Tarot Tales
The mystic world of tarot comes alive with authors Kristin Cast and Lori Dyan as they explore how the cards inspire and influence their work. Dyan’s Big Deck Energy offers a vibrant, empowering guide to connecting with tarot’s transformative energy in everyday life, encouraging readers to trust their intuition and embrace their inner power. Meanwhile, Cast’s The Empress weaves tarot symbolism into a captivating fictional story full of magic, power, and self-discovery.
Beyond Happily Ever After
Who says the road to happily ever after has to be smooth, tidy, or even all that “happy”? Join authors Ellie K. Wilde and Kristin Cast as they dig into the beloved (and sometimes eye-roll-inducing) happily ever after. What makes a satisfying ending? When do you bend the rules, and when do you blow them up completely? From messy resolutions to unconventional love stories, this panel will celebrate all the ways romance can promise forever.
Hidden Worlds Pop Up at Portland Book Fest
Join Kristin Cast at the Hidden Worlds pop up at Portland Book Fest!
Lovestruck in Seattle Grand Opening Celebration
Join Lovestruck in Seattle for the grand opening of their brand-new location! Celebrate with author signings from Kristin Cast, S.A. MacLean, and K.L. Parsons, plus flash tattoos by Galerie Tacoma Tattoo and a handmade charm bar by KactusBlue. Enjoy freebies, treats, cookies, and a photo booth by DressupBox, then grab a themed drink from Café Javasti next door.
Black Goddess Panel & Huntsman Signing
Raise a glass at Gilbert Cellars in Yakima, WA for an unforgettable evening with Naima Simone—romance powerhouse and queen of swoon-worthy angst—joined in conversation by authors Kristin Cast, Elizabeth Stephens, Jasmine Silvera, and AE Valdez. From fierce heroines to sizzling chemistry, these storytellers bring heart, heat, and unapologetic magick to every page.
Your ticket includes panel entry and a signed copy of Simone’s newest release, Huntsman. Additional books from all featured authors will be available for purchase and signing.
This is an 18+ event.
The Dark & Shadowy Things Inside Us
Join Pacific Northwest authors Kristin Cast (The Empress) and Stacy Johns (What Remains of Teague House) for an evening of shadowy twists, sizzling romance, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. From a fake marriage with a battle-scarred warrior in a fantasy kingdom to a family estate hiding fresh graves, both writers know how to keep readers turning pages deep into the night.
Expect readings, candid conversation, and a peek behind the curtain of their newest darkly addictive novels.
In Conversation with Sarah Hawley
Celebrate the release of Sarah Hawley’s PRINCESS OF BLOOD, the spellbinding sequel to Servant of Earth, with an in-person launch at Grand Gesture Books. Hawley will be joined in conversation by Kristin Cast as they dive into dark magick, dangerous romance, and the art of building worlds readers never want to leave.
The evening includes a lively discussion, audience Q&A, and book signing.
Masks are required.
In Conversation with S.A. MacLean
Fionamara is a smuggler. Antal is the reason her people fear the dark. Fi ferries contraband between worlds, stockpiling funds and stolen magic to keep her village self-sufficient – free from the blood sacrifices humans have paid to Antal’s immortal species for centuries.
Only legends whispered through the pine forests recall a time when things were different, before one world shattered into many, and the flesh-devouring beasts crept from the cracks between realities, with their sable antlers and slender tails, lethal claws and gleaming fangs. Now, mortal lives are food to pacify their carnivorous overlords, exchanged for feudal protection, and the precious silver energy that fuels everything from transport to weaponry.
When Fi gets planted with a stash of smuggled energy, a long-lost flame recruits her for a reckless heist that escalates into a terrorist bombing – and a coup against the reigning immortals, with Fi’s home caught in the crossfire.
She’s always known the dangers of her trade – and of the power she’s wielded since childhood, allowing her to see the secret doors between dimensions, to walk the Void itself. But nothing could have prepared her for crossing paths with Antal. For the deal she’ll have to make with him, a forced partnership to reclaim his city that begins as a desperate bid for survival, only to grow into something far more dangerous.
A revolution. And a temptation – for how sweet the monster’s fangs might feel.
In Conversation with Kate Dramis
WHAT IS A HUMAN TO A GOD?
Aya has gone missing, and no one has heard whisper of her—not even Will. Desperately searching the continent for some sign of his lost love, he’s soon joined by Aidon, recently on the run after showing forbidden power at the battle of Dunmeaden…throwing his own kingdom head-first into civil war.
Time isn’t on their side. They have to find Aya soon, or all the realm will fracture.
But what no one knows is that Aya has not been lost, but taken: bound and tortured, at the mercy of the vengeful first saint. Filled with rage, the saint plans to use Aya to destroy the gods who killed her 500 years ago…no matter the cost to those left behind.
Torn between duty and empathy, light and dark, love and loss, Aya must find a way to free herself and finally decide her true fate: Can she fulfill the prophecy and save the realm? Or should the gods pay for what they’ve done?
The Curse of Gods is the final installment in the stunning romantic fantasy series, The Curse of Saints.
Bookstore Romance Day with Grand Gesture Books
11:00 am - 11:50 am: Fantasy Themed Panel with Erin Mainord, Celestine Martin, JA George, and Aiden Thomas
12:00 pm -1:00 pm: Signing
🚀 Boundless Banter, Star-Crossed Sparks & Sci-Fi Shenanigans: An Evening with E. L. Starling & Kristin Cast
In E. L. Starling’s YA debut, Bound by Stars (Entangled Publishing), love defies gravity… and fate. Starling will be joined in conversation by Kristin Cast, co-author of the House of Night series.