What Some Stores Have Planned

• If you’re in Portland, Oregon visit Grand Gesture, Always Here, Parallel Worlds, or Literary Arts for your chance to win a Romancing Portland Golden Ticket.
• If you’re in or around Tucson, Arizona Why Choose is offering Swoon: A Bookstore Romance Day and Photography Fundraiser — Why Choose and local photographer Rachel Castillo are partnering up to offer a fun experience that will include romance photos by donation, a curated selection of books and merch to buy, snacks and coffee, and a a raffle benefitting Fluxx Productions, a local LGBTQ+ organization. “Your main character moment – captured”
• Readers in the St. Petersburg, Florida Area can visit The Book Lounge who will host 3 indie authors for a signing. Activities include bookmark making, a blind date with a book station, tote bag painting, raffles, giveaways, and so much more!
• Curious Iguana in Frederick, Maryland has a lot going on and you can find all of the details on their Bookstore Romance Day events page.
• The Book Wyrm in Douglasville, Georgia is offering a “Second Chance at Love”! Think ‘blind date with a book’ but in a bag! Their book bags will be filled with second hand books with different themes and tropes and they are also planning a Tea Party with beverages and finger foods.
• If you’re in Lincoln, Illinois Ink & Imprint Books will be hosting five authors for a meet-and-greet and book signing, plus sales, giveaways, and sweet treats all day!
• If you’re in or around Austin, Texas BookWoman is offering sweet treats and great deals on slightly older titles from popular romance authors. They’ll also be showcasing a specially curated collection of Sapphic romance titles from decades past.
• Readers in Fayetteville, North Carolina should stop by Bound & Vine for a Bellini Bar, Blind Date With a Book, Romance activities, and Romance authors in-stor all day long.
• Among the Pages in Durant, Oklahoma is celebrating Bookstore Romance Day with the grand opening of their permanent bricks-and-mortar location! Stop on by and wish them well in their transition from pop-up to permanent storefront.
• The Cozy Book Nook and Swoon Books & Wine in Dayton, Ohio are teaming up for a mini bookstore crawl, with wine at Swoon and chocolate truffles at The Cozy Book Nook.
• The Fox & The Fable mobile bookstore is going to the farm! The bookstore will be at The Farmacy Farmstand in Newark, Illinois. Readers will receive 10% off all new Romance titles, pre-loved Romance books will only be $6, and everyone who purchases a book will also get $5 off  a bouquet from the farmstand.
• In Seattle, Washington, Swoon City will be hosting a conversation with Jaysea Lynn (author of For Whom the Belle Tolls and the forthcoming The Belles of Wrath) in conversation with Devrie Brynn Donalson (author of The Art of Burning Heather), followed by a book signing. 
• The Book Bin in Corvallis, Oregon is doing themed TBR Jars, a romance scavenger hunt and  bingo sheet, as well as romance trope Q&A and glittery drinks!
• Unrequited Bookstore in Brooklyn, New York will be doing a pop-up at Talea Brewing in Cobble Hill. Talea is a woman-owned brewery and graciously hosting them for the day. They will have a wide inventory, but also be conducting raffles and a prize wheel for opportunity to win ARCs, signed books, free drinks and more! They’ll also be offering discounts on their entire inventory.