From USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes a brilliant novel about two women, decades and oceans apart, who find themselves in one little bookshop in Mayfair. 1938: She was one of the six sparkling Mitford sisters, known for her stinging quips, stylish dress, and bright blue eyes. But Nancy Mitford's seemingly sparkling life was really one of turmoil: with a perpetually unfaithful and broke husband, two Nazi sympathizer sisters, and her hopes of motherhood dashed forever. With war imminent, Nancy finds respite by taking a job at the Heywood Hill Book shop in Mayfair. She hoped to make ends meet, and also discovered a new life. . Present Day: When book curator Lucy St. Clair lands a gig working at Heywood Hill she can't get on the plane fast enough. Not only can she leave a broken love affair behind, it's a dream come true to set foot in the legendary store. Doubly exciting: she brings with her a first edition of Nancy's work, one with a somewhat mysterious inscription from the author. Soon, she discovers her life and Nancy's are intertwined, and it all comes back to the little London bookshop. A place that changes the lives of two women from different eras in the most surprising ways.