The Paris Match Release Bash with Kate Clayborn

Step into a story set in the city of love! USA Today bestselling author, Kate Clayborn, is coming to Lovestruck for a celebration of her upcoming romance release, The Paris Match. You’ll be privy to the inside scoop on the inspiration behind the engrossing, agonizingly romantic wedding drama. In conversation with romantasy journalist Kalyani Saxena, Kate will discuss how characters lower hardened emotional walls in favor of embracing more honest vulnerability and the tremendous love story that unfolds as a result.

Event tickets include your very own copy of The Paris Match to get signed during the meet and greet portion of the evening. Guests are welcome to bring books from home to have signed, with a limit of one personalization per attendee.

EVENT DETAILS

• 6:30 PM: Doors Open – Settle in, grab a drink from our cafe and wine bar, and get ready for a great discussion!
• 7:00 PM: Discussion Begins – Kate and Kalyani will dive into The Paris Match.
• 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, and snap a photo.
• 8:30 PM: Last call - Grab your final pour from the wine bar.
• 9:00 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us!

Tickets are limited, so grab yours soon! If the event sells out, you can join the Eventbrite waitlist by selecting “Reserve a spot” followed by “Join Waitlist”. Should any spots open up, you’ll have 24 hours to register before we offer it to the next person.

ACCESSIBILITY

Check-in will take place at our front entrance on Brattle Street. If you have any accessibility needs, you're welcome to use our side entrance (located on the right side of the building), which is wheelchair accessible and has a ramp.

Guests who would benefit from priority seating or any additional assistance are encouraged to reach out in advance — just email us at events@lovestruckbooks.com. We're more than happy to make arrangements to ensure you feel comfortable and supported.

We’re always learning and looking for ways to make our events more accessible. If you have suggestions or feedback, we’d love to hear from you!

BOOK PICKUP POLICY

If you purchased a book with your event ticket but can’t make it to the event—and don’t request a refund—we’ll happily hold your book for pickup for up to 30 days after the event date.

We’ll be in touch via the email you provided at checkout to help coordinate pickup. After 30 days, if we haven’t heard from you or made other arrangements, we’ll consider the book abandoned property and may donate it or return it to inventory so it can find a new home.

Thanks so much for your understanding and for supporting our events—we love doing this with you!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kate Clayborn is the USA Today bestselling author of The Other Side of Disappearing and Georgie, All Along. She is a lifelong reader of texts of all kinds, and a passionate advocate for the romance genre. A Midwesterner by birth, she now lives in Virginia. You can find her on Instagram @kateclayborn.author.

ABOUT THE PARIS MATCH

Physician Layla Bailey has spent over a year telling herself she's moved on from a painful but amicable divorce from her college sweetheart. Staying friends with her ex seemed like the mature thing to do, but when Layla is invited to her former sister-in-law’s destination wedding in Paris—where Layla once spent her own romantic honeymoon—she knows her commitment to maturity might be her worst enemy…especially since her ex isn’t attending alone.

The only thing that could make the week more difficult is getting through it without the distraction of the wedding.... But when what Layla thought was a harmless conversation about the choices of her younger self leads to the bride getting cold feet, Layla finds herself facing down the groom’s mysterious, taciturn best man, Griffin, who will do anything to make sure this wedding happens.

Since she broke it, Griff demands she help him fix it. Going along with his plan to alleviate the engaged couple's doubts seems like Layla’s best chance at maintaining a good relationship with a family she once called her own. But as she learns more about the past heartbreak that’s driving Griff to help his friend, she gets closer and closer to confronting the true depth of her own pain…while finding herself more and more willing to risk it all again for Griff.

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER

Kalyani Saxena is a lifelong bookworm and journalist covering romance and fantasy. She got her start as a teen secretly reading romance novels in grocery aisles and feasting on paranormal YA novels of the 2010s. She now writes about all things genre and frequently reviews upcoming releases. Her work has appeared on NPR and in The New York Times and the Washington Post. When she’s not reading or writing about books, you can find her in a cozy chair knitting or crocheting a sweater. 

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