Nadima al-Sahar has been making drinks for nearly three thousand years. As a djinn bound to a brass lamp, she's served emperors, survived conquests, and outlived every love she's ever known. These days, she's the head bartender at The Brass Lamp Lounge in Crescent Harbor, Connecticut — a cozy bar on the shoreline where the regulars have become the closest thing to family she's had in centuries.
There's just one problem: she didn't exactly volunteer for the job.
Five years ago, bar owner Finn Aramis accidentally wished her into servitude with a champagne toast and a compliment that became a curse. He's spent every day since trying to free her. She's spent every day since trying not to fall for the man who won't stop apologizing — the one with the sea glass green eyes and the terrible puns who learned exactly how she takes her tea and hasn't gotten it wrong once.
When beloved local artist Ellie Marsh vanishes on a Thursday night — her cottage unlocked, her tea gone cold, her seat at the bar achingly empty — Nadima can't look away. Especially when a mysterious stranger arrives in Crescent Harbor the very same day with a fake name, a familiar drink order, and a secret that connects him to everything Ellie left behind.
With the autumn equinox approaching and her nightly curfew ticking down, Nadima must untangle a decades-old family mystery before it's too late — using nothing but her wits, her found family, and a lavender gin fizz. No wishes required.
Forever is a long time. She might finally have a reason to want it.
Genre: Mystery
There's just one problem: she didn't exactly volunteer for the job.
Five years ago, bar owner Finn Aramis accidentally wished her into servitude with a champagne toast and a compliment that became a curse. He's spent every day since trying to free her. She's spent every day since trying not to fall for the man who won't stop apologizing — the one with the sea glass green eyes and the terrible puns who learned exactly how she takes her tea and hasn't gotten it wrong once.
When beloved local artist Ellie Marsh vanishes on a Thursday night — her cottage unlocked, her tea gone cold, her seat at the bar achingly empty — Nadima can't look away. Especially when a mysterious stranger arrives in Crescent Harbor the very same day with a fake name, a familiar drink order, and a secret that connects him to everything Ellie left behind.
With the autumn equinox approaching and her nightly curfew ticking down, Nadima must untangle a decades-old family mystery before it's too late — using nothing but her wits, her found family, and a lavender gin fizz. No wishes required.
Forever is a long time. She might finally have a reason to want it.
Genre: Mystery
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