The Library of Lost Books

Discover an evocative, romantic and enthralling new read of lost love, old books and buried secrets ✨📚 Perfect for fans of Eve Chase, Harriet Evans and Evie Woods.

Some love stories are never forgotten. Others are waiting to be found… 📖

Romance novelist Hannah has stopped believing in happy endings. Her marriage is over, her career has stalled and she’s returning to Yorkshire to move her beloved mother into a care home.

But a snowstorm leads Hannah to take shelter in the abandoned library in St Brides, where she sees something she can’t explain: a wartime Christmas party, a beautiful young woman and a mysterious stranger accused of being a Nazi spy.

Then Hannah discovers an old copy of Wuthering Heights, inscribed ‘To my one true love’.

The book belonged to Connie, a young woman who found refuge in the library as the second world war broke out and risked everything when she fell in love with a man she could never have.

As Hannah investigates - and grows closer to the nephew of the library's owner, the intriguing Lucas - she discovers St Brides’ cherished wartime myth may be built on a lie... and that uncovering Connie’s fate could change everything she knows about her family and her own chance at love.

A lush, sweeping and atmospheric dual-timeline novel that you won't be able to put down.

Praise for Lauren Westwood:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Lauren Westwood is a wonderful writer' Sophie Hannah

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'A top 5 star read for me. I absolutely loved this story from start to finish.' Reader Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'This was a new, unknown author to me, BUT literally, within minutes of finishing this book, I was downloading her back catalogue. I can’t remember the last time I read a book that elicited such atmosphere.' Reader Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Unsettling, compelling, very different - and superb writing' Reader Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Brilliant! It was a real page turner. I couldn’t put it down.' Reader Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'You get swept away by the author's writing to the point where I looked up and hours had gone by.' Reader Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Good combination of secrets, history, story & characters, hard to put down' Reader Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'An enchanting and engrossing read that I highly recommend and, if you have not yet read Lauren Westwood's books, then what on earth are you waiting for?' Reader Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Full of twists and turns, captivating and absorbing. I loved it' Reader Review