Manayunk, Philadelphia

Cupid's Bookshop

Cupid’s is more than a bookstore, it’s a judgment‑free zone where diverse love stories are celebrated openly. Tina envisioned a store where readers don’t have to hide their favorite tropes—be it aliens, faeries, dragons, or adventure romances—and where workshops, midnight release parties, and author signings are part of the romance culture.

Community is at our core. We host monthly book clubs spanning romantasy, contemporary romance, dark romance, and LGBTQ+ titles—each one a welcoming space for readers to gush, cry, debate tropes, and bond over their favorite book boyfriends (and girlfriends, and morally gray magical beings). Whether you're new to romance or a lifelong lover of the genre, our book clubs are designed to make you feel seen, heard, and completely at home.

Upcoming Events

Oct24

Author EventRomanceManayunk, Philadelphia

Author Signing Julian Winters + Erik J Brown

1:00 PM • Saturday, October 24, 2026Cupid's BookshopFree

Join us at Cupid's Bookshop for author signings with Julian Winters and Erik J. Brown Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026 Time: 1-3pm Location: Cupid's Bookshop - 4347 Main Street. Philadelphia, PA 19127 Tickets: FREE. We recommend preordering your book to guarantee a copy and select PICKUP. If you would like to guarantee any back titles, please purchase online and select pickup. ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING: Event will take place at Cupid's Bookshop. Guests who would benefit from priority seating or any additional assistance are encouraged to reach out in advance. Email us at cupidsbookshopbookseller@gmail.com and we're more than happy to make arrangements! Free and paid street and lot parking options are available throughout Manayunk. BOOK PICKUP POLICY If you can no longer make it to the event, please contact us ahead of time, and we can get your book personalized for you. In the event that you can no longer attend, and do not contact us, books will be signed but not personalized. If you can no longer attend the event, books will be held for up to 30 days after the event date. We will email you after the event with pickup or shipment details. If we have not heard from you within 30 days, we may donate or return to inventory. Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to welcoming you to our event! ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Julian Winters Julian Winters is the bestselling author of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award-winning Running With Lions; the Georgia Peach Award nominated Right Where I Left You; Junior Library Guild Selections How to Be Remy Cameron, The Summer of Everything, and As You Walk On By, Prince of the Palisades and adult romances I Think They Love You and Last First Kiss, a USA Today Bestseller. A self-proclaimed comic book geek, Julian spent his adolescence in upstate New York before moving to his current home of Decatur, Georgia. He can usually be found reading, swooning over rom-coms, or watching the only two sports he can follow—volleyball and soccer. You can follow Julian on Instagram (@wintersjulian) or his website, julianwinters.com. Erik J. Brown Erik J. Brown is the internationally-bestselling author of All That's Left in the World and the sequel The Only Light Left Burning. His books have received starred reviews from Kirkus, The Bulletin of the Center of Children's Books, and ALA Booklist. His second novel, Lose You to Find Me, became a USA Today Bestseller. Erik is also the co-host of the YA Book Podcast YA-OK where he and Alyssa Ljub of Netflix's The Circle talk with new and established YA authors about writing, publishing, and all things YA! He lives in Philadelphia with his family.

Oct27

Book ReleaseRomanceManayunk, Philadelphia

Book Bedazzling Night

6:30 PM • Tuesday, October 27, 2026Cupid's Bookshop$35

Bedazzle your next favorite read at Cupid's Bookshop! This is a fun, crafty event where you can decorate a paperback with rhinestones, gems, and other sparkly embellishments, transforming them into the prettiest edition to display on your shelf! The event is $35 per person, which includes your choice of a paperback to bedazzle. A bedazzling kit will be available for use at this event.

Oct31

Author EventRomanceManayunk, Philadelphia

Author Signing: Kate Fox

1:00 PM • Saturday, October 31, 2026Cupid's BookshopFree

Join us at Cupid's Bookshop for an author signing with Kate Fox, celebrating her new paranormal romance, SUCCUBUS Date: Saturday, Oct 31, 2026 Time: 1-3pm Location: Cupid's Bookshop - 4347 Main Street. Philadelphia, PA 19127 Tickets: FREE. We recommend preordering your book to guarantee a copy and select PICKUP. If you would like to guarantee any back titles, please purchase online and select pickup. If you are unable to attend the event, but would like to receive a signed and personalize copy, please order online and note in the order that you would like it signed and/or personalized. Kate will be signing a maximum of three books from home, but at least 1 copy has to be purchased at Cupid's Bookshop. No exceptions. This is subject to change at any time at the author's discretion. ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING: Event will take place at Cupid's Bookshop. Guests who would benefit from priority seating or any additional assistance are encouraged to reach out in advance. Email us at cupidsbookshopbookseller@gmail.com and we're more than happy to make arrangements! Free and paid street and lot parking options are available throughout Manayunk. BOOK PICKUP POLICY If you can no longer make it to the event, please contact us ahead of time, and we can get your book personalized for you. In the event that you can no longer attend, and do not contact us, books will be signed but not personalized. If you can no longer attend the event, books will be held for up to 30 days after the event date. We will email you after the event with pickup or shipment details. If we have not heard from you within 30 days, we may donate or return to inventory. Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to welcoming you to our event! ABOUT THE BOOK: Her touch kills, his saves the dying. Are they fated, or forbidden? Tempest Dunlap loves romance novels, but she knows she’ll never have her own happily-ever-after. She is a sweatpants-wearing doula who homeschools her seven-year-old niece in suburban New Jersey. Unfortunately, she’s also a succubus: Every man she’s ever kissed has died. But Tempest is a good person who never intended to be a murderer, so she’s sworn off love forever. Then she meets Joel Tav, a gorgeous, gentle doctor who makes celibacy feel impossible. Tempest knows she can’t touch him—or tell him his brother was the last man she dated and accidentally killed. Meanwhile, a vigilante is hunting people with dark powers, and Tempest is next. Should she keep hiding in her safe, lonely life, or should she embrace the darkness she fears and risk the ultimate forbidden romance? Maybe Tempest will get her love story after all . . . or maybe she’ll become its villain. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: KATE FOX lives with her husband, daughters, and two fluffy cats in an old house in an old town in the universally admired state of New Jersey, where she looks for magic in mundane places. Her favorite trope is enemies to lovers, as long as they're really enemies.

Nov6

Community EventRomanceManayunk, Philadelphia

Women Who Kill Event

7:00 PM • Friday, November 6, 2026Cupid's Bookshop$10

WOMEN WHO KILL Seven women. Countless fictional victims. Zero convictions. Friday, November 6, 2026 | 7 PM Cupid's Bookshop 4347 Main Street, Manayunk, Philadelphia 18+ | Tickets: $10 (includes $10 store credit) PUBLIC SAFETY WARNING: AN UNUSUALLY HIGH CONCENTRATION OF WOMEN WHO KILL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANAYUNK. Don't panic. They're authors. We're bringing together seven women who know how to write a hell of a story, and we're giving them a microphone. For generations, women in literature have been expected to suffer gracefully, forgive endlessly, and survive whatever terrible things the plot throws at them. But what happens when women stop playing nice? When they get angry? When they want revenge? When they become the villain, the monster, the mastermind, or something altogether more complicated? MEET THE SUSPECTS: Christina Henry Hannah Morrissey Stephanie Feldman Diana Rodriguez Wallach Rebekah Faubion Olivia Worley Sybil Knight Together, these seven authors will explore the darker side of storytelling across genres, from dangerous desires and deadly secrets to rage, obsession, revenge, and women who refuse to be reduced to victims. We'll be asking the questions that polite society would rather we didn't. Why does female rage make people so uncomfortable? Why do we love morally complicated women? Why are women expected to be likable, even when they're fictional? And why is there something so satisfying about a woman who finally decides she's had enough? Expect a lively, unfiltered conversation, plenty of dark humor, and opportunities to meet the authors. YOUR ADMISSION ISN'T LOST MONEY. Tickets are $10, and your admission includes $10 in store credit to put toward your next read. This event is strictly 18+. Seven women. One night. A whole lot of motives. The only other place you'd find this many women who kill together is a penitentiary. And unlike prison, this one comes with books. Event details: Date: Friday, November 6, 2026 Time: 7:00 PM Location: Cupid's Bookshop - 4347 Main Street. Philadelphia, PA 19127 Tickets: $10 per person — store credit that can be used towards the purchase of a book by one of the authors. This event is 18+; no one under the age of 18 will be permitted into the event. A ticket is required for entry into this event. No one will be permitted entry without a ticket. EVENT DETAILS 6:45PM: Doors Open – Settle in, take some time to shop, and browse our collection of books by the authors. 7:00PM: Introduction 7:05PM: Discussion Begins ~7:40 PM: Q&A Session – Your chance to ask the authors anything! 7:45 PM: Signing line – Meet the authors, get your books signed, and snap a photo. The line will be in order of seating row. 9:00 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us! Tickets are limited, so grab yours soon! ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING Check-in will take place at Cupid's Bookshop. Guests who would benefit from priority seating or any additional assistance are encouraged to reach out in advance. Email us at cupidsbookshopbookseller@gmail.com and we're more than happy to make arrangements! Free and paid street and lot parking options are available throughout Manayunk. BOOK PICKUP POLICY If you can no longer make it to the event, please contact us ahead of time, and we can get your book personalized for you. In the event that you can no longer attend, and do not contact us, books will be signed but not personalized. If you can no longer attend the event, books will be held for up to 30 days after the event date. We will email you after the event with pickup or shipment details. If we have not heard from you within 30 days, we may donate or return to inventory. Thank you for your understanding!

Nov7

Author EventRomanceManayunk, Philadelphia

Author Signing: Audrey Goldberg Ruoff

1:00 PM • Saturday, November 7, 2026Cupid's BookshopFree

Join us at Cupid's Bookshop for an author signing with Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, celebrating her newest release, VENGEFULLY MATCHED, which is an opposites attract, enemies to lovers, fake dating rom-com with two heroines you can’t help but fall for. Full of pranks, magic, and personality, this novel is perfect for readers who wanted Glinda and Elphaba to just kiss already in Wicked. Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026 Time: 1-3pm Location: Cupid's Bookshop - 4347 Main Street. Philadelphia, PA 19127 Tickets: FREE. We recommend preordering your book to guarantee a copy and select PICKUP. If you would like to guarantee any back titles, please purchase online and select pickup. ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING: Event will take place at Cupid's Bookshop. Guests who would benefit from priority seating or any additional assistance are encouraged to reach out in advance. Email us at cupidsbookshopbookseller@gmail.com and we're more than happy to make arrangements! Free and paid street and lot parking options are available throughout Manayunk. BOOK PICKUP POLICY If you can no longer make it to the event, please contact us ahead of time, and we can get your book personalized for you. In the event that you can no longer attend, and do not contact us, books will be signed but not personalized. If you can no longer attend the event, books will be held for up to 30 days after the event date. We will email you after the event with pickup or shipment details. If we have not heard from you within 30 days, we may donate or return to inventory. Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to welcoming you to our event! ABOUT THE BOOK: From the author of the “colorful, sweet, and swoony” (Mallory Marlowe, USA TODAY bestselling author) Hopelessly Teavoted comes a witchy, sapphic rom-com about a mischievous runaway bride and her prim-and-proper Witchery Council rival who must fake-date in order to catch a would-be murderer—and accidentally fall in love. Priscilla Hart does not do regret—except maybe for the spectacularly disastrous choice of fleeing her own wedding in a cloud of magical fireworks. Now the town’s most infamous runaway witch, she’s determined to rebuild her reputation on the Witchery Council and prove she’s more than a scandal in designer heels. Agatha Vanderbilt Voisin, the newly elected council president, is everything Priscilla can’t stand: composed, proper, and infuriatingly perfect. But when a string of dangerous magical explosions points to Priscilla as the culprit, Agatha makes an impulsive move—announcing that they’re dating—to save her from exile. Faking a relationship in public should be simple even for such opposites…until late-night arguments turn into slow-burn attraction, and the two discover that something wicked is brewing in Hallowcross. To survive the magic—and their feelings—they’ll have to stop pretending and risk falling for real. Can they outwit a magic powerful enough to destroy them, or will trust be the most dangerous risk of all? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Audrey Goldberg, who also wrote as Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, writes contemporary and speculative romcoms and fantasy. She also teaches high school and lives her bookish dream of talking about stories all day, like Valerie Frizzle, but for secondary education. She has a BA in English Literature and Composition and Secondary Education, and a M.Ed. in Teaching Leadership, Learning, and Policy, with an emphasis on Curriculum Writing, all from the University of Maryland, College Park. She lives in Maryland with two small children who already stay up late reading, a witchy black cat with orange cat energy, and a scrappy but loyal little dog. Hopelessly Teavoted, her debut adult romcom, is a witchy romcom that published in September 2025 with Atria Books. Her sophomore novel, Vengefully Matched, is coming in October 2026, also from Atria, and her YA debut, Personal Space Issues, is coming from Harper Teen March 2027.

Nov14

Author EventRomanceManayunk, Philadelphia

Holiday Author Signing: Christine Drummond and Linny Mack

1:00 PM • Saturday, November 14, 2026Cupid's BookshopFree

Join us at Cupid's Bookshop for a Christmas Holiday author signing with Christine Drummond and Linny Mack Date: Saturday, November 14, 2026 Time: 1-3pm Location: Cupid's Bookshop - 4347 Main Street. Philadelphia, PA 19127 Tickets: FREE. We recommend preordering your book to guarantee a copy and select PICKUP. If you would like to guarantee any back titles, please purchase online and select pickup. This is subject to change at any time at the author's discretion. ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING: Event will take place at Cupid's Bookshop. Guests who would benefit from priority seating or any additional assistance are encouraged to reach out in advance. Email us at cupidsbookshopbookseller@gmail.com and we're more than happy to make arrangements! Free and paid street and lot parking options are available throughout Manayunk. BOOK PICKUP POLICY If you can no longer make it to the event, please contact us ahead of time, and we can get your book personalized for you. In the event that you can no longer attend, and do not contact us, books will be signed but not personalized. If you can no longer attend the event, books will be held for up to 30 days after the event date. We will email you after the event with pickup or shipment details. If we have not heard from you within 30 days, we may donate or return to inventory. Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to welcoming you to our event! ABOUT THE BOOKS: You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Christine Drummond She fixes everyone's messes. Coming home means facing the one man who never needed fixing. Charlotte "Charlie" Hayes has built a career out of fixing other people's disasters. As a music publicist, she can spin a scandal, save a reputation, and make the messiest men look good-even the one she's dating. So when her famous boyfriend's career implodes right before Christmas, Charlie throws herself into saving him-until Brent cancels their lease without telling her and vanishes on his comeback tour. Homeless and single, Charlie's forced back to the small Connecticut hometown she thought she'd escaped, complete with holiday lights, dark family memories, and Hunter: her steady, maddeningly good best friend, who she's been avoiding for months. Hunter Wells has spent years being the one who stays, who shows up-and who loved Charlie quietly because he knew she wasn't ready. But now she's back, and he's done waiting. With his thriving dog-walking business rooting him in Pinegrove, Hunter doesn't need saving. He needs Charlie to stop running long enough to imagine the life she never let herself want-with him. As Charlie manages her ex's high-pressure tour and her own uncertain career from afar, small-town Christmas starts to feel less like a temporary escape and more like one mess she can't clean up-and maybe doesn't want to. But Hunter will always belong to the town she spent years outrunning, and Charlie won't easily risk the new beginning she fought so hard for. For their love to last beyond Christmas, they'll have to answer the hardest question: can they create a future big enough for both their dreams? The Christmas Countdown by Linny Mack Lucy Sullivan swore she'd never spend another Christmas in Birch Harbor. Not after Dylan Mercer drowned ten years ago. Not after the town turned his death into a tragedy no one wanted to talk about. And definitely not after she left behind Dean Walker-the boy who stayed by her side when her entire world fell apart. But when her parents announce they're leaving Maine for good, Lucy returns home for one last Sullivan Family Christmas, expecting little more than awkward reunions and memories she's spent years trying to outrun. Birch Harbor's newest detective, Dean Walker has spent the last decade trying to move on from the girl who disappeared from his life without warning. But the moment Lucy walks back into town, old feelings come rushing to the surface-and so do questions surrounding Dylan's death. When mysterious gifts begin appearing on Lucy's doorstep-each one connected to the night Dylan died-it becomes impossible to ignore the past. Everyone in Birch Harbor has always believed Dylan's death was an accident. But someone remembers exactly what happened on the icy harbor that night. And they're determined to make sure the truth stays buried. As the truth draws them closer, Lucy and Dean begin to wonder if coming home might mean more than finally putting the past to rest-it might mean finding their way back to each other.

Nov21

Author EventRomanceManayunk, Philadelphia

Author Discussion + Signing Event: Zakiya N. Jamal in Conversation with Natasha Bishop

6:30 PM • Saturday, November 21, 2026Cupid's Bookshop$25

After a chance courtside encounter, a fake relationship between a rising influencer and a WNBA star gets a little too real in this swoony sapphic romance. Join us at Cupid's Bookshop for an author discussion and signing with Zakiya N. Jamal as she discusses her new book Two Can Play That Game with conversation partner Natasha Bishop (Only for the Week) Date: Saturday, November 21, 2026 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Cupid's Bookshop - 4347 Main Street. Philadelphia, PA 19127 Tickets: $25 per person — includes event entry, 1 paperback copy of Two Can Play That Game. This event is 18+; no one under the age of 18 will be permitted into the event. EVENT DETAILS 6:15PM: Doors Open – Settle in, take some time to shop, pick up your copy of Two Can Play That Game, and browse our collection of books by Zakiya N Jamal and Natasha Bishop 6:30PM: Introduction 6:35PM: Discussion Begins – In Conversation with Zakiya and Natasha ~7:00 PM: Q&A Session – Your chance to ask the authors anything! 7:15 PM: Signing line – Meet the authors, get your books signed, and snap a photo. The line will be in order of seating row. 8:30 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us! Limited copies of Zakiya's and Natasha's books will be available for purchase at the event. If you would like to guarantee any back titles, please purchase online and select pickup. Please note in the order comments that this is for the event. An admission ticket is required in addition to a purchase of any add-ons. Zakiya will be signing a maximum of three books from home, but only Two Can Play That Game will be personalized. This is subject to change at any time at the author's discretion. Tickets are limited, so grab yours soon! ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING Check-in will take place at Cupid's Bookshop. Guests who would benefit from priority seating or any additional assistance are encouraged to reach out in advance. Email us at cupidsbookshopbookseller@gmail.com and we're more than happy to make arrangements! Free and paid street and lot parking options are available throughout Manayunk. BOOK PICKUP POLICY If you can no longer make it to the event, please contact us ahead of time, and we can get your book personalized for you. In the event that you can no longer attend, and do not contact us, books will be signed but not personalized. If you can no longer attend the event, books will be held for up to 30 days after the event date. We will email you after the event with pickup or shipment details. If we have not heard from you within 30 days, we may donate or return to inventory. Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to welcoming you to our event! ABOUT THE BOOK: Chelsea has never cared about sports. But when she’s invited to sit courtside at a New York Rebels game, she welcomes the break from her usual routine. What she doesn’t expect is a basketball nearly colliding with her face—or the six-foot-four hottie who jogs over, flashing a heart-stopping grin, to retrieve it. Adrienne “AD” Daniels is a player on and off the court, notorious for their inability to stay in a relationship. Still, something about Chelsea sticks with them—even though their instant connection can’t bring AD to offer more than one night. But AD’s agent makes a pitch: Chelsea should pretend to be AD’s girlfriend. It’s a strategic move. AD, hoping to retire after this season, needs to lock down some brand deals—but their identity as a Black, nonbinary lesbian with a messy dating history makes sponsors wary. Chelsea, a sex-positive influencer, is ready to take her platform to a new level, and this feels like the perfect next step. With Chelsea’s network and AD’s star power, they could both strengthen their public images. Once the season ends, they’ll go their separate ways. As the ruse starts to work and their connection deepens, Chelsea finds herself on unsteady ground. Falling for AD wasn’t part of the plan, and if she follows through, she just might lose her heart and the future she’s finally starting to build. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Zakiya N. Jamal was born in Queens, raised on Long Island, and currently resides in Brooklyn. In other words, she’s a New Yorker through and through. She holds a BA in English from Georgetown University and a MFA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Writing for Children and Young Adults from The New School. You can find her on social media at @ZakiyaNJamal. ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER: Natasha is a hybrid contemporary romance author living in Baltimore, MD. She likes to write about sweet and badass women and the men that love them down. She’s been writing for as long as she can remember. It started with short stories in elementary school and graduated to poems, TV show scripts, and novels. When she started to write to be published, she decided to pursue romance because she loves to highlight couples who conquer emotional turmoil together and have fun along the way.She believes in letting love lead, one spicy book at a time.

Dec8

Author EventRomanceManayunk, Philadelphia

Author Discussion + Signing Event: Rosie Danan in Conversation with Alexandria Bellefleur

6:30 PM • Tuesday, December 8, 2026Cupid's Bookshop$30

A struggling reality TV producer tries to turn a reluctant vampire into the first supernatural lead of a famous dating show before the cameras start rolling in this steamy paranormal rom-com. Join us for an exciting author evening with Rosie Danan in conversation discussing the release of Villain Edit. Rosie will be in conversation with Alexandria Bellefleur for an engaging discussion about her work, followed by an audience Q+A and book signing. Date: Tuesday, December 8 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Venice Island - 7 Lock Street, Philadelphia, PA 19127 Tickets: $30 per person — includes event entry and one paperback copy of Villain Edit. This event is 18+; no one under the age of 18 will be permitted into the event. A ticket to the event is required for entry. No one will be allowed entry without a ticket. Purchase tickets on Eventbrite. EVENT DETAILS 6:15 PM: Doors Open – Settle in, take some time to shop, pick up your copy of Villain Edit, and browse our collection of books by Rosie Danan and Alexandria Bellefleur 7:00 PM: Discussion Begins – In Conversation with Rosie and Alexandria 7:30 PM: Q&A Session – Your chance to ask the authors anything! 7:45 PM: Signing line – Meet the authors, get your books signed, and snap a photo. Signings will be spaced out by groups on a first-come, first-serve basis. Everyone will get a chance to meet Rosie, but we recommend arriving early if you'd like to be in the first group. 8:30 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us! Limited copies of Rosie's and Alexandria's backlist titles will be available for purchase at the event. If you would like to guarantee any back titles, please purchase on our website and note in the order comments that it is for the Rosie Danan event on 12/8. An admission ticket is required in addition to a purchase of any add-ons. Rosie will be signing a maximum of three books from home, but only Villain Edit will be personalized. This is subject to change at any time at the author's discretion. Tickets are limited, so grab yours soon! If the event sells out, you can join the Eventbrite waitlist by selecting “Join Waitlist”. If any spots open up, we will release tickets in the order of our waitlist. You will have 24 hours to claim your ticket. ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING Check-in will take place at Venice Island. There is a ramp to access the front doors. Guests who would benefit from priority seating or any additional assistance are encouraged to reach out in advance. Email us at cupidsbookshopbookseller@gmail.com and we're more than happy to make arrangements! There is a paid parking lot directly in front of Venice Island. Free and paid street parking options are also available throughout Manayunk. BOOK PICKUP POLICY If you can no longer make it to the event, please contact us ahead of time, and we can get your book personalized for you. In the event that you can no longer attend, and do not contact us, books will be signed but not personalized. If you can no longer attend the event, books will be held for up to 30 days after the event date. We will email you after the event with pickup or shipment details. If we have not heard from you within 30 days, we may donate or return to inventory. Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to welcoming you to our event! ABOUT THE BOOK: Gabriel Hargrave, vampire crown prince, should be sitting on a throne right now. Instead, he’s on “diplomatic assignment” — forced to live amongst humans for a decade. He’ll be welcomed back once he proves he can control the thirst prophesied to bring about his destruction. Gabriel thought he was doing the right thing, lying low in the last place anyone would look for him: a SoCal retirement community. But then he gets a warning: there is no test without exposure. Coincidentally, temptation just came knocking. Harper Calloway makes great television. As the brains behind all the juiciest moments on Rare Pair: America’s Most Exceptional Dating Experiment, she thought she was irreplaceable until one bitter male lead got her fired. Down and out, she takes a house-sitting gig for her grandmother and stumbles upon the answer to all her problems in the vampire next door. If she can deliver Gabriel—poised to be the first vampire on a reality dating show—to the network, she’ll get the only thing she wants more than her job back: redemption. The problem? Gabriel doesn't fit the dark and dangerous fantasy of a vampire prince; the only thing he’s got less experience with than dating is drinking blood. Harper has her work cut out for her when the network gives her three weeks to get him ready to woo advertisers as the face of next season. If he flops, she’s going down with him. ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER: Alexandria Bellefleur is an award-winning USA Today bestselling author of swoony contemporary romance often featuring loveable grumps and the sunshine characters who bring them to their knees. A Pacific Northwesterner at heart, Alexandria now lives in New York City with her cats, Mills and Boon. Her special skills include finding the best Pad Thai in every city she visits, remembering faces but not names, falling asleep in movie theaters, and keeping cool while reading smutty books in public. Her debut novel, Written in the Stars, was a 2021 Lambda Literary Award winner and a 2020 winner of The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction. Purchase tickets now on Eventbrite.

Dec11

Author EventRomanceManayunk, Philadelphia

Author Discussion + Signing Event: Nicole Cubba, Betty Corrello, and Linny Mack

6:30 PM • Friday, December 11, 2026Cupid's Bookshop$22

Would you sacrifice everything for a second chance? Join us for an exciting author evening with Nicole Cubba in conversation with Betty Corrello and Linny Mack discussing the release of Lost in Love. Nicole will be in conversation for an engaging discussion about her work, followed by an audience Q+A and book signing. Date: Friday, December 11 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Cupid's Bookshop, 4347 Main St, Philadelphia, PA 19127 Tickets: $22 per person — includes event entry and one paperback copy of Lost in Love This event is 18+; no one under the age of 18 will be permitted into the event. EVENT DETAILS 6:15 PM: Doors Open – Settle in, take some time to shop, pick up your copy of Lost in Love, and browse our store 6:30 PM: Discussion Begins – In Conversation with Nicole Cubba, Betty Corrello, and Linny Mack 7:00 PM: Q&A Session – Your chance to ask the authors anything! 7:15 PM: Signing line – Meet the authors, get your books signed, and snap a photo. 8:00 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us! Tickets are limited, so grab yours soon! ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING Check-in will take place at Cupid's Bookshop. There is a step to access the front doors. Guests who would benefit from priority seating or any additional assistance are encouraged to reach out in advance. Email us at cupidsbookshopbookseller@gmail.com and we're more than happy to make arrangements! Free and paid street and lot parking options are available throughout Manayunk. BOOK PICKUP POLICY If you can no longer make it to the event, please contact us ahead of time, and we can get your book personalized for you. In the event that you can no longer attend, and do not contact us, books will be signed but not personalized. If you can no longer attend the event, books will be held for up to 30 days after the event date. We will email you after the event with pickup or shipment details. If we have not heard from you within 30 days, we may donate or return to inventory. Thank you for your understanding! We look forward to welcoming you to our event! ABOUT THE BOOK: Would you sacrifice everything for a second chance? Oliver Beauford-Taylor has asked himself this more times than he can count. On the outside, his life is perfect. A lovely flat in London. Supportive friends. A hefty inheritance. The one thing he covets—a life with Amy Callagan—is the only thing he cannot have. Not without costing those he loves everything. For two years, Amy Callagan has held out hope that Oliver may return to her one day. But after reading too far into a drunken invite to his sister’s destination wedding, Amy is struck with the realization he will never choose her. Determined to move on, she agrees to be his plus-one, vowing to find closure in the Peruvian Amazon. Turns out, years of history, guarded secrets, and a shared hotel room make for a challenging vacation. Especially when a do-over isn’t on their itinerary—not with inheritances, reputations, and hearts at stake. But between rainforest hikes, cruises down the Amazon River, and quiet moments where their long-lost dreams reside, their unresolved feelings reach a tipping point. And when it’s time to let Amy go, Oliver is faced with an impossible choice: set his heart’s desire aside or choose love and potentially lose his family forever. ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNERS: Betty Corrello: Betty Corrello is an incredibly beautiful and normal woman and the author of contemporary and paranormal romances. Despite her hardened exterior, she is biologically 95% marshmallow. Her greatest passion is writing stories where opposites attract, but love is chosen. When she's not writing, she can be found fretting about niche historical events most have forgotten––or petting her very tiny dog. In addition to writing books, she previously performed stand-up and sit-down comedy all over the east coast. She calls herself a stand-up comedian to avoid bullying, but she is actually an improv nerd. She does not like The Harold. She is Italian and American and spent time growing up in both countries. In addition to many other troubling things, Betty is a proud Philadelphian. Go Birds. Linny Mack: Growing up, Linny Mack spent countless hours devouring books, writing stories, and dreaming up happily-ever-afters. Today, she is an author of swoony and suspenseful romance. Her stories blend emotional depth, hope, suspense, and unforgettable romance, earning a loyal readership of readers who believe the best love stories stay with you long after the final page. She lives in southern New Jersey with her husband and their three children.

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