Bestselling Author Laurie Gilmore: The Strawberry Patch Pancake House Tour

We are so excited to bring Laurie Gilmore, bestselling author of the small town romance Dream Harbor series (The Pumpkin Spice Cafe, The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, The Christmas Tree Farm) to Safety Harbor on her national tour for her next book, The Strawberry Patch Pancake House! Laurie Gilmore will be in conversation with author Ivy Fairbanks (Morbidly Yours, A Love In Galway Novel) .

We are partnering with our neighbor Paradise Restaurant to host this event! Your event ticket ($38.99) includes event entry for one person, a copy of The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore, and an all-inclusive breakfast-for-dinner pancake meal including scrambled eggs, bacon, a beverage, and pancakes with glazed strawberries and whipped cream!

Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
Paradise Restaurant
443 Main St., Safety Harbor, FL

You must have a ticket to attend this event.

5:00 PM doors open for seating and beverage orders. Guests will be seated as they arrive, so parties should plan to arrive together.
5:30 PM author talk begins, followed by Q&A and pancake dinner served at 6:30 PM. The signing line will begin at the conclusion of the meal.

In addition to The Strawberry Patch Pancake House (included with your ticket), Laurie will sign and personalize additional copies (purchased through Portkey Books or brought from home) of the Dream Harbor series and A Curse of Blood and Wolves, written under Melissa McTernan.

While you can purchase a ticket here on Eventbrite, we recommend purchasing directly on our event page at Portkey Books!
You will be able to pick up your books either at Portkey Books located at 404 Main Street, Safety Harbor during regular business hours prior to the event, or from our event book table on 3/23/24.

LAURIE GILMORE
Laurie Gilmore is a Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes small-town romance. Her first novel, The Pumpkin Spice Cafe, won the TikTok Shop Book of the Year award in 2024. Her Dream Harbor series is filled with quirky townsfolk, cozy settings, and swoon-worthy romance. She loves finding books with the perfect balance of sweetness and spice and strives for that in her own writing.

THE STRAWBERRY PATCH PANCAKE HOUSE
Fall in love with the brand new spring romance set in Dream Harbor, from the bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe and The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
‘A charming break from reality’ Publishers Weekly

As a renowned chef, single-dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive.

Iris has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when Mayor Kelly suggests Archer is looking for a nanny, and Iris might be available, she shudders at the thought. But in need of money she reluctantly agrees.

As Archer and Iris get used to their new roles, is it possible that they might have more in common than they first thought, or is Olive just determined to play match-maker…

IVY FAIRBANKS
Ivy Fairbanks is a shameless consumer of rom-com books, hazelnut coffee, and Hozier music. Not necessarily in that order. Living with chronic pain has made her a believer in the power of fictional escapism and happy endings. She lives in the Tampa Bay Area with her husband and son. At any given moment, she is probably trapped under a sleeping tabby cat. Morbidly Yours is her debut novel and her second novel Heart Strings will be released in August 2025.

MORBIDLY YOURS
TikTok sensation Morbidly Yours, an opposites-attract romantic dramedy about a shy, demisexual Irish mortician who must marry by his 35th birthday to keep his beloved family business, and the Texan widow escaping her past who moves in next door.

Falling for the wrong person? Bury your feelings.

Painfully shy Callum Flannelly would rather dive into an open grave than take a stranger to dinner. But he can only inherit the family undertaking business under one condition: He must marry before his 35th birthday. Texan animator Lark Thompson moved to Galway, Ireland, to restart her life and career, not be reminded of losing her husband by moving in next to a funeral home.

But when she learns of Callum’s dilemma, Lark’s certain she can help him find The One, even if she’s sworn off love herself. Though as the dating project progresses and Lark spends more time with straight-laced, sarcastic Callum, he starts to crack the ice around her grieving heart. And the more joy that vivacious Lark brings to Callum’s grey existence, the less he can imagine letting her return to Texas.

If they think they can ignore their connection, they’re dead wrong.

Host or Publisher Portkey Books