Escape Into Adventure, Romance, Suspense, and Magic This July

Find Your Perfect July Escape

Penguin
April 2026
On Sale: March 31, 2026
Featuring: Laura; Westley; April
320 pages
ISBN: 0593851315
EAN: 9780593851319
Kindle: B0DFGDSM9T
Trade Paperback / e-Book / audiobook (reprint)
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STORYBOOK ENDING

Moira Macdonald

Moira Macdonald
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A charming story about friendship, community, and the magic that happens in bookstores—when an anonymous note left in a book finds the wrong recipient.

April, a smart and lonely tech worker, worries work from home has gotten out of hand: She’s left an anonymous note in a book for Westley, the clerk at her Seattle neighborhood bookstore who has a gentle smile and looks great in flannel. But thanks to fate, Laura—a busy single mom who had given up on love—buys the book, finds the note, and thinks Westley has left it for her. A handsome man who loves books seems like just the plot twist she has been looking for.

Meanwhile, Westley—not the most perceptive—is too distracted by the movie filming at the store and the ambition it’s unlocked in him to notice either of the two women. But as April and Laura’s anonymous correspondence continues back and forth, their mundane routines are challenged, sparking a glimmer of hope. Is a happy ending in the cards for them?

A heartwarming web of mistaken identities and serendipitous encounters, Storybook Ending is a playful tribute to friendship, love stories of all kinds, and to the objects—from a forgotten slip of paper to someone’s heart—left between the pages of books we loved.