A Dead and Stormy Night
What do you get when you cross a cursed bookshop, three hot fictional men, and a punk rock heroine nursing a broken heart?
After being fired from her fashion internship in New York City, Mina Wilde decides it's time to reevaluate her life. She returns to the quaint English village where she grew up to take a job at the local bookshop, hoping that being surrounded by great literature will help her heal from a devastating blow.
But Mina soon discovers her life is stranger than fiction—a mysterious curse on the bookshop brings fictional characters to life in lust-worthy bodies. Mina finds herself babysitting Poe's raven, making hot dogs for Heathcliff, and getting IT help from James Moriarty, all while trying not to fall for the three broken men who should only exist within her imagination.
When Mina's ex-best friend shows up dead with a knife in her back, she's the chief suspect. She'll have to solve the murder if she wants to clear her name. Will her fictional boyfriends be able to keep her out of prison?
Contains mature themes.
- Pages
- 316
- First published
- June 28, 2019
- Language
- English
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Reviews
Finished May 22, 2026
This became a bit boring at times, and the killer was predictable. The premise is an interesting concept: a magic book store where literary figures are brought to life, torn from the pages of their books. Mina is going blind due to a degenerative disease. She always loved the bookshop as a child, so when she is forced to return home after she is blackballed from the fashion industry in the U.S., she decides to apply for the job at the bookstore. Where she meets the three hot fictional characters who live upstairs. When her friend, who betrayed her, is murdered in the bookshop, she becomes the prime suspect. The men and Mina investigate to find the true killer. I might try the next book in the series.