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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO 2026.

Author Signing in the West Chester Ballroom

Location: Marriott Cincinnati North is located in West Chester, Ohio, twenty minutes north of downtown.

Tickets: $90. Buy here.

Love in the Queen City is an annual book signing event in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Several authors will come together for this exclusive event including a five-hour signing, followed by an LED casino night with tons of prizes to be won. See the author list.

Settling down doesn’t always mean settling for less…

Billionaire adventurer Brody Crane knows better than to stay in one place for too long. What was he thinking when he decided to write a book about settling down? Not only is the house he bought in need of repairs, but he’s also wrestling with a terminal case of writer’s blo—he can’t even think the words. Until an unexpected Muse shows up on his doorstep…

Handywoman Reagan Palmer is, unbeknownst to her new author client, the former inhabitant of the quaint brick home in upscale suburbia. She will do anything to keep the home she grew up in from becoming a gargantuan multimillion-dollar new build, including move in and oversee the repairs herself.

Reagan inspires more than just Brody’s writing, and steps into a world of wealth she’s never experienced. As their relationship moves from friendly to on fire, Brody finds himself tempted to avoid the heat. Is he brave enough to admit that the house he planned on leaving behind has become a home he wants to share with Reagan?

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All Things Cozy and Bookish 2024 Event

Shopping Market

Reader Meet-Up

Author Meet-Up

Come join us for a holiday market!

Book fair | Book Signings | Small Business Merchandise | Author Meet and Greets | etc.

🎟️ Even if you are attending for FREE, please reserve your time with a no-cost ticket by purchasing it here .

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Location:

Star City Social

16 Water Street, Miamisburg

Ohio 45342

He made a promise to kiss her at midnight…

Widower Zander Crane arrives at Reese Crane’s mansion on New Year’s Eve on a mission: to kiss a woman at midnight no matter what. But when he learns that Chloe Andrews and the object of his online infatuation are one and the same, he knows that one kiss will never be enough…

This fast-paced, fun prequel revisits the Crane family you know and love, and opens up to a whole new group of Cranes soon to win your heart!

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Join Jules, Jessica, and Jenn for a book signing event featuring multiple vendors, authors and artists! The book fair takes place at The Roost, a fun antique store/coffee shop in downtown Latonia (Covington), KY. There will be a food truck as well as Queen City Cotton Candy for snacking. The event will run from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., but please note that Jules, Jessica & Jenn will be present from Noon - 3 p.m.

The Roost Latonia is a community gathering space with art, antiques, coffee and a whole lotta quirk.

Free Admission

Saturday, November 4, 2023 from Noon to 3 p.m.

The Roost Latonia, 3616 Decoursey Avenue, Latonia, KY

859-663-6014 | Info@TheRoostLatonia.com

Meet Jessica Lemmon and many more authors at Lori Foster’s RAGT (Reader Author Get Together)! Jessica Lemmon will be signing books (date and time to be determined closer to the event) for readers. Admission is FREE for the signings. You do not have to have a ticket to RAGT to come in and have your books signed. You are welcome to bring copies from home, or there will be books available for purchase at the event.

Keep your eye on this website for event updates!

Join Jessica Lemmon and Jules Bennett for a Sweet Treats Dance Party at Lori Foster’s RAGT (Reader Author Get Together)! Jessica & Jules encourage you to dress as your favorite sweet treat, whether it’s a candy bar or a cupcake, or whatever you else you’d like to come as! There will be giveaways, a DJ, dancing and a cash bar.

Keep your eye on this website for event updates!

The Roost Latonia Hosts Summer Book Fair

Meet romance, sports, true crime, cookbook, local interest/travel, history, mystery authors

LATONIA, KY – MAY 17, 2023 – Nine authors will gather at The Roost Latonia on Sunday, June 11, for a summer book fair. Meet the authors and pick up books for Father’s Day gifts, local travel and staycation adventures and children’s summer reading fun as well as romances, mysteries, true crime, sports and beach reads. Get a latte from The Roost’s coffee bar and browse books, jewelry, antiques, gifts and more.

Summer Book Fair Authors:

True Crime writer Jane Simon Ammeson : Lincoln Road Trip; America’s Femme Fatale: The Story of Serial Killer Belle Gunness; Murders That Made Headlines: Crimes of Indiana; A Jazz Age Murder.

Children’s book author Mary Barry: If Zebras Ziplined, illustrated by Steve Wallace.

Career newsman and Chilidog Press owner/publisher Peter Bronson: Forbidden Fruit: Sin City’s Underworld and the Supper Club Inferno and Not in Our Town: The Queen City vs. The King of Smut.

Wine writer P. Faye Collins: A Wine Lover’s Odyssey Across Kentucky and Vineyard to Table Cooking with Kentucky Wine.

Bill Koch: Huggs (Former players talk about what it was like to play for Hall of Fame coach Bob Huggins.)

Annette Lackner’s first novel: A Jury of One’s Fears. By reader request, she is working on a sequel. Annette is involved with Women Writing for a Change, having previously served on the board. 

Jessica Lemmon: The Man She Loves to Hate—Texas Cattleman’s Club series, Eye Candy—a “Real Love” novel.

Shannon Richard: Dog Days Forever, Untold—Book 7 of the Country Roads series.

Travel writer Kathy Witt: Cincinnati Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for Cincinnati's Hidden Treasures and Secret Cincinnati: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure.

Hosting Summer Book Fair:

The Roost Latonia is a community gathering space with art, antiques, coffee and a whole lotta quirk.

Summer Book Fair

Free Admission

Sunday, June 11, 2023 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Roost Latonia, 3616 Decoursey Avenue, Latonia, KY

859-663-6014 | Info@TheRoostLatonia.com

“Will you change your mind about crashing weddings after this weekend? Or did I ruin your
streak since you are technically invited to this one?”
“That award goes to Esther Edmonton.” He picked through the chocolates and came out
with a small square-shaped piece.
“Who is Esther Edmonton?”
“She’s a saucy grandmother I met last year at a wedding I crashed. She asked me to dance
with her, assuming I was one of the groom’s friends. What could I do?”
“Nothing. Clearly. You were trapped.”
“She knew it, too.” He ate the candy and sucked a bit of melted chocolate off his thumb. She
stared for a prolonged beat, parts of her growing warm at the idea of where his mouth had
been tonight. “She used to be a nurse. She told me she was married fifty-two years to a
‘wonderful man’ who she couldn’t wait to see again in heaven.”
Rylee put a hand over her heart. “Aww.”
“It gets better. Esther regretted never having her own children, so she said she hoped her
grandniece—the bride—chose to ‘make babies’ with her husband. Then she asked me if I’d like
to ‘make babies’ and I told her I was flattered, but I was much too young to consider a family
with a woman so out of my league.” Rylee giggled on cue. “And then I gave her the real answer.
I told her I’d love to have kids, but I’m in no rush.”
Rapt, she leaned in.

“Then I asked Esther if I could interview her on camera and we sat and talked for another
forty minutes in a quiet corner of the reception hall. I never put the footage up. It felt private,
you know?”
He picked another chocolate out of the box and offered it to her. She took it, but didn’t eat it
right away. “I’m afraid you’re about to tell me something sad.”
“I am.” He offered a tight smile. “The bride—Brittany— contacted me after she found
footage of me at her wedding. In the email, she said her great-aunt Esther had passed away.
Apparently, Esther had mentioned me multiple times since the wedding, and the fact that she’d
been interviewed. Brittany sought out my channel hoping that I'd posted the interview. I
explained that I’d kept it private, but I was happy to send it to her.” He took a breath before
continuing, obviously saddened about Esther’s passing. Rylee could understand why. She felt
sad too and had never met the woman. “Anyway. I edited a video together and sent it to
Brittany. There were so many great moments, little moments that are normally edited out.
Those are the best parts. Esther looking off to the side. Losing her train of thought and
laughing. Telling me a dirty joke.”
Tears in her eyes, Rylee smiled.
“I knew the moment I finished that edit and emailed it off that I was in the wrong business. I
had taken a left when I should have hung a right. I started out in film school for a reason, and it
had nothing to do with followers, sponsorships or blocking comments from trolls. Ironically, had
I not crashed that wedding, I never would have met Esther and found my way, you know?”
“So, what now?” The story couldn’t end there.
“I’m in deep, Peaches. Like when someone is in the mob. I have sponsorships I’ve agreed to
that I either need to honor or cancel. I have a video schedule to adhere to, although I’m looking
into crashing celebrity charity events to spotlight the charity rather than myself. It’s a pivot, for
sure. Slower than I’d like, but I’ve never been patient.”
“So, you’re going to be a filmmaker after all? Documenting the small moments in life.”
“The best moments are the moments that are usually edited out of the final.” He picked
another chocolate out of the box and tossed it into his mouth. “Like the one we’re having now.”