Thursday, April 16, 2026

Spotlight and Giveaway: The Book Witch

The Book Witch is Meg Shaffer's latest novel and it is now available for everyone to read. We're excited to feature it here today! Melissa really liked it and will be reviewing soon. You can check out her Bookstagram post in the meantime. Readers who enjoyed The Astral Library (by Kate Quinn) will also appreciate this novel. Thanks to Random House, we have THREE copies to give away!


She can hop into any novel, but she just can’t stay there.

Rainy March is a proud, third-generation Book Witch, sworn to defend works of fiction from all foes real and imaginary. With her magical umbrella and feline familiar, she jumps in and out of novels to fix malicious alterations and rogue heroes like a modern-day magical Nancy Drew.

Book Witches live by a strict code: Real people belong in the real world; fictional characters belong in works of fiction. Do not eat, drink, or sleep inside a fictional world, lest you become part of the story. Falling in love with a fictional character? Don’t even think about it.

Which is why Rainy has been forbidden from seeing the Duke of Chicago, the dashing British detective who stars in her favorite mystery series. If she’s ever caught with him again, she’ll be expelled from her book coven—and forced to give up the magical gifts that are as much a part of her as her own name.

But when her beloved grandfather disappears and a priceless book is stolen, there’s only one person she trusts to help her solve the case: the Duke. Their quest takes them through the worlds of Alice in Wonderland, King Arthur, and other classics that will reveal hidden enemies and long-buried family secrets.

“Meg Shaffer continues to surprise and delight me with each book she writes.”
—Laurie Gilmore, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice CafĂ©

“Meg Shaffer brought my childhood dreams to life in a gem of a book that is inventive, cozy, and important all at the same time.”
—Samantha Sotto Yambao, author of Water Moon

“A clever and heartfelt adventure . . . This novel captures the giddy, perilous magic of losing yourself in a good story, just like Rainy does. It’s a luminous, wildly imaginative delight that every book lover will cherish.”
—Hayley Gelfuso, author of The Book of Lost Hours

© Chanel Nicole Co.
Meg Shaffer is the USA Today bestselling author of The Lost Story and The Wishing Game, which was a Book of the Month finalist for Book of the Year as well as a Reader’s Digest and Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and has been translated into twenty-three languages. Shaffer holds an MFA in TV and Screenwriting from Stephens College. She lives in Kentucky with her husband and two cats. The cats are not writers.

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Giveaway ends April 21st at midnight EST.

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3 comments:

  1. Too many to choose from.

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  2. I think I would choose The Great Gatsby because of the setting, and I feel like every time I read it, I can see tiny fragments of myself in almost all of the characters.

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  3. The Tradd Street Series by Karen White.

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