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.

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First Simon Pulse hardcover edition April 2019

Text copyright © 2019 by Jenn Bennett

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bennett, Jenn, author.

Title: Serious moonlight / by Jenn Bennett.

Description: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. | New York : Simon Pulse, 2019. | Summary: Eighteen-year-old, mystery-loving Birdie’s new job at a historic Seattle hotel leads her and her coworker Daniel to a real mystery about a reclusive writer who resides there. Identifiers: LCCN 2018028885 | ISBN 9781534425149 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534425163 (eBook) Subjects: | CYAC: Hotels, motels, etc.—Fiction. | Recluses—Fiction. | Authors—Fiction. | Love—Fiction. | Narcolepsy—Fiction. | Seattle (Wash.)—Fiction. | Mystery and detective stories. Classification: LCC PZ7.1.B4538 Ser 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

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