12/7 Charlotte Arts & Lectures Presents: An Evening with Adrienne Young

We are over the moon to welcome Adrienne Young to Charlotte to celebrate the release of her new book Chosen Son, the conclusion to the Fallen City duology. For this ticketed, author event, Adrienne will be in conversation with Isabel Ibañez! We're so excited to host these two fantastic, local authors. This event will feature an author in-conversation, audience Q&A, and book signing after their discussion, as well as refreshments to enjoy before and during the event. We hope you will join us for an evening to remember with two of our favorite authors!

With the purchase of a ticket, guests will receive a signed copy of Adrienne Young's new book Chosen Son. Additional pre-signed copies of Adrienne's and Isabel's backlist titles will be available for sale at the event. Please note that we will not be able to accommodate the signing of personal copies brought from home; please refrain from bringing additional books to this event.

Tickets for this event are $35. Purchase Tickets Here.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

ADRIENNE YOUNG is a foodie with a deep love of history and travel and a shameless addiction to coffee. When she’s not writing, you can find her on her yoga mat, sipping wine over long dinners or disappearing into her favorite art museums. She lives with her documentary filmmaker husband and their four little wildlings in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling Sky in the Deep duology and the Fable duology.

ISABEL IBAÑEZ is a #1 New York Times, Sunday Times, USA Today and Indie bestselling author of historical fantasies. Her acclaimed novels include Woven in Moonlight, the Secrets of the Nile duology, Together We Burn, Written in Starlight, and Graceless Heart. She is the proud daughter of Bolivian immigrants and has a deep love for history, traveling, and writing stories where her characters are often running for their lives. She currently lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her family.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The conclusion to Adrienne Young's razor sharp Fallen City duology! When the gods demand a sacrifice, it will be something no one could have ever expected. The war is just beginning.

When the city fell, Maris lost everything—her freedom, her future, and the man she loved. Now, with Luca trapped behind the gates of Isara, she makes a choice that will change her life forever: to don the armor of the enemy and march back into the heart of the city she was forced to flee. Every step brings her closer to Luca, but also deeper into the blood-soaked machine of war.

Inside Isara’s walls, Luca wrestles with a truth more dangerous than any sword. Once the symbol of the Loyal Legion, he has lost the thing he was truly fighting for—Maris. The shift of the war has left him to question whether he has become a pawn of the gods, and with betrayal lurking in every shadow, Luca must decide who he is: the dutiful soldier forged by rebellion, or the man willing to risk everything for love.

Across battlefields and through broken temples, Maris and Luca’s treacherous paths through Isara are set to collide. And when the gods demand sacrifice, it comes in a form no one could have expected.

 

1/14/27 Charlotte Arts & Lectures Presents: An Evening with Marisa Kashino

We are thrilled to welcome Marisa Kashino to Charlotte to celebrate the paperback release of Best Offer Wins, the first pick for our Spooky Sh*t book club for 2027 and a top-read of the year for Cleary's Booksellers! For this ticketed, author event, Marisa will be in conversation with Renée Ahdieh and the event will feature an author in-conversation, audience Q&A, and book signing after their discussion, as well as refreshments to enjoy before and during the event. We hope you will join us for an evening to remember with two fantastic authors!

With the purchase of a ticket, guests will receive a signed copy of the paperback release of Marisa Kashino's Best Offer Wins. Additional pre-signed copies of the hard back edition and Renée's backlist titles will be available for sale at the event.

Tickets for this event are $25. Purchase Tickets Here. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MARISA KASHINO was a journalist for 17 years, most recently at The Washington Post. She spent the bulk of her career at Washingtonian magazine, writing long-form features and overseeing the real estate and home design coverage. She grew up near Seattle, graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in journalism and political science. She lives in the DC area with her husband, two dogs, and two cats. Best Offer Wins is her first novel.

Renée Ahdieh is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her spare time, she likes to dance salsa and collect shoes. She is passionate about all kinds of curry, rescue dogs, and college basketball. The first few years of her life were spent in a high-rise in South Korea; consequently, Renée enjoys having her head in the clouds. She and her family live in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Wrath and the Dawn series, the Flame in the Mist series, and The Beautiful quartet.

ABOUT THE BOOK

An insanely competitive housing market. A desperate buyer on the edge. In Marisa Kashino’s darkly hilarious debut novel, Best Offer Wins, the white picket fence becomes the ultimate symbol of success—and obsession. How far would you go for the house of your dreams?

Eighteen months and 11 lost bidding wars into house-hunting in the overheated Washington, DC suburbs, 37-year-old publicist Margo Miyake gets a tip about the perfect house, in the perfect neighborhood, slated to come up for sale in one month. Desperate to escape the cramped apartment she shares with her husband Ian — and in turn, get their marriage, plan to have a baby, and whole life back on track — Margo becomes obsessed with buying the house before it’s publicly listed and the masses descend (with unbeatable, all-cash offers in hand).

A little stalking? Harmless. A bit of trespassing? Necessary. As Margo infiltrates the homeowners’ lives, her tactics grow increasingly unhinged—but just when she thinks she’s won them over, she hits a snag in her plan. Undeterred, Margo will prove again and again that there’s no boundary she won’t cross to seize the dream life she’s been chasing. The most unsettling part? You’ll root for her, even as you gasp in disbelief.

Dark, biting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Best Offer Wins is a propulsive debut and a razor-sharp exploration of class, ambition, and the modern housing crisis.