About this Event
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Join us to celebrate the release of PROMISE ME SUNSHINE, by Cara Bastone! Cara will be joined in conversation by Elizabeth Davis, author of The Player Next Door.
Ticket cost includes a $10 off coupon at the event to be used in store.
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About the book:
How do you find yourself after you lose the one you loved the most? Grieving the loss of her best friend, a young woman struggles to live again, and finds a lot more than she bargained for in this heartwarming, slow-burn romance by the author of Ready or Not.
Lenny's a bit of a mess at the moment. Her best friend, Lou, recently passed away from cancer, and her death has left Lenny feeling completely lost. She's avoiding her concerned parents, the apartment she shared with Lou, and the list of things she's supposed to do to help her live again. The only thing she can do is temporary babysitting gigs, and luckily, she just landed a great one, helping overworked, single mom Reese and her precocious daughter, Ainsley. It's not perfect: Ainsley's uncle, Miles, always seems to be around, and is kind of... a huge jerk. But if Lenny acts like she has it all together, maybe no one will notice she's falling apart. Miles sees right through her though. Turns out, he knows a lot about grief and, surprisingly, he offers her a proposition. He'll help her complete everything on her "live again" list if she'll help him connect with Ainsley and overcome his complicated relationship with Reese. Lenny doubts anything can fill the Lou has left behind, but she begins to spend more time with Miles, Lenny is surprised to discover that, sometimes, losing everything is only the first step to finding yourself, and love, again.
(Will Promise Me Sunshine make you cry? Probably. A really good healing cry. Will it make you adopt a cat? The loudest cat in the world? It might do that too. Based on a true story.)
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About the authors:
Cara Bastone is the author of Ready or Not. She lives and writes in Brooklyn with her husband, sons, and an almost-goldendoodle. Her goal with her work is to find the swoon in ordinary love stories. She's been a fan of the romance genre since she found a grocery bag filled with her grandmother's old Harlequin Romances when she was in high school. She's a fangirl for pretzel sticks, long walks through Prospect Park, and love stories featuring men who aren't hobbled by their own masculinity.
Elizabeth Davis is a full-time nerd whose interests include cold weather, rainy days, coffee, Minnesota Public Radio, and rom coms where characters’ homes vastly outstrip the income they would get from their jobs. Born and raised in suburban Milwaukee, she now lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two children. She has published two novels so far, The Player Next Door and I Love you, I Hate You, and one day aspires to achieve every romance novelist’s dream: to have her books made into movies people watch while hungover on a Sunday afternoon.
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Copies of PROMISE ME SUNSHINE (and limited copies of READY OR NOT) will be available for purchase at the event, or can be preordered here. Limited copies of Elizabeth's I Love You, I Hate You and The Player Next Door will be available for purchase at the event.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Tropes & Trifles, 2709 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, United States
USD 12.51
