Love to be Loved

with Jennifer Whiteford, Amy Lea and Julia McKay

Hosted by Emma Theriault

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Amy Lea Jennifer Whiteford Julia McKay

McKay (a.k.a. Marissa Stapley) offers dual love stories as well as a tribute to ride-or-die friendships…While the focus is on Holly’s and Ivy’s separate romances, there are plenty of lovable secondary characters to round out the cast… A delightful addition to the holiday romance subgenre.

Library Journal

Romance is in the air! Join author Emma Theriault for a conversation with three of Canada’s most celebrated Romance writers on all the ways true love comes knocking, often when least expected.

A guarded punk-rocker-turned-barista meets a big-hearted sound tech who charms his way into her life and helps her revisit her musical past in Make Me a Mixtape by Jennifer Whiteford.

During a summer in Italy, two best friends discover whether true love is up to destiny or free will in , the latest bestseller from Amy Lea. For generations, the fortune-telling women in Lo Zhao-Jensen’s family have foreseen The One?the great loves of their lives?before ever meeting them. Except for Lo, who has zero psychic abilities. Until now.

Trading places and vacations might just be the Christmas miracle these two best friends need in The Holiday Honeymoon Switch by Julia McKay. Holly Beech and Ivy Casey are besties. When Holly’s fiancé jilts her, leaving her in shock and with a nonrefundable honeymoon, Holly convinces Ivy to switch places. Ivy will go on the Hawaiian honeymoon her best friend can’t bear to take alone, while Holly escapes to Ivy’s rented Hudson Valley cabin. But Holly’s wallowing is interrupted when her rugged Airbnb host turns out to be her high school academic rival. Meanwhile, Ivy’s solo art retreat is upended when Holly’s ex-fiancé checks into the honeymoon suite—with a new woman. Against all odds, this Christmas might prove the most magical yet.

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The Authors

Amy Lea

Amy Lea is the international bestselling author of romantic comedies for adults and teens, including Mindy Kaling’s Book Studio selection Woke Up Like This. Her acclaimed works have been featured in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Elle Magazine and has been long listed as a CBC Canada Reads finalist. They have also been optioned for film and sold to over a dozen foreign territories.When Amy is not writing, she can be found fan-girling over other romance books on Instagram (@amyleabooks), eating potato chips with reckless abandon, and snuggling with her husband and two goldendoodles in Ottawa, Canada.

Jennifer Whiteford

Jennifer Whiteford (she/her) lives in Ottawa, Ontario, with her partner, children, dog and record collection. She writes regularly for Razorcake, a long-standing punk publication. She was also a founding member of the “all girl, all rock” band Sophomore Level Psychology. With those rock ‘n roll days behind her, she now mostly stays home and reads. Find her on Instagram at @jenniferwhitefordwrites.

Julia McKay

Julia McKay is the pen name of Marissa Stapley, a former magazine editor and New York Times bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club Pick Lucky, as well as international bestsellers Mating for Life, Things to Do When It’s Raining, and The Last Resort. She is also one half of the writing duo behind The Holiday Swap and All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox, and co-author of Three Holidays and a Wedding. Many of her novels have been optioned for television and her journalism has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Elle, Today’s Parent, and Reader’s Digest. She lives in Toronto with her family and a precocious black cat named Oscar.