How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle with Alissa DeRogatis
About this Event
Join us at the bookstore for an evening with Alissa DeRogatis as we celebrate the release of , a charming romantic comedy that proves the best love stories are often the ones we never see coming.
Alissa will be in conversation about writing modern romance, navigating heartbreak on the page, and creating characters readers can't help but root for.
In her newest release, romance author Ainsley Green is reeling from a breakup, struggling with writer's block, and desperate to recapture the magic of a great meet-cute. With the help of her best friend Lucas, she sets out to manufacture romantic moments everywhere from airports to coffee shops, only to discover that real love refuses to stick to a carefully crafted plan.
After the conversation, meet-and-greet Alissa DeRogatis! The author has offered to personalize copies of How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle as well as backlist titles brought from home.
EVENT DETAILS
- 6:30 PM: Doors Open – Settle in and get ready for a great discussion!
- 7:00 PM: Discussion Begins – Alissa will dive into How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle.
- 7:45 PM: Q&A Session – Your chance to ask the author anything!
- 8:00 PM: Signatures, Snapping Pics, and Salutations – Meet the author, get your book signed, snap a photo, and feel free to shop the store for your next favorite read!
- 8:30 PM: Head to the register to make any final purchases.
- 9:00 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us!
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ACCESSIBILITY
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BOOK PICKUP POLICY
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alissa DeRogatis is the author of the viral debut Call It What You Want and How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she writes stories about modern love, self- discovery, and the people who help us put ourselves back together. When she’s not reading, she’s rewatching her favorite rom- coms, curating sad-girl playlists, or hanging out with her dogs, Asher and Oliver.
ABOUT HOW TO FIND LOVE IN THE CEREAL AISLE
Charming romcom about the chaos of dating in your twenties, the ache of a brutal breakup, and the hilarious lengths one romance writer will go to get her spark back―including staging her own meet-cutes. Perfect for fans of Katherine Center and Emily Henry's Beach Read.
If you can't write a good meet-cute, maybe you need to live one first…
Ainsley Green writes happily-ever-afters for a rabid fanbase of hopeless romantics. In real life? Her boyfriend just broke up with her, her editor wanted a new book yesterday and she's starting to wonder if love actually exists beyond the pages of her favorite novels.
So when Lucas, Ainsley's best friend and biggest cheerleader, insists the best cure for writer's block is real-life inspiration, she's ready to try anything. Enter: the meet-cute plan, a mission to take her head out of her heartbreak and force meet-cutes IRL to spark some new ideas. But as failed missions bumping into strangers at the airport and spilling coffee on men at the cafe result in nothing but embarrassment and stained clothing, Ainsley begins to wonder if maybe the romance she's been chasing already has a leading man.
Because the truth about falling in love? It never goes according to plan.
Equal parts heartbreak, humor, and hope, How to Find Love in the Cereal Aisle is a fresh, flirty send up of dating in the modern age and a reminder that love finds us when we stop performing and start living.
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