Valentines Day was made for lovers–incuding book lovers. We have two SIMPLY WRITTEN HERE events coming up in february.

• Simply Written Here: A Valentines Book Happy Hour –three hours of fun with friends and authors. We’ll have mocktails by Plot Twist, Blind Date with a Book for our customers, and other fun. Thursday, Feb. 5, 5-8 p.m. at Simply Made Here, an artisans shop that celebrates all things Maryland, located at 2302 Frederick Road, Catonsville, on the way to Olde Ellicott City.
• Simply Written Here: A Valentines Book Book Showfcase –Meet ten authors, romance and other genres. three hours of fun with friends and authors. Most of the authors will be romance writers but we’re sprinkling in a few writers from other genres just to add more spice. We’ll have mocktails by Plot Twist, Blind Date with a Book for our customers, and other fun. Saturday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Simply Made Here, an artisans shop that celebrates all things Maryland, located at 2302 Frederick Road, Catonsville, on the way to Olde Ellicott City.
• Books and Beer: I’ve got space at a book event with M.K. Hale and other local writers at theCrooked Crab brew pub, Sunday, Feb. 15, 12-4:30 p.m. The Odenton brew pub is located at Crooked Crab Brewing Company, 8251 Telegraph Rd, Unit D, Odenton, MD 21113.
• Tavern Talk & Tea, Rising Sun Inn, Saturday, April 25, 2026. 1 p.m. Come for tea, as well as some of the sweets mentioned in my book Love Letters & Gingerbread, a companion book to my Civil War novel, Divided Loyalties. Really a novella, Love Letters relates the love stories of two Annapolis sisters (who later are nurses at Antietam). The Rising Sun Inn is located at 1090 Generals Highway in Crownsville (near Annapolis). After tea, I’ll introduce my book with its pretty new cover, answer questions and enjoy the colonial atmosphere of this convivial historic inn. Hope you’ll join me.
  

I pushed open the Sundial bookstore door and slipped inside.
The store’s owner glanced over the reading glasses perched on
her nose. “Morning, Henry. What brings you here?”
I scanned the shop. I couldn’t quite say I was searching for a safe
place to hide and calm my raging nerves. “Hi, Susan. I need a book for Mom. 
She likes those beach romance books. Got anything new?”
Taking off her glasses, she nodded and came around the counter. 
“I’ve got just the thing. It’s set right here, a second-chance romance.”

from FEARLESS SUMMER