NEWS

Dear Reader,

Your favorite indie bookstore has more romance and love stories than your perpetually single best friend sharing dating details over cocktails. Trust us—we have romance reads for days!

Our booksellers enjoy seeing this diverse genre flourish and readers rush into the bookstore to grab the latest hot release or discover a new romance series or subgenre. In celebration of all things literary and romance, Main Street Books will take part in Bookstore Romance Day on Saturday, August 9.

Bookstore Romance Day is a nationwide celebration of romance fiction—its books, readers, and writers—at independent bookstores. 

Join us at Main Street Books for giveaways, expert romance recommendations by Main Squeeze Book Club leader Jen Edwards, deluxe blind dates, a love letter writing station, and more! And Main Street Books’ bookseller Brianne Wik, a published Romantasy author and voracious Romantasy reader, is always ready to share her favorite recommendations for those entering the genre.

Seeking your next romance pick? Check out the full list of bestselling romance books, and find recommendations from our booksellers below. 

With cheer, 

The Main Street Books Team

P.S. Are you a romance reader looking for a new book club? Consider joining The Main Squeeze, Main Street Books’ romance book club. Find details for next month’s book club below. 

P.P.S. Join Main Street Books this Friday, August 1, for First Fridays. Bookseller Jan Blodgett and her Lake Norman Early Music Consort will be performing at 5:30pm. Main Street Books will stay open until 7pm for customers to enjoy shopping, music, and art along Main Street.