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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2019 by Karen Hawkins

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First Gallery Books trade paperback edition July 2019

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Interior design by Jaime Putorti

Cover design by Laura Klynstra

Cover art © Stocksy

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hawkins, Karen, author.

Title: The book charmer / Karen Hawkins.

Description: First Gallery Books trade paperback edition. | New York : Gallery Books, 2019.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019004356 (print) | LCCN 2019007480 (ebook) | ISBN 9781982105556 (ebook) | ISBN 9781982105549 (paperback)

Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Contemporary Women. | FICTION / Family Life. | FICTION / Romance / General.

Classification: LCC PS3558.A8231647 (ebook) | LCC PS3558.A8231647 B66 2019 (print) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019004356

ISBN 978-1-9821-0554-9

ISBN 978-1-9821-0555-6 (ebook)