'I never understood how she fell so hard every time. But I’m starting to. If loving someone feels like this… I’m starting to. And I know now why they call it falling. You can’t just step into this shit. And you can’t stop it once it’s started. You have to be brave. You have to believe that someone’s going to catch you.'
[…]
'You know that I’d catch you,' he said. 'Don’t you?'
'Of course I do,' she whispered, and as she said the words, she realized they were true.
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes acclaimed romance authors TALIA HIBBERT, VANESSA RILEY, FARRAH ROCHON, and KENNEDY RYAN for a panel discussion about their work and their experience in the romance community, in (slightly belated) celebration of the second annual Bookstore Romance Day, which takes place Saturday, August 15. The panel will be moderated by CHRISTINA TUCKER, co-host of the podcast Unfriendly Black Hotties and frequent fourth chair on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.