The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland

You can trust a book to keep your secret . . .

Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look closely, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are things she'll never show you.

Fifteen years ago Loveday lost all she knew and loved in one unspeakable night. Now, she finds refuge in the unique little York bookshop where she works.

Everything is about to change for Loveday. Into her bookstore hiding place—come a poet, a lover, and three suspicious deliveries.

Someone knows about her past. Someone is trying to send her a message. And she can't hide any longer.

Will Loveday survive her own heartbreaking secrets?

The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland is a compelling, irresistible, and heart-rending novel, perfect for all book lovers, with the emotional intensity of The Shock of the Fall and all the charm of The Little Paris Bookshop and 84, Charing Cross Road.

352 pages. (June 2018)

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