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MPR News with Angela Davis
Angela Davis and Gretchen Brown
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Why we love romance novels in 2024

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MPR News host Angela Davis holds up "Just for the Summer" by Abby Jimenez, best-selling romance author and owner of Nadia Cakes, in the MPR newsroom in St. Paul on Tuesday.
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Summer is the season of the beach read, and romance novels are flying off the shelves in 2024.

MPR News host Angela Davis talked with romance author and chef Abby Jimenez, plus the owner of Minneapolis bookstore Tropes and Trifles.

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MPR News host Angela Davis (left) talks with Lauren Richards (right), co-owner of Tropes and Trifles, a Minneapolis romance bookstore, in an MPR News studio in St. Paul on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

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