The Secret Book Club: A brand new gorgeously bookish small town romance to escape with in 2025

'A sparkling bookish story about rules just begging to be broken' Abby Jimenez, bestselling author of The Friend Zone Maggie Banks loves books. And running a bookstore sounds like the best job in the world. Except in Bell River, a place that refuses to let her sell anything written this century. But in Maggie's world, book rules are made to be broken. And what better way to break tradition than by starting an underground book club. But keeping her new club quiet, selling forbidden books and dodging the strict literary society is proving harder than it seems. Especially when Maggie unearths a secret that could upend everything… Early readers love The Secret Book Club: 'Sometimes you just need a hug in a book and this is the one I needed.’ ????? 'Something about reading about books is so fun. The setting in this book was amazing and the romance was top tier.’ ????? ‘This book has so much soul and quirky chaos that I absolutely adored.’ ????? 'What a great story full of fun and mischief as well as some potential romance. Thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this book and was routing for Maggie the whole way.’ ????? 'Who doesn’t love a small town bookshop romance where the heroine finds not just love but purpose?’ ????? 'I'd recommend this book to everyone who's a bookworm, likes bookish themes and is looking for a cute story in a small town setting.’ ????? In the heart of Bell River, Maggie Banks life becomes a thrilling novel as she dares to challenge the literary status quo. Her secret book club, a sanctuary for forbidden stories, becomes a beacon of hope and rebellion in a town stuck in the past. For fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid (After I Do), Gabrielle Zevin (Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow), Elena Armas (The American Roommate Experiment), Ola Tundun (Roommates), and Kyla Zhao (Valley Verified). HarperCollins 2024