Alexandria Bellefleur + Lizz Schumer: The Devil She Knows

Schedule

Mon Oct 20 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

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Strand Book Store | New York, NY

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Join us for a launch event with bestselling and award-winning author Alexandria Bellefleur, discussing her new novel The Devil She Knows.
About this Event

Join us for a launch event with bestselling and award-winning author Alexandria Bellefleur, discussing her new novel The Devil She Knows. Joining Alexandria in conversation is senior books editor at People Magazine Lizz Schumer. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.


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A down-on-her-luck woman makes a deal with a crafty demon to win back her ex-girlfriend after a proposal gone awry, only to discover the girl of her dreams might be the devil she knows, from nationally bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur.

Samantha Cooper is having a day from hell.

In less than 24 hours, her life has unraveled, leaving her single and with nowhere to live. Adding insult to injury, she’s trapped in an elevator with a gorgeous woman claiming to be a demon.

Daphne is not at all what Samantha expected from someone claiming to be an evil supernatural entity. She’s pretty, witty, dressed in pink, and smells nice. And she’s here to offer Samantha a deal she can’t refuse. Six wishes in exchange for one tiny trade—Samantha’s soul. There’s a glaring loophole in their contract, one Samantha fully intends to exploit so she doesn’t fork over her soul. After all, she only needs one wish to win her ex back.

Hell-bent to gather the last of the one thousand souls she needs so that she can be free of her own devilish deal, Daphne grants each of Samantha’s wishes . . . with a twist, so that Samantha is forced to make another.

As Samantha’s wishes dwindle and Daphne offers her glimpses into the life she thought she wanted, the unlikely pair grows close. Perhaps the girl of Samantha’s dreams is actually the stuff of nightmares, but Samantha and Daphne will have to outsmart the Devil himself if they want a chance at happily ever after.


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Alexandria Bellefleur is a bestselling and award-winning author of swoony contemporary romance often featuring loveable grumps and the sunshine characters who bring them to their knees. Her debut novel, Written in the Stars, was a 2021 Lambda Literary Award winner and a 2020 winner of The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction.


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Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at People Magazine, overseeing all things books on all platforms. She previously led books coverage at Good Housekeeping Magazine, where she founded the Good Housekeeping Book Club and has also written for Woman's Day, Prevention, the New York Times, and many other publications. She's also a writing coach at the New York Writing Room, teaches journalism courses at New York University and is the author of Biography of a Body and Buffalo Steel. Find Lizz online at lizzschumer.com or on Instagram at lizzschumer.

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