" do you picture me like i picture you? "

Josie Wilkins has always believed books are safer than people. She works part-time at Herb & Hearth, a small-town bookshop with creaky wooden floors, cinnamon-scented candles, and windows dressed in autumn leaves. Every shift feels like a step closer to her dream: one day running her very own shop filled with stories and warmth. But then he walks in. Phil Creighton-loud, clumsy, and the opposite of everything quiet and bookish-barrels into Josie's calm world during a rainy October afternoon. Within minutes, he manages to knock over displays, confuse the register, and leave Josie's boss fuming. Suddenly, Josie's careful reputation is on the line. Determined to prove herself, she takes it upon herself to fix every bit of chaos Phil caused. Only, Phil doesn't stay gone. He keeps coming back-sometimes to apologize, sometimes just to tease, and sometimes because he seems to need the bookshop as much as it needs him. Slowly, between pumpkin spice lattes and evenings spent shelving books together, Josie starts to wonder if the "mess" he brought into her life wasn't just trouble-but possibility. Now Josie must face the question she never thought she'd ask: Can she hold onto her dream without closing the door on her heart? Or will this clumsy stranger become the best chapter in her story yet?

" i put a spell on you, and now you're mine. "