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HYBRID - Romance Book Club: Science Fiction Romances

June 1, 2023
6:30 PM
Hosted by Ashland Public Library
Cheever Conference Room
61 Front St.
Ashland MA 01721

We love our Romance Book Club! Join us in reading a new romance genre each month. This month we will be enjoying Science Fiction Romances. Please pick any book that falls into the category of a Science Fiction Romance. If you enjoy SciFi romances such as those involving aliens or cyborgs, robots, spaceships or futuristic societies, this month is for you! Whatever you pick, come ready to discuss, share and add some titles to your TBR pile! We'll have a variety of books you can choose from at the library or you can browse our online catalog.

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VIRTUAL - "Queen Charlotte" Discussion

June 6, 2023
7:00 PM
Hosted by Ashland Public Library
Ashland MA 01721

The highly anticipated Julia Quinn's 'Queen Charlotte: Season One' is coming to Netflix on May 4th brought to us by Shondaland! If you love the Bridgertons and need something to tide you over until Season Three comes out, join us for this discussion, set in the world of Bridgerton! You've had a month to binge, now let's talk about how the show was for you. Did it meet our expectations what we liked and how much did we love it? Are your eyes bleeding from bingeing it? We may even talk a bit about the book, written by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rimes.

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LIVE - Kristan Higgins

June 7, 2023
7:00 PM
Hosted by Barrington Books
184 County Rd
Barrington RI

Join us as we welcome NYT Best Selling author Kristan Higgins to Barrington Books for a book event celebrating the release of her latest novel, A Little Ray of Sunshine. Moderated by author of Daughters of Nantucket, Julie Gerstenblatt.

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LIVE - TJ Alexander

June 10, 2023
1:00 PM
Hosted by Savoy Bookshop and Café
10 Canal St.
Westerly RI 02891

Savoy Bookshop and Café presents a weekend book signing with TJ Alexander for the book, Chef's Choice. A fake dating arrangement turns to real love in this deliciously delightful queer rom-com from the author of the sweetly satisfying Chef’s Kiss.

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LIVE - Kristan Higgins

June 12, 2023
7:00 PM
Hosted by Tolland Public Library
12 Tolland Grn
Tolland CT

Kristan Higgins, a New York Times bestselling author of more than 20 novels, will give a free book talk at the Tolland Public Library on June 12 at 7 p.m. as part of the Tolland Public Library Foundation’s Eaton-Dimock-King Authors Series.

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VIRTUAL - The Two Nerdy History Girls

June 13, 2023
7:00 PM
Hosted by Ashland Public Library
Ashland MA 01721

We keep having so much fun with Loretta and Susan that we had to keep bringing them back for encore performances! You know them as the Two Nerdy History Girls - authors Loretta Chase and Susan Holloway Scott were the originators of the infamous blog. We, once again, have Loretta and Susan here to answer all of our burning questions. How do they find interesting tidbits of historical lore, which libraries of the world have they visited, and how do they avoid the inescapable "rabbit hole"? We can't wait for what we know is going to be a fascinating conversation between these two friends and researchers.

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LIVE - Ali Hazelwood

June 14, 2023
6:00 PM
Hosted by Harvard Book Store
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St
Cambridge MA 02138

Harvard Book Store welcomes ALI HAZELWOOD—New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain—for a discussion of her latest novel Love, Theoretically.

Ticket required (includes a copy of the book)

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LIVE - Kristan Higgins

June 14, 2023
7:00 PM
Hosted by An Unlikely Story
111 South St.
Plainville MA 02762

It wouldn't be summer without a visit from the little ray of sunshine herself, Kristan Higgins! Kristan will talk about her new novel, A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE, an ode to family, motherhood, and the assumptions we make about both. Kristan will talk about her writing, answer audience questions and sign books. We'll have Kristan's books, beer, wine and light snacks available for purchase at the event.

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VIRTUAL - Paranormal Romance Authors Ilona Andrews and Nalini Singh in Conversation

June 21, 2023
5:00 PM
Hosted by Ashland Public Library
Ashland MA 01721

We are so excited to be chatting with two titans of paranormal romance - wife and husband team Ilona & Gordon Andrews and Nalini Singh! If you've read their books, you know why we are squeeeing about this conversation. If you haven't, just one suggestion. Start at the beginning and you won't stop reading for a very long time. We'll be chatting world building, character development, keeping the ideas fresh, and anything else we can think of. We hope you can join us for what will be an amazing discussion!

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LIVE - Gabi Burton

June 27, 2023
7:00 PM
Hosted by Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard St.
Coolidge Corner
Brookline MA 02446

In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the release of Sing Me to Sleep with author Gabi Burton. In this dark and seductive YA fantasy debut, a siren must choose between protecting her family and following her heart in a prejudiced kingdom where her existence is illegal.

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HYBRID - Romance Book Club: LGBTQ+ Romances

July 6, 2023
6:30 PM
Hosted by Ashland Public Library
Cheever Conference Room
61 Front St.
Ashland MA 01721

This month please pick any book that falls into the category of a LGBTQ+ Romance. There are lots of romances out there featuring characters from the LGBTQ+ community. Whatever you pick, come ready to discuss, share and add some titles to your TBR pile!

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VIRTUAL - Carla Kelly

July 19, 2023
7:00 PM
Hosted by Ashland Public Library
Ashland MA 01721

A Visit with Romance Author (and National Park Service Seasonal Ranger) Carla Kelly: We had so much fun with Carla that, by popular demand, we're having her back! Once again, we'll be talking about Carla's early books as well as her American Historicals and her latest World War II Stories. Carla says her 4th "Unlikely" book will be out and up for discussion, too. Oh, wait, there's more! Carla is also a former seasonal ranger in the National Park Service. We hope to see our romance, history, and nature buffs again!

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LIVE - Summer Author Series presents Annabel Monaghan

August 9, 2023
5:00 PM
Hosted by Bank Square Books and Ocean House
Ocean House
1 Bluff Ave.
Westerly RI 02891

Welcome to the Summer Author Series at the Ocean House featuring Annabel Monaghan for the new book Same Time Next Summer. The ultimate summer nostalgia read, about an engaged woman who comes face to face with her first love who she hasn't seen in fourteen years, but who she spent every summer with from age five to seventeen when he broke her heart, calling into question everything she thought she knew about their love story, and herself. Ticket purchase includes a copy of the book.

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LIVE - Katee Robert

August 20, 2023
4:30 PM
Hosted by Gibson's Bookstore
45 South Main St
Concord NH 03301

Gibson's Bookstore is pleased to welcome Katee Robert for the fifth book in her Dark Olympus series, Cruel Seduction, a scorchingly hot modern retelling of Aphrodite and Hephaestus! Our romance-reading staff members have been gaga over Katee's series, with Events Coordinator Elisabeth giving Neon Gods a first-ever 6 on her Steam Scale (which usually goes to 5), and they're a-flutter at the thought of this event happening in our store! This event is happening after hours so that no little ears are in the store for what will surely promise to be spicy 18+ conversation topics. Please note: Katee will be personally handling and stamping each book with her signature. To preserve her hand, there will be no personalizations.

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