Adib Khorram and Julian Winters visit Boswell Books

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Thu Sep 04 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

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Boswell Book Company | Milwaukee, WI

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Adib Khorram, author of IT HAD TO BE HIM, and Julian Winters, author of I THINK THEY LOVE YOU- an in-person Boswell event
About this Event

Boswell Book Company presents a very special evening with authors Adib Khorram and Julian Winters, who will be visiting with their books, It Had to Be Him and I Think They Love You.

Click here to order your copy of It Had to Be Him, and here to order your copy of I Think They Love You from Boswell. Signed copies are available on most event preorders. If you have a personalization request, enter it in "order comments" at checkout. Please note: signed copies will ship AFTER the event. Remember to select “In Store Pickup” at check out to avoid unnecessary shipping fees on books you intend to pick up at the event.

Khorram's new novel, It Had to Be Him, is a swoony, spicy, second-chance romance about two former classmates unexpectedly reuniting in Italy. Ramin Yazdani's marriage proposal has just gone bottoms up: his ex dumped him in public for being boring. Bent on proving him wrong, Ramin books a spontaneous solo trip to Italy. When he runs into his high school crush while in a gelateria, however, his resolve to reinvent himself is put to the test. Noah Bartlett’s in a rut. Since his divorce, he's become a bit of a homebody. Soon Ramin and Noah are tumbling headfirst into a relationship. With the days counting down to the end of their trip, can their love last without the magic of Italy?

In Julian Winters' adult rom com debut, I Think They Love You, sometimes fake dating your ex can turn into a second chance. When Denzel “Denz” Carter’s workaholic father and CEO of 24 Carter Gold unexpectedly announces his retirement, the competition is on for who will become his successor. To convince his family members that he’s capable of commitment, Denz needs to find a fake boyfriend and is forced to turn to the last person he wants to be in a pretend (or any) relationship with: Braylon, the man who broke his heart. Braylon’s sudden reappearance in Denz’s life turns everything upside down. But, apparently, he needs Denz’s connections to the mayor to win his own promotion. So, they strike a deal. It’s all business until the funny texts and the confusing kisses leave Denz struggling to separate this temporary arrangement from the affairs of his heart.

Adim Khorram is the queer Iranian author of I’ll Have What He’s Having, which was an instant USA Today bestseller. He is also the author of the young adult novel Darius the Great Is Not Okay, which earned the William C. Morris Debut Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor, and was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Best YA Novels of All Time.

Julian Winters is the author of the award-winning young ydult novels Running With Lions, Right Where I Left You, How to Be Remy Cameron, The Summer of Everything, As You Walk On By, and Prince of the Palisades, as well as his adult romance debut, I Think They Love You.

This is a preview event for Romance Con on September 5 and 6. More info at https://www.romance-con.com

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Boswell Book Company, 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, United States

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