Midnight Haven Books

Midnight Haven Books began as a dream for a different kind of bookshop—one that could move, wander, and reach the places brick-and-mortar stores never could. A bookshop on wheels, stitched together with velvet walls, indie stories, and a belief that books change people, and people change communities.

But the mission has grown.

Here in West Virginia, access to books is uneven. Entire towns have no bookstore. Some have no library. And the reading support that children get in the early years fades out long before life gets easier.

One in five adults reads below a 3rd-grade level. Nearly two in three read below an 8th-grade level. Only 22% of our 4th graders reach reading proficiency.
And the gap widens as they grow up.

That’s the space Midnight Haven Books steps into.

My mission is simple: bring books, connection, and literary access directly to rural Appalachian communities—especially teens and adults who have been overlooked.

This mobile bookshop isn’t just a business.
It’s outreach.
It’s literacy.
It’s community care in motion.

Through curated indie titles, diverse voices, pop-up events, and weekly routes, Midnight Haven Books aims to create spaces where people can rediscover the joy of reading—without needing to travel, without needing resources they may not have, and without feeling forgotten.

I’ve personally invested more than $15,000 to build the bookshop from the ground up. And with help from the West Virginia Women’s Business Center, I’m expanding this into a long-term literacy project designed to serve rural towns, underserved communities, and readers who’ve slipped through the cracks of traditional programs.

If you’d like to help fuel this mission—whether it’s through outreach support, sharing the project, or donating toward travel and books—you can do so here:

Bring Books Back to Rural West Virginia

Small towns deserve stories too.
And I’m committed to bringing those stories to them… one stop at a time.