The Bookshop of Lost Afternoons

A bookshop rents afternoons people believe they wasted.

In development6 books planned (provisional)

Where the series goes

Its owner learns that one borrowed afternoon belongs to a child who never got to grow up.

Reading order

Book 1Title to be announcedPlanned
Book 2Title to be announcedPlanned
Book 3Title to be announcedPlanned
Book 4Title to be announcedPlanned
Book 5Title to be announcedPlanned
Book 6Title to be announcedPlanned

6 books are planned (the number is provisional). Book titles are announced as each book is written.

In development

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