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SUMMARY:THE GRUMP NEXT DOOR: Release Party with Brighton Walsh
DESCRIPTION:“The Grump Next Door” has it all: spice\, check; grumpy scowling main character\, check; sarcasm\, obviously a check. Let’s not forget some forced proximity and opposites attracts\, check and check. This newest romance release from Brighton Walsh has everything you need and more. \nJoin Brighton Walsh at Blue House Books on Saturday\, June 7th from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Brighton will be discussing her newest romance book with her in-conversation partner\, answering questions from the audience\, and signing copies of “The Grump Next Door”. \nCome celebrate with this fabulous local author and grab a signed copy! \n*Special note: If you preorder your copy of “The Grump Next Door”\, you will receive a sticker sheet set and a trope tarot card! Plus get your book personalized by Brighton at the release party! See more details on the preorder campaign here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/excl…/the-grump-next-door * \n*Seating note: There will be enough room for 30 chairs and the remaining will be standing room only. * \nAbout THE GRUMP NEXT DOOR: \nOur first kiss was a lie. Our second was a mistake. And the night we spent tangled up in each other? Hot as hell but a complete disaster. \nBecause now Sutton Sinclair—the sharp-tongued troublemaker who left claw marks down my back and a dent in my self-control—is living in my backyard cottage with her teenage daughter. And I’m her goddamn landlord. \nI like things quiet. Controlled. She’s neither. Sutton’s chaos wrapped in sunshine\, a temptation in scrubs I can’t seem to stay away from.\nWhen her ex shows up acting like Sutton’s still his to lose\, I claim her on instinct. The kiss? Hot. The fallout? Immediate. \nNow my family—and the entire town—thinks we’re a couple. \nFake dating Sutton wasn’t in my playbook\, but if being a pro-footballer turned high school coach has taught me anything\, it’s how to pivot. All I have to do is keep my hands to myself. \nThen her cottage floods. \nNow we’re sharing a roof…and a bed. The line between real and fake is blurring faster than I can redo the guest house. \nThis is supposed to be temporary. But Sutton doesn’t just crash into my life—she rewrites it. She’s in my home\, moaning my name\, breaking every rule I’ve ever lived by. \nAnd I’m starting to want something permanent with the woman who’s already got one foot out the door. \nAbout BRIGHTON WALSH: \nAward-winning USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brighton Walsh spent a decade as a professional photographer before taking her storytelling in a different direction and reconnecting with her first love—writing. \nShe likes her books how she likes her tea—steamy and satisfying—and adores strong-willed heroines and the protective heroes who fall head over heels for them. \nBrighton lives in the Midwest with her real-life hero of a husband\, her two kids—both taller than her—and her dog who thinks she’s a queen. Her boy-filled house is the setting for dirty socks galore\, frequent dance parties (okay\, so it’s mostly her\, by herself\, while her children look on in horror)\, and more laughter than she thought possible.
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LOCATION:Blue House Books\, 5915 6th Avenue A\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53142\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stories & Sleuthing: Murdle Jr. Activity Night!
DESCRIPTION:Calling all junior detectives! Put on your thinking caps and join us at Blue House Books on June 8th at 4:30 p.m. for a special Murdle Jr Activity Night! The event will be filled with activities\, games\, and the opportunity to win prizes! Each child will also get an official Detective Club membership card. \nEach ticket includes one copy of Sleuths on the Loose and entry into the event. This event is for kids aged 8-12. Bundle all three Murdle Junior books and save $5 off the bundle! \nThere are only a limited number of spots\, and these events tend to sell out quickly\, so purchase your ticket today before they’re gone! \nTickets: \nTicket includes one copy of Sleuths on the Loose and entry for up to two kids. Please include in the order comments how many kids will be attending. \nAbout the Book: \nInspired by the global phenomenon of the Murdle puzzle books comes the first novel in a new thrilling mystery series\, for fans of Mr. Lemoncello’s Library and The Swifts. \nIt’s a cloudy day on the Sacred Kidney playground\, but Jake likes it that way—dark and uncertain. For a junior detective like Jake\, standing up to bad guys is a piece of cake. After all\, she’s the only detective at Sacred Kidney Elementary with a hard-earned badge to her name. But just as Jake and her sidekick Sterling prepare to face off against the biggest bully in school\, there’s a scream from inside the library. \nThe kids are sure they heard Miss Saffron cry out\, but when they arrive at the scene of the crime\, the library is how it’s always been: filled with books\, but no Miss Saffron to be found! None of the adults still there after school are talking\, but Jake\, Sterling\, and Brick the bully are determined to find out what happened. This unlikely trio pinky promises to solve…the crime at Sacred Kidney! \nThe second Murdle Jr. puzzle book Ready\, Set\, Solve! is a companion for this novel\, with some Easter egg puzzles to solve between the pairing of books\, for readers with the keenest of eyes! \nAbout the Author: \nG. T. Karber is the bestselling author of Murdle\, a murder-mystery logic puzzle book series. He has produced dozens of live interactive mysteries in the Los Angeles area\, where he lives with his partner Dani Messerschmidt and their two cats. Fun fact: G. T. Karber was actually once a child himself\, and in fact\, he was actually a “Junior”!
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet with Author Meg Marcus
DESCRIPTION:A spur-of-the-moment trip between old friends brings laughter\, tears\, and the wounds of the past to the surface in “Linger”\, a fantastic women’s fiction novel of friendship and found family by Chicago author Meg Marcus. \nHaving spent so many years apart\, will this time together strengthen the bond they built so many years ago\, or will it reignite the decade-old hurt and send what was left of their friendship up in smoke? \nJoin Meg at Blue House Books on Saturday\, June 28th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to chat about her latest novel and grab a signed copy from the author herself! \nAbout LINGER: \nCaught up in reminiscing\, Mallory sends an invite out of the blue to her old high school friends for a reunion trip. This isn’t just any reunion trip\, but a trip curated especially for Adventure Girl alumni. \nLonging to relive the memories and sisterhood forged in their tenure as Adventure Girls\, the ex-troop all agree to spend a week in California. Mallory\, Katie\, Tina\, Christie\, Mary\, and CeCe venture out to the land of fun and sun to reconstruct the bond they thought had been lost in the years since they had seen each other last. \nSoon\, they begin to realize the wounds of the past run just as deep as their friendship\, and Mallory fears that the trip has torn them too far open to ever repair. \nHaving spent so many years apart\, will this time together strengthen the bond they built so many years ago\, or will it reignite the decade-old hurt and send what was left of their friendship up in smoke? \nAbout MEG MARCUS: \nMeg is based in the Chicago area and recently published her debut novel! Her work reflects her interest in exploring relationships between people and finding meaning in the seemingly mundane. Writing as an art is like creating a mosaic: each piece has to be just the right shape\, size\, and color to come together as a beautiful big picture.
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