BookPeople Presents: Tia Williams - The Missed Connection

Schedule

Wed Jun 24 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Central Presbyterian Church | Austin, TX

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BookPeople welcomes Tia Williams to celebrate the release of The Missed Connection.
About this Event

Please welcome Tia Williams to celebrate The Missed Connection!

This event is ticketed. All attendees must have purchased a ticket for entrance.

  • Start time: 6:00 P.M.
  • Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a photo line.
  • Location: Central Presbyterian Church of Austin
  • Please note that there is no designated parking for this venue so if you do park, we recommend you follow all signage, warnings, and fees

The author will be pre-signing copies of the book and be available for photos after the speaking portion of the event.

  • In order to join the photo line, you must have purchased a ticket (which includes a copy of the book).
  • For high volume events, post-talk photo lines can become very long. For such events, we recommend arriving and checking in to the event early as that will get you into an earlier group.

If you buy a ticket and are unable to attend:

  • We will hold your book at BookPeople for 30 days after the event.
  • We cannot guarantee that your book will be signed. While we do our best to try and get all event books signed, priority is given to event attendees and any extra stock is dependent on the author’s availability.

Guidelines:

  • Ticket-holders will be checked in starting at 5:30 P.M. Please have a copy of your ticket available (either printed out or on your phone) for check in.
  • Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis (and is not guaranteed)
  • If you have any accessibility concerns regarding seating, please contact [email protected]
  • There will not be a live stream or recording available.
  • BookPeople reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary.
  • All event guidelines are subject to change.
  • If you have any other questions, please visit our Eventbrite FAQ. If your question is not covered by the FAQ, feel free to email us at [email protected].

About the book:

New York Times bestselling author Tia Williams returns with an intensely romantic, deliciously sexy tale about a woman searching for her handsome seatmate on a European flight—and the unexpected places her hunt for love leads her.

Sasha Cruz knows types. As a booked-and-busy casting agent, she’s always casting—at happy hour, the grocery store, everywhere. She’s all about finding the perfect person to slot into the perfect role. What she doesn’t do, however, is relationships. Too much energy, not enough time.

On a flight to Paris for work, a chance encounter with her type changes everything. Sasha’s seated next to a broodingly attractive mystery man, and sparks fly—but they never exchange contact information. Convinced she’s lost out on her soulmate, Sasha emails her work friend for help, but accidentally writes to the entire company worldwide! The international manhunt to find Seat F begins.

Meanwhile Sasha takes matters into her own hands. She hires a smoldering detective she knew in another lifetime—who complicates matters in unforeseen (and irresistible) ways.

With a worldwide search underway, will love take flight for Sasha?

About the author:

Tia Williams is the bestselling author of The Accidental Diva, It Chicks, and The Perfect Find—now a Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union. Her novel, Seven Days in June, was an instant New York Times bestseller and a Reese’s Book Club pick. Her NAACP Image Award-nominated bestseller, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, was named one of the year’s best romances by New York Times and Amazon. Her YA romcom, Audre & Bash are Just Friends, was an instant New York Times bestseller and GMA Book Club Pick. Her latest novel, The Missed Connection, releases on June 9, 2026. Tia lives with her family in Brooklyn.

By purchasing a book from BookPeople, you are not only supporting a local, independent business – you’re showing publishers that they should continue sending authors to BookPeople.

Thank you for supporting Tia Williams and your local independent bookstore!

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Central Presbyterian Church, 200 E 8th St, Austin, United States

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