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Wouter van Noort is 34% done with The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

A smile slowly came over me. This was working. I could trust the people in this room, and I could trust this event to give everything I'd been missing here: community. Belonging.

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Wouter van Noort is 26% done with The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

It's hard to sell books in secret.
I'd been so sure at first.

— Jun 21, 2026 05:41AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 21% done with The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

I took a picture of the shelf and sent it to my family's group chat, adding the message; Rearranging some shelves at the bookstore!

— Jun 20, 2026 02:16PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 14% done with The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

I glanced around the shop, taking in my new work-place. Shelves crammed with books formed narrow aisles. For the next few months, this was my story, too.

— Jun 19, 2026 11:09PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 6% done with The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

Bell River felt unique. Captivating.
And, for the next four months, mine.

— Jun 19, 2026 03:43AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 92% done with In Her Own League

I'm in love with you.
But still, I hold those words in. Wanting to use them at a time that can't be misconstrued with needing to prove a point.

— Jun 18, 2026 08:18AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 84% done with In Her Own League

My person. My daughter's words play on a loop again, but this time there's no asking myself if that's the correct label or not. Because there's not a doubt in my mind that Reese is my person.

— Jun 18, 2026 02:13AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 78% done with In Her Own League

"I think that might be your superpower. Being safe."
Safe. Maybe if I were young, I wouldn't love the description. But as a grown man who knows better, safe is the only word I want her to use to describe me. It's the only way I want her to feel around me.

— Jun 17, 2026 02:17AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 70% done with In Her Own League

It's a liberating, yet terrifying, realization. Because I'm pretty sure Emmett Montgomery is everything I wasn't ever planning to go looking for.

— Jun 16, 2026 12:51PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 64% done with In Her Own League

Sure, I've been needed by others, but rarely do I let that be reciprocated. I pride myself on taking care of my people, but regardless that I'm the one holding Reese, comforting Reese,
I think I might be the one who needs her.

— Jun 16, 2026 05:08AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 58% done with In Her Own League

I close my eyes and attempt to concentrate on anything other than how utterly fucked I am when it comes to the man sitting next to me.

— Jun 15, 2026 03:26PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 52% done with In Her Own League

I'm just mad. I'm mad at the headlines that haven't been written yet. I'm mad at our 6-4 loss tonight. I guess. And I'm mad at Emmett, for making me like him so much. Truthfully... screw him for doing that.

— Jun 15, 2026 02:41AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 47% done with In Her Own League

Reese smiles brightly up at me, her blue eyes shining under the summer sun. Clearly, so excited for me and the news I just received. And that's when I realize, for the first time in an awfully long time, I got to share an important moment with someone too.

— Jun 14, 2026 08:07AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 41% done with In Her Own League

No fucking way. I didn't entirely believe Emmett when he texted to tell me he'd be the one taking me home. But here he is, leaning against the hood of his truck, arms crossed over his chest, exuding all the confidence in the world.

— Jun 13, 2026 04:03PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 34% done with In Her Own League

Am I jealous? Fuck yeah, I'm jealous. I'm jealous that she'll hardly talk to me and now someone else gets the privilege of having her attention all night. I'm jealous she's out with someone else in public because that person, unlike me, is not her employee.

— Jun 13, 2026 08:29AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 29% done with In Her Own League

I like listening to her speak. I like the way she handles herself. I like her sharp mind and her quick wit. I think I might just like her, which is a real problem when I think about protecting her legacy. The last thing she needs is her employee crushing on her.

— Jun 12, 2026 02:51PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 23% done with In Her Own League

Reese's eyes stay on mine the entire time, and when I reach her, I carefully swipe the bit of stray gloss off her skin with the pad of my thumb. "You look..." Stunning. Breathtaking. Absolutely unreal. "Beautiful."

— Jun 12, 2026 07:44AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 17% done with In Her Own League

She's all business today. Light tan trousers that make her legs look about a mile long. Fuck me, I feel like a creep. She's your boss. But regardless of her title, Reese Remington is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen.

— Jun 11, 2026 03:45PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 11% done with In Her Own League

Standing, I grab my bag and shove the budget inside before turning the corner to head back to my office. Only to take one step before slamming face first into... a chest, I guess? Emmett freaking Montgomery.

— Jun 11, 2026 03:42AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 6% done with In Her Own League

My new boss is not only a pain in my ass, but she's also stunning and the first woman my body has decided to pay attention to in God knows how long.

— Jun 10, 2026 04:03PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 86% done with Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

The sun was beaming, the day growing warm. Only a few bits of gray fluff marred an otherwise flawless blue sky.
So why the cold prickle spreading across my skin?

— Jun 10, 2026 03:52AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 78% done with Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

The Foggy Bottom fires. The tiny subcellar lady. The four upstairs DOAs. Officer Deery. The Stoll brothers. The upcoming interview.
The broken icemaker that had rendered my home uninhabitable.

— Jun 09, 2026 04:22PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 72% done with Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true. That was the answer. The reason for my commitment to the subcellar lady.

— Jun 09, 2026 08:19AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 64% done with Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

Suddenly I was wide awake.
For one unnerving moment, I had no idea where I was.
Then recognition.
Sonofabitch!
I went bolt upright.

— Jun 09, 2026 02:26AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 58% done with Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

| was trying to pull a corpse from a bag. It wouldn't budge. The harder I tugged, the deeper the lifeless limbs entangled themselves in the burlap. Great. The subcellar vic was now haunting my sleep.

— Jun 08, 2026 03:16PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 53% done with Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

Would they care about the lady in the sack?
Was her death even a murder?
Why not let it go?

— Jun 08, 2026 10:27AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 47% done with Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

I listened. Felt the expression on Doyle's face take over mine.
Doyle's informant was calling with a tip about another fire.
In Foggy Bottom.

— Jun 08, 2026 03:11AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 41% done with Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

The process was painstakingly slow, but eventually Burlap's booty lay fully exposed. Mixed feelings. Relief that I hadn't been wrong. Sadness that I hadn't been wrong.

— Jun 07, 2026 02:04PM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 34% done with Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

What about my belowdecks corpse? The home had been built in 1911. When had the woman died? How? Why the burlap sack? How had her body ended up in the subcellar? The subcellar that was mysteriously absent from the architectural plans.

— Jun 07, 2026 06:23AM Add a comment

Wouter van Noort is 27% done with Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

Drawing close, I circled the sack, braced a hand on the wall, and squatted. Using one finger, I loosened the knot and dragged the edge of the burlap downward a few inches. I aimed my erratic beam down into the opening I'd created. My heart threw in a few extra beats.

— Jun 06, 2026 02:56PM Add a comment

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