The Battle of the Bookshops

Independent shop in WedgwoodDirections

Available from Lovestruck in Seattle when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A charming literary-themed novel about a young woman determined to save her great-aunt’s beloved bookshop from extinction by the shiny new competition—which also happens to be run by the handsome son of her family’s rivals. The cute, seaside town of Portneath has been the home of Capelthorne’s Books for nearly a hundred years… The shop, in the heart of a high street that stretches crookedly down the hill from the castle to the sea, may be a tad run-down these days, but to Jules Capelthorne, the