Tif Marcelo and Mona Shroff will join us on Sunday, April 28 at noon to present their latest works and discuss the category of romance as a wonderful way for readers to access books.

USA Today bestselling author Tif Marcelo will present and sign her new book, It Started with a Secret, the first in her new Spirit of the Shenandoah series.

Mona Shroff will present and sign her book, The Second First Chance.

When one unforgettable night...

Leads to a whole new life...
When Jared Sotheby arrives in Peak, Virginia, to search for his identity--and his Filipino roots--he doesn't anticipate an instant connection with a stunning woman he meets on his first night in town. And he certainly doesn't expect her to be managing the B & B owned by the biological family he's searching for!

One passionate night aside, Matilda Matthews needs a cook, and Jared, a chef, needs a way in. She'll give him the job if he keeps his identity a secret--for now. Their subterfuge quickly grows complicated as Jared yearns for a connection--not only with his family, but also with the once-bitten Matilda. But first he'll have to convince her to let a younger man into her heart...

Riya Desai and Dhillon Vora grew up together. Sharing secrets, hiding in their tree house, they were playmates, best friends and later—as teenagers—almost something more. Until the devastating house fire that ripped them apart, claiming the life of Dhillon’s father and Riya’s big brother, Samir. Riya and Dhillon have barely spoken since that terrible night, but they both made big decisions based on that fire.

Riya has chosen to fight fire with everything she’s got, but it’s not easy. As the only female firefighter and one of the only people of color at her fire hall, she has to prove herself over and over. Plus, she’s hidden her career from her family.

Dhillon wanted to heal things, so he became a veterinarian. When a chance encounter with a rescue dog throws Riya and Dhillon together again, he’s furious at her career choice. After what happened to them, how can she run into fires on purpose? For Riya, Dhillon’s anger is unacceptable: How can he not see that she’s protecting others from the very losses they both experienced?