NEW! Kiss & Tell Romance Book Club

Yep, it was inevitable – we’re kicking off an all new romance club! We’ll vary up selections between contemporary romance, historical, spicy and romantasy. We’re kicking off this month because we know a lot of you already have this awesome new release from a lowcountry based author…

Wine and treats served – come join the fun!

Laurie Devore’s The Villain Edit

The Villain Edit is a bit of everyone’s favorite Emily Henry (Happy Place) meets The Bachelor! This sexy dramedy has all the fun and feels, beginning with a cynical romance novelist, Jacqueline Matthis. Her career has tanked and she’s ditched the bright lights of New York City for her more affordable South Carolina hometown.

Desperate, Jac dreams up a comeback plan: to be a contestant on the 1, the most-watched reality dating show in the world. Jac is a romance writer after all. She knows how to pull off a meet-cute and create a spicy plotline better than most of us.

But Jac soon discovers that while she may have just met the love of her life, the producers are turning her into the show’s villain.

Good villains make good TV, right? On set, Jac quickly establishes herself as a front-runner for bachelor Marcus’s heart, but she’s shocked to discover who’s actually pulling the strings. How was she to know that Henry Foster, her last one-night stand before the show, was actually a longtime producer on the 1? Henry is just as horrified…but they can’t seem to keep their hands off each other.

Jac knows that she’s getting the villain edit. And they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but as Jac’s secret plan begins crumbling around her, she’s not so sure. What happens if Marcus chooses her? Worse, what happens if her affair with Henry comes to light? What if, in trying to save her career, she instead will further wreck her mess of a life?

Smart, funny, and sexy, with a lowcountry twist, anyone who has ever secretly rooted for the villain (or has been one) will love it. Grab now for a perfect end of summer read!