{"id":86943,"date":"2025-08-16T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T09:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/86943\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T09:51:10","slug":"electric-city-love-con-brings-authors-readers-and-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/86943\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric City Love Con brings authors, readers and recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of passionate readers descended upon the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel in Scranton this month for the first Electric City Love Con<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They found more than 100 romance authors waiting to sell and sign books, talk about their work and connect with fans. <\/p>\n

Bookmarks hit the road for the first-of-its-kind event in the Electric City to see what the crowd of readers might want to recommend. <\/p>\n

\"Maria<\/p>\n

Maria Muniz, Jefferson Twp. <\/p>\n

Book: “The Nothing Man”
Author: Catherine Ryan Howard<\/p>\n

It’s a really interesting tale of a true crime survivor who wrote a book, and the book is being critiqued by the serial killer.<\/p>\n

Maria Muniz recommends “The Nothing Man”<\/p>\n

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\"Kristen<\/p>\n

Kristen Wallo, Director, Valley Community Library<\/p>\n

Book: “Love and Other Conspiracies”
Author: Mallory Marlowe<\/p>\n

I think everyone should read this because it’s a really cute rom-com about a paranormal conspiracy theorist and a web series producer who fall in love while searching for Bigfoot and other cryptids.<\/p>\n

Kristen Wallo recommends “Love and Other Conspiracies”<\/p>\n

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\"Monica<\/p>\n

Monica LaLonde, Pittston<\/p>\n

Book: “Mountain Boss”
Author: SJ Tilly<\/p>\n

It is the first in a series of mountain-themed books, so it takes place a little bit in nature. There’s a lot of romance and spice and steam that happens. <\/p>\n

The “Mountain Boss” is a boss and employee romance that is quick, nice and spicy right from the beginning, so you don’t have a lot of wait time. It’s a really quick read for anyone who wants to read something quick and easy.<\/p>\n

Monica LaLonde recommends “Mountain Boss”<\/p>\n

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\"Megan<\/p>\n

Megan Kramer and Kristin Czwakiel<\/p>\n

Megan Kramer, Dimmick Memorial Library<\/p>\n

Book: “The Kingmaker”
Author: Kennedy Ryan<\/p>\n

It is top-tier spice, and the plot is amazing. The second book holds up. It is absolutely phenomenal. <\/p>\n

Kennedy did her homework; she is an incredible writer.<\/p>\n

Megan Kramer recommends “The Kingmaker”<\/p>\n

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\"Laura<\/p>\n

Laura Fox, Central Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Book: “Gloves Off”
Author: Stephanie Archer<\/p>\n

It’s a hockey sports romance with enemies to lovers, hate to love, great banter, and it’s spicy.<\/p>\n

It’s part of a series, but they’re interconnected standalones that you can read in any order. <\/p>\n

I loved the hero. He falls first, and I can’t recommend it enough.<\/p>\n

Laura Fox recommends “Gloves Off”<\/p>\n

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\"Marjorie<\/p>\n

Marjorie King, Connecticut<\/p>\n

Book: “Just a Touch Away”
Author: Jae<\/p>\n

It’s a very cute romance, and it’s like just very sweet and has a great ending.<\/p>\n

Marjorie King recommends “Just a Touch Away”<\/p>\n

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That’s all for this week’s edition of Bookmarks! Look for our next edition on Saturday, Aug. 30. We have even more Love Con recommendations to share, and this time from some of the authors who spent the day in Scranton. <\/p>\n

Then on September 13, we’ll talk about your favorite books you read in school or for school summer reading. <\/p>\n

Want to talk about a book you loved? Email\u00a0sarahscinto@wvia.org<\/a>\u00a0with Bookmarks in the subject line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of passionate readers descended upon the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel in Scranton this month for the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[223,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-86943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}