With traditional publishing cooling on historicals right now, self-published authors like Richards are filling the breach.

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As soon as the doors to the author-signing hall opened, Nivea Brookens consulted her self-annotated map and made a beeline for the author she was most excited to meet: Alexis Patton. “I've been ...

Local bookshop owner stays busy running shop and authoring her first novel. LA MESA –Three years ago, Becca Title opened San Diego’s first romance bookshop in North Park, quickly becoming a mainstay ...

The meet-cute took place in a bookstore. Around the middle of 2019, Elizabeth Held was hunting for great vacation reads at her local independent bookseller, East City Bookshop, a small store tucked ...