ZORA BOOKS HER HAPPY EVER AFTER | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Date and Time
May 7, 2023 5:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
May 7, 2023 5:00 pm
14th & V
Author Taj McCoy provides a heart-pounding, curvy romance about an indie bookstore owner who finds herself in a love triangle when she meets the author she's had a crush on for years...and his best friend.
Zora has committed every inch of her life to establishing her thriving DC bookstore, making it into a pillar of the community, and she just hasn’t had time for romance. But when a mystery author she’s been crushing on for years agrees to have an event at her store, she starts to rethink her priorities. Lawrence is every bit as charming as she imagined, even if his understanding of his own books seems just a bit shallow. When he asks her out after his reading, she’s almost elated enough to forget about the grumpy guy who sat next to her making snide comments all evening. Apparently the grouch is Lawrence’s best friend, Reid, but she can’t imagine what kind of friendship that must be. They couldn’t be more different.
But as she starts seeing Lawrence, and spending more and more time with Reid, Zora finds first impressions can be deceiving. Reid is smart and thoughtful—he’s also interested. After years of avoiding dating, she suddenly has two handsome men competing for her affection. But even as she struggles to choose between them, she can’t shake the feeling that they’re both hiding something—a mystery she’s determined to solve before she can find her HEA..
Taj McCoy and conversation partner Nikki Payne are joining us on the Busboys stage to celebrate this steamy love triangle set in the heart of our very own, DC. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and McCoy will be signing following the program.
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 5:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of ZORA BOOKS HER HAPPY EVER AFTER will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is IN PERSON and will NOT be livestreamed.
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Taj McCoy is a law-grad committed to championing plus-sized Black love stories and characters with a strong sense of sisterhood and familial bonds. Born in Oakland, Taj started writing as a child and celebrated her first publications in grade school. When she’s not writing, Taj boosts other marginalized writers, practices yoga, co-hosts the Fat Like Me and Better Than Brunch podcasts, shares recipes, and cooks supper club meals for friends.
Nikki Payne is a curious Dr. of Anthropology in Big Tech by day, and she dreams of ways to subvert canon literature by night. Inspired by the classics, her romances turn expectations on their head and deliver social commentary for the hopeless romantic. Her debut novel Pride and Protest was hailed "incandescent" by the Washington Post. Her next novel Sex, Lies, and Sensibility is Schitt's Creek meets Insecure and is equal parts hot and heartwarming. Nikki Payne is amember of Smut U, a premium feminist writing collective, and is a cat lady with no cats.
