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Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel
  • Published: 7 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593955741
  • Imprint: Ace
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $39.99

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel

  • Elizabeth Everett
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10 Mar 2026
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10 Mar 2026
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7 Apr 2026
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When a magical hotel appears smack-dab in the middle of the most unmagical of worlds, the last thing the residents expect is to fall in love.

Manager of the Number Five Wayside Inn and World Travel Hub, Pax Nomen has one of the easiest jobs in all the known universes, unless you count the occasional plumbing disaster. When Number Five Wayside gets stranded on a non-magical world, even Pax's trusty Wayside Handbook can’t help him. How is he going to “reboot” the hotel and keep it on its magical journey?

Josie LaChusia is a single mom experiencing debt, having parenting doubts, and tipping dangerously toward depression when an ad pops up on her phone that an apartment is available in a building she’s never seen before.

Pax needs a new guest to restart his hotel, and Josie needs a nudge to restart her life. In a building occupied by faeries, gargoyles, and a gnome with a bad attitude, two souls from very different places come together to create a home like no other.
  • Published: 7 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593955741
  • Imprint: Ace
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $39.99

Praise for Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel

Praise for Elizabeth Everett

"This book is all that it promises and so much more. It is indeed magic and so damn smart. Everett balances humor, heart, and magic with poise and perfect balance. I will devour anything and everything Elizabeth Everett writes, and this is Everett at her best."—USA Today bestselling author Neely Tubati Alexander

“Beautiful and important.”—New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn on The Love Remedy

“Smart is the new sexy, and Elizabeth Everett does both better than anyone else!”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood

“Fizzy, engrossing romance . . . a wholehearted celebration of women who choose to live gleefully outside the bounds of [the] patriarchy’s limitations.”—Entertainment Weekly on A Lady’s Formula for Love

“A phenomenally courageous romance with a wonderfully tenacious heroine that also manages to deliver on one of the swooniest and most complex heroes I’ve read in a long time. . . . A gem of a romance, and a brave one.”—USA Today bestselling author Adriana Herrera on The Love Remedy

“Explosive chemistry, a heroine who loves her science, and lines that made me laugh out loud—this witty debut delivered, and I’d like the next installment now, please.”—USA Today bestselling author Evie Dunmore on A Lady’s Formula for Love