldn’t be further from the truth.
At first, Tia and Quincy don’t see eye to eye, until they realise they both have something to gain by pretending to be a couple. But when a snowstorm threatens to cancel the Winter Ball, their fake relationship is put to the test. Will Tia and Quincy be able to keep up the pretence and save the day, or will real feelings get in the way?
Paperback. Starr Lewis reluctantly returns home for the holidays jobless, single, and not at all prepared to be dragged into her sister's wedding activities--or to witness her sister's marriage to Starr's ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve. But when her brother's charming best friend, Waylon Emmerson, attends their family Thanksgiving, Starr begins to believe that maybe coming home isn't so bad.
As Starr endures wedding preparations, she takes comfort in Waylon's presence and finds the perfect distraction in helping him keep his late mother's Christmas shop afloat. As the spark between them grows, Starr must decide what she wants out of life--to go back to New York City or to stay and pursue a new dream.
Paperback. Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie’s work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can’t refuse. She’s excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she doesn’t expect is to become instantly attracted to a certain private secretary, his charming accent, and unyielding formality.
Malcolm Hudson has worked for the Queen for years and has never given a personal, private tour—until now. He is intrigued by Vivian the moment he meets her and finds himself making excuses just to spend time with her. When flirtatious banter turns into a kiss under the mistletoe, things snowball into a full-on fling.
Despite a ticking timer on their holiday romance, they are completely fine with ending their short, steamy affair come New Year’s Day. . .or are they?
Paperback. Being known as the daughter of the Sageport’s town drunk always left Faith Stone defending her mother and herself. Her only solace was her boyfriend, Rome. Even as a teenager, Faith knew she wanted forever with Rome Atkins. Their small town, her mother’s struggles, and everyone’s opinions of their relationship couldn’t hold them back forever. After graduation, they would put Sageport behind them and start life anew together . . . but prom night changed everything.
Fifteen years later, Faith, now a divorced, single parent, finds herself back in Sageport for the holidays. The memories and pain are still fresh, as if everything happened yesterday, especially when she runs into Rome, who never left Sageport. Also fresh are the unexpected lingering feelings they still harbor for each other. Do old wounds run too deep, or can the joy of Christmas provide enough healing power for a second chance love reunion?
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“I am a scholar. There’s nowhere as calming as the archives…”-Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Take a breath with Violet Sorrengail in the calm between storms as she prepares for the battles still to come. This officially licensed Fourth Wing puzzle comes in a book-shaped keepsake box complete with sprayed edges, beautiful interior art, and a magnetic closure. This is a must-have for every collector. The perfect gift for the reader who has everything.
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-Beautiful, book-shaped keepsake box with sprayed edge design, interior art, and magnetic closure
-4 ⅞ x 5 ½ inch print of the puzzle art
Dive into a world of romance with our Romance Novels Bookshelf 400 Piece Panoramic Jigsaw Puzzle! Featuring a charming hand-illustrated design, this puzzle showcases beloved titles including Gone with the Wind, Wuthering Heights, A Walk to Remember, Romeo & Juliet, Mansfield Park, The Fault in Our Stars, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, Bridgerton, Me Before You, The Notebook, Twilight, Outlander. Whether you're a fan of classic love stories or contemporary romances, this puzzle is sure to be a favorite. Perfect for cozy nights in, gifting to your sweetheart or bookish bestie, or simply indulging in your passion for romance novels, this puzzle promises hours of enjoyment for book lovers of all ages!
• 400 pieces
• Ages 8+
• Moderate difficulty
• Art print included: 10" x 4"
• Completed Puzzle: 28" x 11"
• Box Size: 11" x 5" x 2"
Grab this embroidered sweatshirt made in Charlotte, NC by small businesses to let everyone know exactly what you’re about.
Product details:
Brand: Comfort Colors
Fabric type: 80% Cotton, 20% Polyester
Care instructions: Machine Wash
Closure type: Pull On
Soft ring spun garment-dyed fleece
Relaxed fit side seamed body for comfort without clinginess
Double-needle 1x1 rib collar, shoulder, armhole, cuffs, and waistband for extra durability
Twill-taped back neck provides enhanced seam stability and stretch recovery
Rolled forward shoulders for better fit
Signature twill label delivers a more natural, organic feel
For the person who’s always reading again. These embroidered Comfort Colors t-shirts made with 100% pre-shrunk, ringspun cotton. Comfort Colors uses 50% less water than traditional pigment dye processes on pigment dye and color blast garments, giving the t-shirts a comfortable, vintage look. Wash with like colors. We recommend sizing up from your typical size.
The embroidered baseball cap is perfect for keeping the sun out of your eyes while you focus on your book. An adjustable velcro strap in the back allows it to be adjusted to fit most young adult and adults.
This is a hand-stamped cuff bracelet made in partnership with Charlotte business Profund Sass, a woman-owned company.
Material: aluminum
1/4" x 6" cuff
This fleece-lined beanie is perfect for any bookworm. One size fits most. Embroidered by woman-owned, Charlotte business Hilo Designs.
Emotionally recovering from a book… but that’s okay because it’s our favorite emotional state.
6.1 oz.,100% ringspun US cotton
Garment dyed for that lived in feel and almost no shrinkage at home
Topstitched, classic width, rib collar
Boxy fit, mid-length seamless body
Signature twill label and shoulder to shoulder twill tape
Proud member of the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
Certified by Cotton USA
Made with OEKO-TEX certified low-impact dyes
Clean pigment dye colors are salt-free
Grab this embroidered sweatshirt made in Charlotte, NC by small businesses to let everyone know exactly what you’re about.
Product details:
Brand: Comfort Colors
Fabric type: 80% Cotton, 20% Polyester
Care instructions: Machine Wash
Closure type: Pull On
Soft ring spun garment-dyed fleece
Relaxed fit side seamed body for comfort without clinginess
Double-needle 1x1 rib collar, shoulder, armhole, cuffs, and waistband for extra durability
Twill-taped back neck provides enhanced seam stability and stretch recovery
Rolled forward shoulders for better fit
Signature twill label delivers a more natural, organic feel
Unisex Comfort Colors brand tee from your favorite bookstore.
6.1 oz.,100% ringspun US cotton
Garment dyed for that lived in feel and almost no shrinkage at home
Topstitched, classic width, rib collar
Boxy fit, mid-length seamless body
Signature twill label and shoulder to shoulder twill tape
Proud member of the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
Certified by Cotton USA
Made with OEKO-TEX certified low-impact dyes
Clean pigment dye colors are salt-free
Get a blind date with a used book mailed to your home each month. Select the three genres from which you’d like to receive blind dates books in and we do the rest.
Note: All sales are final. If you receive a book you’ve already read, consider gifting it to a friend or sharing it in a Little Free Library!
When you sign up for your subscription, you will receive the next book to be mailed out on the first of the month. This means if you sign up on January 20, your first blind date will be mailed out on February 1. Your subscription payment will be taken each month on the original sign-up date.
Cancel your subscription box at any time prior to payment processing with no penalty by logging into your account on our website, going to “subscriptions” and selecting the option to cancel. If you cancel your subscription after payment is processed there is no refund and you will still be sent your book for the upcoming month.
Give the gift of book funds to your favorite book worm with our digital gift card. Purchase a gift card in any amount to be emailed or texted to the recipient. Please note, these gift cards can only be used in-store, not online.
To purchase, follow this link: https://app.squareup.com/gift/84F2MVWPKKMS0/order
A bold, bookish tote for your shelves.
Product Details: Size: 38 x 40 cm / 14.96 x 15.75 in
Material: 100% polyester
Design is printed with high-quality DTF (Direct-to-Film) transfer Long-lasting, vibrant print that won’t fade or peel like traditional screen or DTG prints
100% washable (hang dry recommended)
Colors may vary slightly from screen to screen
Learn about the Importance of Gratitude: Teaches kids what gratitude is, why they should feel it, and how they can show it.
5 Engaging Activities: Our lessons on gratitude are all taught through engaging play and exploration. The five activities include a wooden building project, a clay bowl project, origami projects, a notepad for journaling, and gratitude cards to encourage gratitude all year long!
Kit Includes: 5 instruction cards DIY wooden gratitude Tree 2 tubs of air-dry putty 50 sheets assorted color origami paper 50 sheet daily gratitude notepad 45 grab-and-go gratitude prompt cards on a carabiner ring
Ages 4+
Made to be kept and treasured forever. A thoughtful gift for a book lover or yourself.
Room for
52 reviews
Lists
Books To Read
Books Finished
Favorite Books
Did Not Finish
Books Lent Out / Borrowed
Extra Features
Daily Reading Tracker
Reading Challenges (awesome for tracking bookclub challenges)
Color/Draw-in Bookstack
2 Ribbons
Why keep a Reading Log? A reading log is for readers who love to reflect on their reads. It is a keepsake of all the books you read or want to read, and your impressions of them. The biggest section of our book journal is dedicated to your personal book reviews, giving you 2 pages per book. Lightly guided with prompts like: "What are you going to take away from this book?" + a whole page for free-form writing.
Size: 8.5″ x 6″ Cloth cover 2 Ribbons
You know all those books you've always wanted to read? You should go read them! With the brand-new Cultivated Reading Journal, you will joyfully dive into every book with a plan for organizing what truly matters, a clear mind to enjoy new adventures, and an open heart ready for more.
Cute aesthetic kindle cases for all my book girlies out there!!! This case features a magnetic closure that turns the device off and on when the cases is opened. Lightweight and adorable, this case not only will protect your kindle but will match the books you're reading. Our cases have a subtle sheen and texture to them and are easy to clean.
The ultimate smutty bookish collage kit with hundreds of curated images inspired by our favorite books - transform your reading experience, book club, and reading spaces with this one-of-a-kind collage kit. Designed exclusively for book lovers and romance fanatics, create something that is entirely your own, whether you're hosting a book club, giving your kindle a makeover, decorating your reading space, this kit has everything that you need!
Make sure to protect all your books on the go! Whether it be a standard paperback or collectable hardcover. Our book sleeves are made with a foam in between the fabrics to help protect your books. The book sleeves button closure helps keep your bookish items in place.
Make sure to protect all your books on the go! Whether it be a standard paperback or collectable hardcover. Our book sleeves are made with a foam in between the fabrics to help protect your books. The book sleeves button closure helps keep your bookish items in place.
Make sure to protect all your books on the go! Whether it be a standard paperback or collectable hardcover. Our book sleeves are made with a foam in between the fabrics to help protect your books. The book sleeves button closure helps keep your bookish items in place.
Make sure to protect all your books on the go! Whether it be a standard paperback or collectable hardcover. Our book sleeves are made with a foam in between the fabrics to help protect your books. The book sleeves button closure helps keep your bookish items in place.
Galison’s Book Club 1000 Piece Puzzle features a colorful illustration of hundreds of people reading books by Carolyn Suzuki, best known for illustrations that celebrate joy and diversity in human experience with bright color, playful patterns, animal pals, and a dose of humor. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. An insert of the full puzzle image is included in the box.
This new jigsaw will satisfy your need for a challenge, with the beautiful Bodleian Library: High Jinks Bookshelves. This 1000 piece jigsaw is intended for adults and children over 13 years. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Finished Jigsaw size 735 x 510mm/29 x 20 ins. Now includes an A4 poster for reference. Late 19th- and early 20th- century children’s books are the subjects of this print from the Bodleian Libraries. Richly illustrated covers in bright reds, blues and greens adorn the rows of shelves, featuring titles such as Little Miss Sunshine, No Ordinary Girl and A Girl of High Adventure. They are all light-hearted tales with brave female characters that can be found within the Bodleian Library, which is one of the oldest libraries in Europe.
Artist Ben Gilles describes his work as a composition of nature, metamorphosis, light, color, collage, collaboration, juxtaposition, repetition, excitement, evolution, manipulation, music, television, improvisation, participation, and seduction. This is quite apparent in the Gilles’ colorful hand-cut paper flower and butterfly collage bursting from an open book on Blooming Books 750 Piece Shaped Puzzle. The finished puzzle is a uniquely die-cut and contoured to the edges of this beautiful image. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage.
A bold, bookish tote for your shelves. Ideal as a library tote, school bag, or a thoughtful gift for teachers, readers, and feminist friends alike.
Product Details: Size: 38 x 40 cm / 14.96 x 15.75 in
Material: 100% polyester
Design is printed with high-quality DTF (Direct-to-Film) transfer Long-lasting, vibrant print that won’t fade or peel like traditional screen or DTG prints
100% washable (hang dry recommended)
Quiet to read and community to debrief.
Reading is often considered a solitary thing, but it doesn’t have to be. We want to show you can build a community around literacy by providing a space where anyone can fall in love with writing and books.
Let’s talk about books, baby!
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We asked our book sellers to recommend their favorite beach reads for July! This is a fun prompt because a “beach read” can mean something a little different for everyone. Check out what they recommended!
We asked our book sellers to recommend their favorite Queer books for Pride Month! We got a lot of great options, from dark romance to memoirs. Check them all out here!
We asked our book sellers to recommend us a book that changed their life, and we loved seeing what they chose! From Junie B. Jones to The Bell Jar, there’s a little something for everyone on this list.
Come Visit Us!
We’re located at Camp North End, a 76-acre revitalized industrial site, at 330 Camp Rd, Charlotte NC 28206.
Hours of Operation:
Monday: 12-7 p.m.
Tuesday: 12-7 p.m.
Wednesday: 12-7 p.m.
Thursday: 12-7 p.m.
Friday: 12-8 p.m.
Saturday: 11-7 p.m.
Sunday: 11-6 p.m.
Hardcover. Emily Brontë's only novel, a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence, the Penguin Classics edition of Wuthering Heights is the definitive edition of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before; of the intense relationship between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw; and how Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.