Happy BOOK BIRTHDAY to... The Haunted Librarian by Auralee Wallace

📚 Time to wish a happy BOOK BIRTHDAY to author Auralee Wallace as THE HAUNTED LIBRARIAN makes its debut via ACE/Penguin Random House!

👻 Okay, from the cover to the title to the description, I was sold! I mean who doesn't like reading bookish books about bookish people and places... throw in a little MAGIC and a dash of curiosity, and I'M SO THERE! Pretty sure I'll have good company too 😉 

Don't you just love the slightly cliché, but totally classic "dark and stormy night" intro? I always think, this is gonna be something that really GETS me because that line is setting the bar high... but it wasn't just about that darkness, something we all experience in some fashion from time to time. It was about the LIGHT and Amelia rediscovering hers for herself and to help those that came before. It was a magically infused, spooky good time JUST RIGHT for the reading season at hand. 👐 

Here's a little more from the publisher to HAUNT you later...

ABOUT THE BOOK...

It’s a dark and stormy night…and Amelia Bates is caught in the rain. Life hasn’t always been kind to her, and being a ghostseer certainly doesn’t make things any easier.

Glowing ✨️ warmly through the autumnal downpour is her safest haven: the library 🏢 . Amelia, the newly hired librarian, has always relished the comfort of curling up with a novel, vastly preferring it to the company of humans (alive or ghostly).

But Amelia is shocked to discover the building is full of more than quiet stories and warm cups of tea 🍵. There are curious, talkative patrons, a shy, bespectacled head librarian who makes her heart skip a beat, and three quirky spirits causing paranormal havoc that endangers the future of the library.

To help the ghosts 👻 and save the building, Amelia will have to gather all her bravery and wits, because learning to trust others might just be the first step to a happily ever after she only thought was possible in books.

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About the author...

After spending her formative years reading Grimms’ fairy tales and stirring up potions in the creek behind her house, Auralee Wallace knew she would grow up to be a witch. When that didn’t work out, she decided becoming a writer was the next best thing. Now, Auralee is the author of multiple novels, including the Otter Lake mystery series and The Evenfall Witches B&B mysteries. She lives in Ottawa with her husband, three kids, two cats, and one dog.

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Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!

A MATCH MADE IN AUTUMN: Beneath the Harvest Moon by Bianca White - REVIEW!

🍂 A MATCH MADE IN AUTUMN: Beneath the Harvest Moon 🌙 

by

Bianca White 

9781066754618

My thoughts...

She's a woman with a secret in her past, a present that's been torn asunder, and a future that's unclear. He's a man that shares a past with our leading lady, a present with the town he was born and raised in, and a future he'd like to turn inside out to be with her once again. Can these two overcome all that's happened and all that's hiding to become all they could and should be?

❤️ Love finds a way, if two hearts are meant to be, and these two were SO meant to be! I love how fiercely Lady Simmonds loves her children, and strives to protect both their future and her own piece of mind. I love that she knew herself enough to know that going home wasn't admitting defeat, but giving herself a chance to start again, and the naysayers be darned (that part took a little time, but she got there!)! I love that Mr Sharpe was able to see beyond the past and look towards a brighter future. I love how his kind nature and strong character made him someone worthy of taking that second chance as well as a pillar for the community. Apart they were people of note, but together they were pure fire! 😉

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About the book...

Young widow Blythe Simmonds is stifled by York society and yearns for the life she left behind before her marriage. To achieve her dreams, she must return home, a place where she is far from welcome.

Country physician Gabriel Sharpe has devoted his life to his patients. He does not need a wife and children. His work is enough, and he refuses to risk his heart again.

Blythe’s return sets tongues wagging, and Gabriel knows his childhood sweetheart cannot be trusted. He must be on his guard, but common sense always evaporated when it came to Blythe.

Life in a small country village makes it impossible for Blythe and Gabriel to remain distant, especially at harvest time. Buried feelings become impossible to ignore, and clandestine trysts resume.

If they are to have a second chance at building a life together, Blythe and Gabriel must learn to trust each other again. Blythe can no longer keep her secrets, but Gabriel may never forgive her.

BENEATH THE HARVEST MOON is part of A Match Made in Autumn multi-author series.

👉 This title was released September 18th, 2026. Grab your copy today ... and stay tuned for more from this series as they unfold!

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