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Synopsis
An inherited antique shop. An Ozark mountain town. A magical legacy she never asked for. Maura Redding only planned to stay in Moonlight Springs long enough to settle her grandmother’s estate. Sell the antique shop. Pack up the memories. Return to her corporate life in Chicago. But Moonlight Springs has other plans. Her grandmother’s brooch begins to glow. The antique shop seems to have opinions. And an old bell is far too determined to be ignored. Before Maura can make sense of any of it, she discovers she’s inherited more than a shop. She’s inherited the responsibility of protecting Moonlight Springs’ magic. Town historian, Cole Brinkman, believes in records, research, and things that can be proven. He doesn’t believe Maura’s visions are real. But when a developer plans to tear out the town’s historic fountain, Maura and Cole are pulled into the same fight to protect the heart of Moonlight Springs. She sees the magic woven through the town. He sees a woman who is changing everything he thought he knew. As Maura uncovers the truth about the antique shop, the fountain, and the Amethyst Stone, she must decide whether the life she built in Chicago is really the life she wants, or whether Moonlight Springs is offering her the home, purpose, and love she never knew she needed. For readers who enjoy: An Inherited Antique Shop • A Magical Legacy • A Skeptical Historian • A Historic Fountain • Small-Town Secrets • Starting Over Welcome to Moonlight Springs , a cozy magical small-town series filled with gentle everyday magic, found family, second chances, and sweet closed-door romance. Starlight Antiques is Book 1, told in multiple points of view, with no swearing, no explicit content, and an emotionally satisfying ending.
Is Starlight Antiques: a cozy magical small-town novel appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A gentle magical romance with no violence, swearing, or sexual content. Features a woman discovering her magical inheritance and finding love in a small town.
What to know going in
This book has no graphic violence, no sexual content, and clean language.
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Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy the cozy small-town magic, found family dynamics, and sweet romance between a skeptic and a woman learning to trust her powers.