{"product_id":"the-lark-lantern-lark-calloway-9798199583695","title":"The Lark \u0026 Lantern: A Wrenfall Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The shop knows you. Let it.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Mira Lark inherits the Lark \u0026amp; Lantern, a magical bookshop and tearoom in the small Michigan town of Wrenfall - she arrives with a plan: assess the property, understand what she's inherited, and make a clear-eyed decision. Eight weeks. Maybe ten. She keeps the sentence short on purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat she finds in Wrenfall doesn't fit the plan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe building turns toward her when she crosses the threshold. The old-growth trees in the forest at the town's edge hold generations of her family's memory in their rings. A letter in the desk drawer, addressed to her by name, written thirty-one years before her arrival, tells her the shop has known her since before she arrived, and asks her to let it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMira is good at being useful. She is good at reading rooms, reading tarot cards, and knowing exactly what someone needs before they ask for it. What she is not good at is wanting things - because she learned, early and thoroughly, that wanting leads to losing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWrenfall has other plans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the seasons turn and Mira settles into the rhythms of the shop, the tearoom, and the community she's been inherited by, belonging accumulates the way it always does in this tradition: not in moments of arrival but in the small, specific details of a life made particular. The mug she reaches for without looking. The path she walks without thinking. The faces she knows by their orders. The cards that read more clearly every month. The potter who leaves things on her doorstep without requiring anything in return. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd underneath it all - the question she has never been able to ask, the one that requires wanting to know the answer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lark \u0026amp; Lantern: A Wrenfall Novel \u003c\/i\u003eis a cozy fantasy about belonging, inheritance, and the specific courage it takes to let yourself be known rather than merely useful. Set in a magical community rooted in the landscapes of the Great Lakes region, where magic flows through language and intention, the knowledge-keeping tradition is older than the town itself, and the old-growth forest holds the community's memory against the dark, it is the first novel in the Wrenfall series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLegends \u0026amp; Lattes\u003c\/i\u003e by Travis Baldree\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe House in the Cerulean Sea\u003c\/i\u003e by TJ Klune\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Spellshop\u003c\/i\u003e by Sarah Beth Durst\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries\u003c\/i\u003e by Heather Fawcett \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContent: \u003c\/b\u003e Warm, low-stakes, and cozy throughout. No violence. A slow-burn romantic thread. Found family and community belonging. Magic rooted in care, language, and intention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lark Calloway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199583695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Lark Calloway","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173630058751,"sku":"9798199583695","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1382bb1-2633-4884-90fd-7d4b9177f003.jpg?v=1788955627","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lark-lantern-lark-calloway-9798199583695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}