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Release Event: Caroline Frank in Conversation with Rosie Danan
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Featured Book
Tastes Like Summer
About This Event
Join us for an exciting author evening with Caroline Frank in conversation with Rosie Danan discussing the release of Tastes Like Summer.
Date: Thursday, September 9th, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Cupid's Bookshop - 4347 Main St, Philadelphia, PA 19127
Tickets: $20 per person — includes event entry and one paperback copy of Tastes Like Summer
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 Tastes Like Summer, and browse our collection of books by Caroline Frank and Rosie Danan.
6:45 PM: Discussion Begins – In Conversation with Caroline Frank and Rosie Danan
7:15 PM: Q&A Session – Your chance to ask the authors anything!
7:30 PM: Signing line – Meet the authors, get your books signed, and snap a photo.
8:30 PM: Event Wraps Up. Thank you!
Limited copies of Caroline's and Rosie'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.
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! There is a single step to enter the store and an additional step inside to access the back room.
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:
Diana Castillo just wants to get some stability back in her life. Newly single with two pre-teen daughters, one of whom is recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, the knocks have come hard and fast.
When she’s offered a summer in the Hamptons for her and her girls to recoup, Diana jumps at the chance.
What she isn’t expecting is a summer fling—especially not with the hot local chef who manages to get under her skin. She’s newly divorced and has no room for anyone but her girls.
Michael Haynes is one year into the dad role after adopting his estranged biological daughter, and it’s upended his career and life in unexpected and wonderful ways. Except it’s stymied him in the kitchen, and his new restaurant venture of farm-to-table delicacies with his cousin has stalled out. He’s professionally and creatively constipated.
But when his daughter befriends two sweet and rambunctious girls, he meets their mother: a woman with a tough exterior that has him defensive and questioning all of his parenting choices.
That friction turns into something more as Diana and her girls become his inspiration for new recipes that have his motivation sputtering back to life. The problem is that it’s got his heart resurrecting, too.
Michael and Diana’s passion has the kitchen heating up, but life has a way of reminding them this fling has an expiration date.
They’ll have to decide if a summer together is all they want or if only a taste is not enough.
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER:
Rosie Danan is an award-winning, bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal rom-coms. Her work has been optioned for film as well as translated into ten different languages and counting. The New York Times describes her writing as "warmly funny and gorgeously sexy."
When not working on her next book, Rosie enjoys jogging slowly to fast music, petting other people’s dogs, and competing against herself in rounds of Chopped using the miscellaneous ingredients occupying her fridge.
Featured Authors
Caroline Frank
Caroline Frank is an indie author and self-proclaimed shoe addict. She currently resides in Pennsylvania with her husband and two crazy cats, Señor Kitty and Salem. She spends her days reading, writing, and biking. Her favorite things include the first sip of a Coke on a hot day, crocheting, and using self-deprecating humor to get through the day. Though she always planned to eventually take over the world, she thinks writing fun stories every day is pretty freaking awesome and plan to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
Rosie Danan
Rosie Danan is an award-winning, bestselling author of contemporary and paranormal rom-coms. Her work has been optioned for film as well as translated into ten different languages and counting. The New York Times describes her writing as "warmly funny and gorgeously sexy." When not working on her next book, Rosie enjoys jogging slowly to fast music, petting other people’s dogs, and competing against herself in rounds of Chopped using the miscellaneous ingredients occupying her fridge.
About the Venue
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.
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Author Signing Julian Winters + Erik J Brown
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.
Book Bedazzling Night
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.
Author Signing: Kate Fox
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.