![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For the first two years of their business, the sisters had to take care of the store without any extra help. The idea of creating a space dedicated solely to romance that serves the genre’s readers then started to develop. Leah Koch said she and her sister found the romance sections in general bookstores small or even absent. The white square bookshelves, decorated with a rainbow flag, spotlights LGBTQ+ reads. Flyers lay on the table while each table drawer is embellished with a placard honoring the drawer’s sponsor. Sharing the wall are framed news reports featuring the two owners. Open books occupy the corner next to the front door of The Ripped Bodice, climbing up to its ceiling. The strong sense of neighborhood in downtown Culver City is what attracted Bea and Leah Koch, sisters and co-founders of The Ripped Bodice, to settle their establishment here. On both its wooden sign and clear glass window, the slogan “A Romantic Bookstore” reads underneath the bookstore’s name. But a casual fling can turn into something more when you least expect it.Located on Main Street in Culver City, The Ripped Bodice is a queer- and woman-owned, romance-exclusive bookstore that greets customers with its bright pink facade and vibrant window display. There’s something about him that makes Mac think a casual fling is just what she needs to take her mind off dealing with bride-zillas and screening her mother’s phone calls. He’s even an English teacher at their high school alma mater. Mac’s foundation is jostled again moments before an important wedding planning meeting when she bumps into the bride-to-be’s brother…an encounter that has them both seeing stars.Ĭarter Maguire is definitely not her type: he’s stable, and he’s safe. ![]() Her father replaced his first family with a second, and now her mother, moving on to yet another man, begs Mac for attention and money. With bridal magazine covers to her credit, Mackensie “Mac” Elliot is most at home behind the camera ready to capture the happy moments she never experienced while growing up. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts cordially invites you to meet childhood friends Parker, Emma, Laurel, and Mac the founders of Vows, one of Connecticut’s premier wedding planning companies.Īfter years of throwing make-believe weddings in the backyard, flowers, photography, desserts, and details are what these women do best: a guaranteed perfect, beautiful day full of memories to last the rest of your life. ![]()
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