From the USA Today bestselling author of When Javi Dumped Mari comes a hilarious twist on How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days.

Vanessa Cordero used to run a profitable side gig: For a reasonable fee, she’d date your crush...and make his life miserable. Too clingy? Check. Jealous? Check. A parent's worst nightmare? Triple check. By the time Vanessa was done with him, your guy was practically begging for you.

Enter Jason Torres, a certified commitment-phobe who doesn't plan on getting married anytime soon, much to his mother’s dismay. What he needs is a temporary girlfriend. A totally inappropriate girlfriend. Someone his mother will hate, so she'll finally abandon her dreams of getting him to the altar.

Vanessa's younger sister, Lisa, has her eye on Jason, and convinces Vanessa to come out of retirement for one last starter ex engagement. The rules are simple: no touching, no fooling around, and definitely no falling in love. But nothing's going according to plan. Because Vanessa can't ditch Jason no matter how hard she tries to scare him away. And the longer they're around each other, the more neither of them wants to be apart.

Celebrate the release of The Baby Dilemma with Elle Wright!

EVENT DEETS

When: Tuesday, January 26 @ 7PM CST

Where: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004)

How: 

• RSVP ONLY to reserve your seat.

• RSVP WITH BOOK to reserve your seat and purchase a copy The Baby Dilemma, supporting both the author and our store programming. The book will be available for pickup at the event.

Please Note: Copies of The Baby Dilemma purchased from other retailers are not permitted in the bookstore and are not eligible for the signing or photo line. To participate in the signing and photo opportunity, you must purchase a copy from Kindred Stories. If you already purchased your book from Kindred Stories, you may select the RSVP Only ticket option and bring your Kindred Stories copy to the event.

If you purchase a ticket and are unable to attend the event, your ticket is non-refundable. If your ticket includes a book, an email will be sent to all attendees before and after the event with instructions on how to receive your book. Books must be claimed within 14 days following the event. If your book is not retrieved it will be returned to the publisher and will not be available for pick up in the future.

ABOUT THE BOOK

A disciplined Detroit executive who’s sworn off marriage and kids is thrown off balance when his longtime situationship—a successful Black gamer with plans of her own—reveals a life-changing surprise in this sexy, emotional contemporary romance perfect for fans of Kristina Forest, Talia Hibbert, Mia Sosa, and Danielle Allen.

Hendrix Batchelor manages his personal life as carefully as his professional one. For the Batchelor Corporation executive, avoiding romantic commitment means staying safe from the turbulent family dysfunction that still haunts him. Sure, his comfortable, long-time situationship with Brianna Cobb ended /because they wanted different things, but the split was uncomplicated. . . . Until he learns Brianna is pregnant and wants to raise the baby alone.

With a baby due just as her career is thriving as one of the few Black girl professional gamers, Brianna is making tough but necessary choices. Why would she and Hendrix work now, when they never have before? Yet the more time Hendrix spends by her side as her pregnancy progresses, the more she starts to fall for the man he's proving to be.

After all this time, can Hendrix convince Brianna that what they have is the real thing? Or will Batchelor family drama force everyone to question whether they have the courage to abandon their best-laid plans . . .

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elle Wright is an award-winning author of edgy contemporary romance loaded with heat, humor, and scandal. Her novels feature strong, intelligent, courageous, beautiful, yet flawed, heroes and heroines of color. There was never a time when Elle wasn't about to start a book, wasn't already deep in a book--or had just finished one. She grew up believing in the power of reading to transform, to heal, and to enhance life and love. She became a lover of all things romance after her mother convinced her to take a chance and read something new. She resides in Michigan with her husband and children. Connect with Elle online at ElleWright.com, Facebook ElleWrightAuthor, Twitter @LWrightAuthor, and Instagram: @lrwrightauthor.

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER

ROBBI RENEE: Loss, grief, & anxiety birthed Robbi Renee in December 2020 in the midst of the pandemic. She pens stories of love, heartbreak & healing. A love for reading transformed into an obsession with writing authentic Black characters, living beautiful Black lives in thriving Black communities that pay homage to her hometown of St. Louis! Robbi Renee enjoys writing contemporary & urban romance that takes readers on a wild ride.

A disciplined Detroit executive who’s sworn off marriage and kids is thrown off balance when his longtime situationship—a successful Black gamer with plans of her own—reveals a life-changing surprise in this sexy, emotional contemporary romance perfect for fans of Kristina Forest, Talia Hibbert, Mia Sosa, and Danielle Allen.

Hendrix Batchelor manages his personal life as carefully as his professional one. For the Batchelor Corporation executive, avoiding romantic commitment means staying safe from the turbulent family dysfunction that still haunts him. Sure, his comfortable, long-time situationship with Brianna Cobb ended /because they wanted different things, but the split was uncomplicated. . . . Until he learns Brianna is pregnant and wants to raise the baby alone.

With a baby due just as her career is thriving as one of the few Black girl professional gamers, Brianna is making tough but necessary choices. Why would she and Hendrix work now, when they never have before? Yet the more time Hendrix spends by her side as her pregnancy progresses, the more she starts to fall for the man he's proving to be.

After all this time, can Hendrix convince Brianna that what they have is the real thing? Or will Batchelor family drama force everyone to question whether they have the courage to abandon their best-laid plans . . .

The USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man is back with another hilarious #ownvoices rom-com about two strangers who get trapped in a lie and have to fake date their way out of it… 

Just weeks away from ditching DC for greener pastures, Solange Perreira is roped into helping her wedding planner cousin on a random couple’s big day. It’s an easy gig... until she stumbles upon a situation that convinces her the pair isn’t meant to be. What’s a true-blue romantic to do? Crash the wedding, of course. And ensure the unsuspecting groom doesn’t make the biggest mistake of his life.

Dean Chapman had his future all mapped out. He was about to check off “start a family” and was on track to “make partner” when his modern-day marriage of convenience went up in smoke. Then he learns he might not land an assignment that could be his ticket to a promotion unless he has a significant other and, in a moment of panic, Dean claims to be in love with the woman who crashed his wedding. Oops.

Now Dean has a whole new item on his to-do list: beg Solange to be his pretend girlfriend. Solange feels a tiny bit bad about ruining Dean’s wedding, so she agrees to play along. Yet as they fake-date their way around town, what started as a performance for Dean’s colleagues turns into a connection that neither he nor Solange can deny. Their entire romance is a sham... there’s no way these polar opposites could fall in love for real, right?