Yasmine Yacut (@yasminereads) is leading our April discussion of Hardly Strangers by A.C. Robinson paired with How to Fake It In Hollywood by Ava Wilder as we sink our teeth into the delicious trope of celebrity/normal person romances—in this case, ones set in L.A. featuring MMCs with hard-partying pasts.

Browse our titles and merch and get your books signed by authors at the 831 Stories booth at the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Find us at Booth 070 in the Cardinal Zone. (We’ve got something special in store for The Ones, too!)

Rooting Interest author Cat Disabato will be on a panel titled "Love Is a Contact Sport: Romance and Rivalry in Competitive Worlds" in Albert and Dana Broccoli Theatre, Sat., April 18 at 3 P.M.

Big Fan and Square Waves author Alexandra Romanoff will be on a panel titled "Romance and the Subgenre" in Taper Hall 1, Sun., April 19 at 3:30 P.M.

Browse our titles and merch and get your books signed by authors at the 831 Stories booth at BookCon.  Find us at Booth 638 in Hall 3. (We’ve got something special in store for The Ones, too!)