The door sign for the ripped bodice in Culver City CA There is a sign under reading “Main Street Salon”

BACK AT IT AGAIN

#romancelandia #booksky #TheRippedBodice

A picture of me (wearing a white Shoresy blueberry bulldogs jersey) and Stephanie archer (hockey romance author, wearing a floral dress) in front of bookshelves at the Ripped Bodice LA

I 🫶 hockey romance

I met Stephanie Archer!!!! Shes so cool!!! And liked my jersey!! #booksky #theRippedBodice

A picture of me smiling between authors Lana Ferguson (holding up The Fake Mate) and Kate Golden at the Culver City location of the ripped bpdice

late ish posting the picture but Lana Ferguson and Kate Golden were delightful!!🐺 I’m really excited to read The Mating Game!! I love talking about monster romance and knots irl with people who get it 🥰🪢

#booksky #romancelandia #LanaFerguson 💙📚 #TheRippedBodice

My @TheRippedBodice pin set is complete! #TheRippedBodice

Thank you, @TheRippedBodice! 💙🦋 #BenSoloLives #SaveTheHuntForBenSolo #TheHuntForBenSolo #TheRippedBodice

I finally visited The Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn, NY! Everything was so pretty and there were sooooo many books I wanted to buy. I restrained myself somehow!

#therippedbodice #brooklynny #bookstore #bookishroadtrip #booktok

Kate Golden and Yulin Kang talked at the Ripped Bodice

Holding up a copy of If Not For My Baby in front of the ripped bodice stage

BOOK LAUNCH BOOK LAUNCH BOOK LAUNCH

had so so much fun at the launch event for Kate Golden’s If Not For My Baby at the Ripped Bodice LA 💖💖💖

#booksky #romancelandia #theRippedBodice #indieBookstores 🌶️💙📚

A copy of Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood signed “To Colleen”

SCREAMING CRYING 😭😭😭🥰🥰🤩🥹🧡🧡

THANK YOU #TheRippedBodice

#AliHazelwood #booksky #romancelandia 💙📚🌶️ #indiebookstore

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖎𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖉 𝕭𝖔𝖉𝖎𝖈𝖊

🗓️ June 12, 2025 | 📍 218 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215 | 🕖 7p ET | 🎟️ $20

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#authorsigning #authorevent #bookevent #readerevent #cosmppolitan #meetandgreet #lydiamichaels #romanceauthors #romancebooks #therippedbodice #bookstore #bookshelf

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖎𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖉 𝕭𝖔𝖉𝖎𝖈𝖊

🗓️ June 12, 2025 | 📍 218 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215 | 🕖 7p ET | 🎟️ $20

🔗: buff.ly/42WrjCo

#authorsigning #authorevent #bookevent #readerevent #cosmppolitan #meetandgreet #lydiamichaels #romanceauthors #romancebooks #therippedbodice #bookstore #bookshelf

broke my book buying ban to order a signed and personalized! the Love Hypothesis 📚💙

thank you #TheRippedBodice I cannot have self control

The cover of Camille Kellogg's upcoming novel The Next Chapter, showing two women outside a bookstore.

I just got an advance ARC of The Next Chapter by @kelloggcamille.bsky.social and I know I'm going to tear through it. Her previous book Just As You Are might be my favorite queer romance novel ever.

I also ordered the physical book (signed) from #TheRippedBodice

#QueerBooks
#GayBooks
#LGBTQbooks

Blood Orange book by Karina Halle

Excited to start one of the books I picked up at #TheRippedBodice

Anyone ever read this author? I've followed her on #Instagram for a while, but never picked up a #book until now!

#bloodorange #karinahalle #darkromance #vampires #paranormalromance #booksky 💙📚 #booktok ⏰️📚 #bookclub

#BookHaul from #TheRippedBodice yesterday! Highly recommend visiting and supporting the #indiebookstore

#romancebooks #darkromance #fantasyromance #romantasy #romantasybooks #booksky 💙📚 #vampirebooks #reader #whychoose #briarwick #karinahalle #oliviawildenstein #carissabroadbent #shoplocal #booktok

Took a #mentalhealth trip to #TheRippedBodice today! Of course, I bought a ton of #romancebooks that I don't have the room for, but they looked so lonely 😅

I'll post the #bookhaul when I'm home!

#booksky 💙📚 #booktok ⏰️📚 #reader #bookclub #smallbusiness #indiebooks #romantasy

HAUL!!! #booksky 🌶️📚💙 #therippedbodice #indiebookstore

Cake pop

Just a romance author celebrating one of the biggest nights of her author career so far by shopping for Christmas decorations and deep-throating a cake pop.

I can't believe I was part of a virtual author chat last night and on The Ripped Bodice event.

#romancelandia #therippedbodice

New in rotation! The brand new album from Erin Judge and Jenny Chalikain, out on BandCamp on #BlackFriday! Hear it on Boston Comedy Radio! Listen at www.bostoncomedyradio.com or download the Live365 app for your phone or Roku!

#bostoncomedyradio#erinjudge #jennychalikian #therippedbodice

Two great book memories of ‘23 - hanging with #JulieMurphy_SierraSimone at #WordBookstoreBklyn & meeting #CaseyMcQuiston at #TheRippedBodice Bklyn grand opening …

Sachet of Trope Tea, colorful bookworm socks and seven books including Before I let Go by Kennedy Ryan, The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling, Play for me by Libby Hubscher, Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory, Make Me Fall by Cass Sutka, Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker, In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer.

When I was in LA, I asked the peeps at #TheRippedBodice, to pull together books (& socks & tea) for a #bookgiveaway to celebrate Autumn.
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