Tucson Festival of Books

Love, Arizona


Close out your book festival Saturday with four Arizona romance authors. They might write books that take place all over the world, but their hearts (and keyboards) all reside in a place we know well.


Panelists
Jen DeLuca

Jen DeLuca is the USA Today bestselling author of the Well Met series, which was inspired by her time volunteering as a pub wench with her local Renaissance Faire, as well as "Haunted Ever After," a romance set in a haunted Florida tourist town....

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Sonora Reyes

Born and raised in Arizona, Sonora Reyes writes fiction full of queer and Latinx characters for multiple age groups in a variety of genres. Their most recent book is their debut adult romance, "The Broposal....

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Sarah T. Dubb

Sarah T. Dubb is a Tucson-based romance writer, librarian, parent and activist. Her debut novel, "Birding With Benefits," is set in Tucson and was featured on NPR's 2024 Books We Love. She has served as a moderator in the past and is over the moon to be one of our presenting authors this year....

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Neely Tubati Alexander

Neely Tubati Alexander is the author of women's fiction and romcoms you can escape into with a smile. Her books have been featured in Cosmopolitan, Parade, and Elle, with her novel, "In a Not So Perfect World," chosen as a Good Morning America Buzz Pick....

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Books:
Birding with Benefits
A Novel
Sarah T. Dubb
Romance
Simon and Schuster
June 2024
ISBN 9781668037836
336 pages
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Haunted Ever After
Jen DeLuca
Romance
Penguin Publishing Group
August 2024
ISBN 9780593641217
352 pages
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In a Not So Perfect World
Neely Tubati Alexander
Romance
Harper Perennial
April 2024
ISBN 9780063292949
352 pages
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The Broposal
Sonora Reyes
Romance
Grand Central Publishing
January 2025
ISBN 9781538766682
384 pages
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