NEW ROMANTICS! PUCK by Samantha Allen
Schedule
Wed Aug 19 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Skylark Bookshop | Columbia, MO
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August’s New Romantics Book Club selection is PUCK, by Samantha Allen. It’s a romcom inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream… Puck is a reality show producer and agent of chaos with a talent for bringing people together . . . and tearing them apart. As usual, we’ll meet in the shop at 6:30 p.m.! See you there?!Meet Puck: the nonbinary, thirty-year-old mastermind behind Homewreckers, a dating show that puts troubled couples through hell—with a little help from their exes. Used to being the one pulling the strings, it shocks Puck when their life undergoes a plot twist of its own and their college roommate Mia announces her engagement to her ex’s best friend, Damon. Having only recently broken up with longtime-boyfriend Zander, and never having had much in common with Damon (who lovesick Lena has always pined after), Mia’s news leaves her friend group reeling—and Puck’s mind whirling.
When they arrive for a week of wedding festivities at an upscale resort in the Appalachian forest, Puck immediately sees that Mia’s marriage will lead to misery, and takes it upon themself to save their friends by rearranging the couples—without anyone finding out. But as Puck comes up against a type-A maid of honor hell-bent on making this wedding happen, it becomes clear that they will have to deliver the greatest stunt of their career. If only they can take their eyes off the bridesmaid. After all, the course of true love never did run smooth…
Written with Samantha Allen’s signature charm, wit, and an irresistible dose of Shakespearian mischief, Puck is the ultimate romcom for our chaotic era, and a celebration of the friendships that carry us through it all.
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Where is it happening?
Skylark Bookshop, 22 South 9th Street,Columbia, Missouri, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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