The Charmed Library
A Novel
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- Erwartet am 6. Jan. 2026
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- 8,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
With her signature blend of magical and heartfelt storytelling, USA TODAY bestselling author Jennifer Moorman returns with The Charmed Library, a love letter to libraries, favorite childhood stories, and readers who have fallen for fictional heroes.
Like many other public libraries, the one in Blue Sky Valley, North Carolina, is a haven for readers. But it's also unlike any other. In this library, fictional characters step off the page into real life. Assistant librarian Stella Parker has no idea. Still reeling from her father's death and--more recently--a breakup, she hasn't noticed. All she knows is she's stuck in a job she's overqualified for and stumped about what to do with her life.
Everything changes when she burns her beloved journal.
Words matter to Stella. For as long as she can remember, she's seen them. Words appear--in varying colors and fonts--rising from surfaces, bouncing over objects, and even wiggling out of people. Words give her insight into emotions and untold stories. But the words change for Stella after she burns her journal. Suddenly they're demanding, urgent--and painful.
Then Stella stumbles upon strange characters in the library after hours. One is an oddly familiar World War II soldier who introduces himself as Jack--Jack Mathis, the main character from her favorite book. A fictional hero and Stella's first crush. Standing in front of her in the flesh.
Jack tells Stella about the magic hidden in the library. Skeptical, Stella rashly invites a villain to visit, and chaos ensues. As she discovers the importance of protecting the library's secret and gets to know the real Jack, words continue to appear. What are they trying to tell her?
Much too quickly, Stella is faced with the reality that all stories must end, and magic comes at a price. The characters who visit the library can only stay for fourteen days. And Jack's time is almost up.
A cozy, Hallmark-esque rom-com, The Charmed Library invites readers to escape to a world where words come alive and book boyfriends leap off the page.
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Words literally come to life for a lonely assistant librarian in this exquisite tale from Moorman (The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds). One night, heartbroken over a breakup, Stella Parker throws her journal into the library's furnace. Soon after, her words retaliate, hitting her so hard she feels like she's being stabbed through the heart. Searching the library for answers, she encounters some strange characters, including a man who says he's Jack Mathis, the handsome American WWII soldier at the heart of her favorite novel, Beyond the Southern Horizon. After Stella accidentally unleashes the villainous Captain Hook from the pages of Peter Pan, she learns the rules of the magical library and works together with Jack to catch Hook, who's far more dastardly in Moorman's hands than in J.M. Barrie's story. As they fall for each other along the way, Jack and Stella grapple with the fact that his time in the real world expires in just a few days, which Stella's mentor, Arnie Cohen, explains to her. Moorman drops in plenty of delightful details, such as the appearance of Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice, who dazzles the library's women patrons, and she makes it easy to suspend disbelief, considering that, as Arnie says, "The world is full of the impossible." It's a marvel.
