The Shop on Hidden Lane by Jayne Ann Krentz is a romantic suspense novel with an element of paranormal. The Wells and Harpers have always disliked each other. There is a lot of distrust between the families.
The Wells family is powerful and is known to play both sides of an issue. They are a close family run by their grandmother. Luke is in line to be the next head of the family, but he is looking for his missing uncle.
The Harper family is known to offer their psychic services for not always legal reasons. They have a shop on Hidden Lane seemingly full of crystals, potions and other mystic materials, while in reality they have a library hidden under the store that is full of paranormal books. Sophy is looking for her missing aunt.
Sophy’s aunt and Luke’s uncle are missing together. Both have to work together to discover where they are. The fact they are together is concerning, hopefully just working not romantically. Having said that, Sophie and Luke seem to have some romantic sparks between them as they search for their missing family.
We have magic crystals, paranormal energy, missing family and eerie people that revolve around the search taken on by Sophy and Luke. The Shop on Hidden Lane by Jayne Ann Krentz is a great read
*** This book comes out January 6, 2026. Thanks to Net Galley and Penguin Random Publishing for the ARC copy. The opinions are mine and not from either organization.
