About this Event
Manda Collins is back with your next mysterious romcom read!
For us, that's reason to celebrate! Join us for the Ghost Me, Maybe launch party on October 3, 2026, at 5pm at 9 S Joachim. With Manda, refreshments, and a signing, the highlight of this event will be the in-conversation with Manda! We will discuss what it was like to create this romance meets Scooby Doo romp, her writing process, and what it's like creating the scenes that get us all hot and bothered.
Reservations for this event are encouraged as seating is limited. Book purchase from The Haunted Book Shop is required to enter the signing line. Don't fret though, you can easily purchase the book through the Eventbrite ticket reservation system.
And did we mention swag? Yes, claim your Petit Cote Island library card when you book your ticket, while supplies last. So, don't hesitate! These babies are first come, first served.
About Manda Collins:
Manda Collins grew up on a combination of Nancy Drew books and Jane Austen novels, and her own brand of romantic suspense is the result. A former academic librarian, she holds advanced degrees in English Lit and Librarianship. Her books have been favorably reviewed in Entertainment Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, Bookpage, and USA Today. Her novel Duke with Benefits, was named one of Kirkus Books Best Romance Novels of 2017. When she's not writing she can be found watching true crime documentaries, playing word games, and knitting very inexpertly. A native of Alabama, she lives on the Gulf Coast with a very stubborn cat and more books than are strictly necessary.
About Ghost Me, Maybe:
Librarian Callie Jameson is floored when she learns she’s to inherit the historic library on Petite Bois Island. All she knows about the barrier island off the coast of Louisiana is what her benefactor and beloved patron, Khaki Boudreaux, has told her about it and the beautiful life—and love—she once had there.
Seeing this opportunity as a chance to start over, Callie packs up her tortoiseshell cat, Stella, and heads south. But the moment she sets foot in the beautiful old building, she encounters an all-too-handsome tenant who claims the library belongs to him. So much for southern hospitality . . .
Trey LeBlanc spent his happiest summers with his Aunt Khaki on Petite Bois Island and has been living at the library while he renovates the old building. After all the effort he’s put into this place, he can’t understand why his aunt cut him out of the will. Now he’ll have to convince Callie and her very opinionated cat to sell him the cherished property.
But then strange things start to happen around the library, and Trey hopes Callie will just get scared off by the “ghosts” haunting the place. When he realizes these aren’t just neighborhood kids pulling pranks, however, but rather a dangerous scheme to get rid of the woman he’s beginning to fall for, he’ll do anything to keep her safe in his arms forever . . .
Tropes include: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, matchmaking, and woman in jeopardy.
Get to know one of Mobile's most successful romance authors at the Manda Collins Launch Party on October 3rd. See you soon, romance fans!
Event venue & nearby stays
The Haunted Book Shop, 9 S. Joachim St., Mobile, United States
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