Photo-op w/ Nicholas Sparks for REMAIN at B&N -The Arboretum!

Join in Charlotte, NC on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 as we welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author, , to the store to celebrate the release of , written with M. Night Shyamalan.

To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of buying a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.

**A ticket includes

• **A ticket PER PERSON includes one presigned copy of , along with admission to the event space to get a photo with Nicholas Sparks. (LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE)**

• Photo op ONLY + one presigned copy of .

• 1 ticket PER PERSON = 1 presigned copy of and 1 photo with Nicholas Sparks.

• The photo will be taken by a professional photographer for you to download following the event -- no personal cell phone / camera use will be allowed.

• **Masks are strongly recommended if you are not vaccinated.
• Please have a copy of your ticket available (either printed out or on your phone) for check in.
• To avoid disappointment, we strongly advise you to arrive no later than the start time of the event. Late arrivals may not have the opportunity to enter the event space.
• No books or memorabilia will be signed at the event.

• No large bags will be permitted into the event.

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• Barnes & Noble may cancel this event at any time with or without notice to the ticket holders.

• Some outside queuing may be required, so please do come dressed appropriately for all weathers.
• The exact time at which the event ends will be determined on the day.
• Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted to join the queue.
• All event guidelines are subject to change.

• If you have any additional questions, you can call the store directly at: 704-341-9365.

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Should this event be canceled due to changing COVID-19 concerns, all customers will be refunded their ticket price to the original method of payment per Eventbrite's refund policy.

Event guidelines are subject to change.

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ABOUT REMAIN: A Supernatural Love Story

When New York architect Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod to design his best friend’s summer home, he is hoping to make a fresh start. Recently discharged from an upscale psychiatric facility where he was treated for acute depression, he is still wrestling with the pain of losing his beloved sister. Sylvia’s deathbed revelation—that she can see spirits who are still tethered to the living world, a gift that runs in their family—sits uneasily with Tate, who struggles to believe in more than what reason can explain. But when he takes up residence at a historic bed-and-breakfast on the Cape, he encounters a beautiful young woman named Wren who will challenge every assumption he has about his logical and controlled world.
Tate and Wren find themselves forging an immediate connection, one that neither has ever experienced before. But Tate gradually discovers that below the surface of Wren’s idyllic small-town life, hatred, jealousy, and greed are festering, threatening their fragile relationship just as it begins to blossom. Tate realizes that in order to free Wren from an increasingly desperate fate, he will need to unearth the truth about her past before time runs out . . . a quest that will make him doubt whether we can ever believe the stories we tell about ourselves, and the laws that govern our existence. Love—while transformative—can sometimes be frightening.
A story about the power of transcendent emotion, Remain asks us all: Can love set us free not only from our greatest sorrows, but even from the boundaries of life and death?

ABOUT NICHOLAS SPARKS

With over 100 million copies of his books sold, Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved storytellers. His novels include fifteen #1 New York Times bestsellers, and all of his books, including Three Weeks with My Brother, the memoir he wrote with his brother, Micah, have been New York Times and international bestsellers, and were translated into more than fifty languages. Eleven of Nicholas Sparks's novels — The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John, Nights in Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle — have been adapted into major motion pictures.

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