Between the Covers Book Club

Dog-Eared’s “Between the Covers” Book Club is a celebration of all things rom-com led by one of the genre’s greatest fans, DeAnn. With a new pick each month, swooning has never been so much fun.

The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling

WHEN: Saturday, October 22, 7 PM 
WHERE: Dog-Eared Books 

This month we are reading The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling! The Between the Covers book club will meet at 7 PM on Saturday, October 22. 

Welcome to Spooky Season!! The follow-up to Erin Sterling’s New York Times bestselling hit The Ex Hex features fan favorite Gwyn and the spine-tinglingly handsome Wells Penhallow as they battle a new band of witches and their own magical chemistry.

Gwyn Jones is perfectly happy with her life in Graves Glen. She, her mom, and her cousin have formed a new and powerful coven; she’s running a successful witchcraft shop, Something Wicked; and she’s started mentoring some of the younger witches in town. As Halloween approaches, there’s only one problem—Llewellyn “Wells” Penhallow.

Wells has come to Graves Glen to re-establish his family’s connection to the town they founded as well as to make a new life for himself after years of being the dutiful son in Wales. When he opens up a shop of his own, Penhallow’s, just across the street from Something Wicked, he quickly learns he’s gotten more than he bargained for in going up against Gwyn.

When their professional competition leads to a very personal—and very hot—kiss, both Wells and Gwyn are determined to stay away from each other, convinced the kiss was just a magical fluke. But when a mysterious new coven of witches come to town and Gwyn’s powers begin fading, she and Wells must work together to figure out just what these new witches want and how to restore Gwyn’s magic before it’s too late.

Purchase a copy to read, or grab it from the library, and join us at Dog·Eared Books at 7 PM on Saturday, October 22, to discuss the book with book club host DeAnn! This book club is free to anyone who wishes to participate, no registration necessary.

Dates and books for upcoming 2022 Between the Covers Book Club gatherings:

October 22 at 7 PM  The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling

November 26 at 7 PM  Do You Take This Man by Denise Williams

December 17 at 7 PM  A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

Do You Listen to Podcasts?

This is the Between the Covers Podcast, with hosts DeAnn Malone and Rachel Trainum. In our podcast we’ll chat about our favorite rom-com reads, the book pick for the Between the Covers book club at Dog-Eared Books in Ames, IA and the tropes that go with the book we’re currently reading. And much more! Between the Covers podcast will be bi-weekly, with one episode covering the current rom-com trope topic and the next discussing the book club read. And on occasion we will have bonus episodes where you can hear us talk about more in the rom-com world.

We hope you listen and read along with us!

Available on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.