{"product_id":"haunted-hearts-author-panel","title":"Haunted Hearts Author Panel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDate: October 3 at 6:30 PM\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLocation: Heartbound Book Shop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTickets include access to the event and light snacks and refreshments\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaunted Hearts: Ghosts, Secrets \u0026amp; Love That Won’t Stay Buried\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat haunts a love story?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSometimes it is a literal ghost or cursed house. Sometimes it is an old heartbreak, a dangerous secret, an unbreakable magical bond, or the morally gray man who refuses to let the heroine go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive Southern California romance authors will discuss how they use longing, fear, humor, danger, regret, obsession, and the supernatural to create love stories that stay with readers long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe panel would span romantic comedy, contemporary romance, mature romance, romantasy, Gothic romance, and dark romance, making the event accessible to readers with a wide range of tastes. Attendees do not need to be familiar with the authors’ books beforehand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eParticipating authors and featured books\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVictoria Lum\u003c\/strong\u003e writes angsty contemporary and dark romance. Her recent release, \u003cem\u003eGuarded in Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, follows a masked assassin who becomes dangerously protective of the ER nurse he is assigned to guard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessika Grewe Glover\u003c\/strong\u003e writes Gothic romance, fantasy, horror, and atmospheric fiction. Her recent release, \u003cem\u003eBromeliad House\u003c\/em\u003e, features a sentient Florida estate, ghosts, second sight, family secrets, and a romance with someone who may already be marked for death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoxie Noir\u003c\/strong\u003e writes high-heat contemporary romance and romantic comedy. Her recent release, \u003cem\u003eRoom Serviced\u003c\/em\u003e, combines a famously haunted hotel, amateur ghost hunting, skepticism, flirtation, and the complication of a supposedly casual affair that refuses to stay in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCee Yang\u003c\/strong\u003e, who also writes fantasy romance as C.L. Lor, brings both contemporary and speculative romance to the panel. \u003cem\u003eA Burning Oath\u003c\/em\u003e follows a human woman and a disgraced unicorn magically bound together by an oath that neither fully understands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStefanie Castro\u003c\/strong\u003e writes emotional contemporary romance featuring mature characters, established lives, family, second chances, and love after loss. \u003cem\u003eEmbers in Our Souls\u003c\/em\u003e is a marriage-of-convenience romance about two longtime friends confronting a relationship and heartbreak they never fully laid to rest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Event","offers":[{"title":"General Admission","offer_id":40898635366529,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/0308\/2881\/files\/HBBOngoingGraphics-49.png?v=1788409119","url":"https:\/\/heartboundbookshop.com\/products\/haunted-hearts-author-panel","provider":"Heartbound Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}