Join us for Knit One, Purl Tuesday! Our official knitting club meets every other Tuesday from 12:30pm-1:30pm on the second story of the bookstore. Lead Bookseller and skilled knitter Gabrielle will lead the meeting! This is a drop-in event at An Unliekly Story in Plainville—signups are not required. Knitters must bring their own materials. Cleaning...
An Unlikely Story is thrilled to host two-time Newbery Honor author and national bestseller Kevin Henkes to celebrate the release of his new book, Poppy! Poppy is a stand-alone companion to the award-winning and acclaimed novel, The Year of Billy Miller. Poppy stars Billy and Sal’s youngest sister as she faces a perfectly imperfect Thanksgiving with her family. For fans of Ramona, The Penderwicks,...
We're so excited to host K. L. Walther, bestselling author of The Summer of Broken Rules, for her newest YA romcom! The Summer of Second Chances is set during one fateful summer at Martha's Vineyard for a Type A eldest daughter and a charming golden retriever boy from her past. As Olivia retraces her beloved grandmother's footsteps through...
Join us for an evening with the New York Times bestselling author of the School for Good and Evil series, Soman Chainani, to celebrate the release of his new Young Adult thriller, Young World! Young World is a renegade thriller about a teenager elected President of the United States, sparking a global revolution of young leaders — until one of them...
Join us for an exciting evening with Emma Straub! Emma is a New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow, and we can't wait to celebrate the release of her newest, American Fantasy! Emma will be in conversation with Alison Espach, bestselling author of The Wedding People. American Fantasy is an irresistible story about what happens when your teenage fantasy...
Join us for a special evening of second-chance romance! Romance author Paige Toon is coming to An Unlikely Story to celebrate the release of her newest book, Don't Fall in Love with Me! Paige will be in conversation with romance author Jenny L. Howe. #1 New York Times Bestselling author Abby Jimenez says, “Paige Toon warms your heart, shatters...
Join us for an evening of romance to celebrate the release of USA Today bestselling author Riss M. Neilson's newest novel, The Bridge Back to You! Riss will be in conversation with acclaimed romance author, Jenny L. Howe. The Bridge Back to You follows exes who discover they’ve both inherited the restaurant they love! We are thrilled to celebrate this...
Join us for an author double feature with Megan Collins and Layne Fargo! Megan's latest novel, Cross My Heart, is a twisty tale about a heart transplant patient who becomes romantically obsessed with her donor’s husband. Layne's The Favorites is an epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating, starring a woman determined to carve...
Known as the Queen of Twists, bestselling author Alice Feeney knows how to keep an audience on the edge of their seats. In her newest thriller Beautiful Ugly, a man trying to get his life back on track goes on vacation to a remote Scottish island. It's there that he sees the impossible – a woman...
Rachel Harrison is the national bestselling author of Black Sheep, Such Sharp Teeth, Cackle, and The Return, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in Guernica, in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, as an Audible Original, and in her debut collection, Bad Dolls. She lives in western New York with her...
Bestselling author Casey Sherman joins An Unlikely Story for the release of his newest book, A Murder in Hollywood, all about the darkness hiding behind the bright lights of Tinseltown. Perfect for true crime and film history fans, A Murder in Hollywood tells the infamous story of Lana Turner and her terrifying love affair with LA gangster...
Tori Bovalino joins An Unlikely Story bookstore all the way from London to share her YA horror, My Throat an Open Grave! Labyrinth meets folk horror in this darkly romantic tale of a girl who wishes her baby brother away to the Lord of the Wood. Bargains are made, small town secrets are revealed, and long-held beliefs...
