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Evening Romance Club - November '26
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Featured Book
Lunar Love: A Novel
"Olivia Huang Christenson is excited-slash-terrified to be taking over her grandmother's matchmaking business. But when she learns that a new dating app has taken her Pó Po's traditional Chinese zodiac approach and made it about "animal attraction," her emotions skew more toward furious-slash-outraged. Especially when L.A.'s most-eligible bachelor Bennett O'Brien is behind the app that could destroy her family's legacy... Liv knows better than to fall for any guy, let alone an infuriatingly handsome one who believes that traditions are meant to be broken. As the two businesses go head to head, Bennett and Liv make a deal: they'll find a match for each other-and whoever falls in love loses. But Liv is dealing with someone who's already adept at stealing business ideas... so what's stopping him from stealing her heart, too?"--
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
About This Event
Join us for our Evening Romance Club on Thursday, November 12th at 6:45pm. This month we're reading Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen.Copies of the book are available at Queen Takes Book and can be purchased at 10% off in-store through November 12th. Use the code BOOKCLUB to get 10% off through our website. You can also order through Bookshop.org (paperback or ebook) or Libro.fm (audiobook) to support local independent bookstores.
Featured Author
Jessen, Lauren Kung
Lauren Kung Jessen is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Lunar Love, Red String Theory, Yin Yang Love Song, The Fortune Flip, The Santa Claus Con (out on October 27, 2026), and the writing workbook, How to Write a Romance (coming Summer 2027). Her rom-coms are filled with big feelings and lots of food. Lauren’s books have been featured in NPR, The Seattle Times, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, and more. Her debut novel, Lunar Love, was chosen as a Book of the Month main selection and was included in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love. For years she ran A Dash of Cinema, where she made food inspired by movies and TV shows. She writes the Substack Important Nothings and lives in New York City.
About the Venue
Queen Takes Book
We are Columbia, MD's only independent bookstore. We believe that everyone should be able to see themselves in the pages of a book and are committed to providing a welcoming environment for everyone who walks through our doors. Columbia is halfway in-between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., making us accessible to people from both of these cities. We have a robust slate of book clubs and also do on-site and off-site author events and book fairs.
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