***This event will be held in the theater at North Hunterdon High School: 1445 NJ-31, Annandale, NJ 08801***

This event is currently full. You may join the waitlist, but a waitlist spot does not guarantee entry. You will only be able to attend if a registered seat becomes available due to a cancellation. If a spot opens up, you will be notified by email. Please do not come to the event if you are on the waitlist and have not received this confirmation, as we will not be able to seat you without a registered spot.

Hunterdon County Library welcomes New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig as part of her book tour for a conversation about her latest novel, The Knave and the Moon, the anticipated addition to her beloved Stonewater Kingdom series.

Rachel will discuss her newest release, The Knave and the Moon in conversation with Stefanie Mandelberg and Kelsey DiMeglio of Charmed & Bound. She will share the inspiration behind the book, her writing process, and the themes woven throughout the story — as well as her broader journey as an author and storyteller.

This program is generously sponsored by FOHCL, Friends of the Hunterdon County Library.

A Q&A and a signing will follow the discussion. Books will be available for purchase. To ensure everyone has a chance to get their book signed, we ask for a limit of one book per person, with no personalizations, and no posed photos with the author, please.

Registration is required and names will be checked at the door starting at 5:00. Each person in your party must register separately. Theater doors will open at 5:30 for seating.

About the book:

Aisling Cathedral is in ruins. Rodrick Myndacious, Bartholomew, and Maude Bauer are rumored to be dead—and the king has taken Sybil Delling as his bride. To show off their union and solidify his power over Traum, Benji proposes a series of tournaments throughout the hamlets. Captive and drugged, Sybil remains determined to vanquished him as she once did the Omens, even if she destroys the kingdom’s faith—and herself—in the process.

But then a mysterious knave rises to the top of the lists, a man with no name and no memory who may just be Sybil’s ticket to undoing Benji’s power. For in a land where stories repeat themselves, where a king can prove as cruel as a god, the only way to truly destroy the Stonewater Kingdom’s faith is to save it.

About the author:

Rachel Gillig is the #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Knight and the Moth and The Shepherd King series. An artist and a retired preschool teacher, Rachel has B.A. in Literary Theory and Criticism from UC Davis. If she’s not ensconced in blankets, dreaming up her next novel, Rachel is out walking in beautiful coastal California with her husband, son, and their dignified poodle, Wally.

About the moderators:

Stefanie and Kelsey are co-founders of Charmed & Bound, Central and Northern New Jersey's first romance-only bookstore, located on Main Street in Flemington. Stefanie brings a passion for darker, edgier romantasy, while Kelsey's heart belongs to contemporary romance and historical fiction, making them the perfect pair to explore the world of The Knave and the Moon with Rachel Gillig.