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5 Bay Area romance authors are telling delightful — and diverse — love stories based right here
It’s no secret: Romance novels are having a 21st-century moment. Walk into any bookstore, and you’ll see shelves upon shelves of brightly colored book covers promising meet-cutes, friends-to-lovers and summer beach-read fare. There’s a new season of …