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Academics in Love

From the Great Lakes to the Northern Lights by boats, planes, trains, mass transit, car service, and on foot, these romances take readers on bumpy journeys to finding love around the world. 
[a stack of 3 trade paperback books: Frequent Fliers, Love Requires Chocolate, Second Tide's the Charm] 

Second Tide's the Charm by Chandra Blumberg
contemporary romance 
Canary Street Press, August 2024 

Hope and Adrian's future together once seemed guaranteed, until it wasn't. 
When circumstances force them back into each other's lives will they get closure and move on separately or have they grown enough as individuals to figure out how to build a happily ever after that works for both of them? 

Maligned sharks, an assortment of science nerds, meddling friends, family, tourists, and the cut-throat arenas of academia, research grants, and social media add to the high stakes of their love story. 


Love Requires Chocolate (Love in Translation #1) by Ravynn K. Stringfield
contemporary romance 
Joy Revolution, August 2024 

Whitney's to-do list: 
Ace the Paris exchange student experience. 
Retrace Josephine Baker's Paris. 
Learn French. (Maybe that should have been first.) 

Falling in love with her grumpy language tutor wasn't on her agenda, but sometimes rolling with improvisation leads to unexpected rewards, along with laughs, emotional revelations, and intimate connections. 


Frequent Fliers by Noue Kirwan 
contemporary romance 
Canary Street Press, August 2024 

Lanie travels back and forth between New York City to London carrying the weight of unrequited love, conflicting family expectations, and cross-cultural friction. A meet-hostile leads to a surprising connection in this layered story about grief and learning how to heal and move forward. Generational, international, and cultural threads weave together to form an engrossing narrative tapestry. It's beautiful, poignant, funny, and super sensual. 


 
An engaging virtual event

[Zoom Workplace waiting room screen with "Cardyn Brooks" for "On Romance: A Conversation with Author Beverly Jenkins and Dr. Carole V. Bell"] 

DePaul University respects, appreciates, and adores Ms. Beverly Jenkins as much as  the rest of her fans with a lively exchange of thoughts, ideas, and revelations. Also, laughs. 


This week's library haul 
[a stack of 7 books from top to bottom: Frenemy Fix-Up, The Design of Us, Close Knit, The Duke Has Done It Again, Errands & Espionage, Courage to Love Again, Between Friends & Lovers]  

Happy reading!  

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