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#174: Open Door Romance with Kassie King and Stephanie Skees

52m · Grace and Growth with Addie · 04 Apr 09:00

It is no secret that I LOVE the Novel Neighbor. I love the community and the people and the events. I am thrilled to get to introduce you to Kassie King and Stephanie Skees as they work on the newest piece of the Novel Neighborhood, Open Door Romance in the Next Door Space. This romance bookstore is going to level up the community for readers in the St Louis area. Kassie and Skees share all the behind the scenes in opening Open Door, how we can help and then spill the tea on the books they can’t stop talking about.

So tell me, What is your favorite bookstore?

Shownotes:

  • Novel Neighbor on IG

  • Novel Neighbor Website

  • Open Door

  • Mystery Box

  • Open Door Indigogo

Books:

  • The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

  • Murder Road by Simone St James

  • The Prospects by KT Hoffman

  • How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

  • A Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas

  • The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

  • The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez

  • Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

  • If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens

  • Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

  • Leather & Lark

Friends of the Show:

Episode #105: Selling Books, Non Profits, and Pivoting as a Bookseller with Holland Saltsman

Episode #116: All of the Bookish Recommendations with Stephanie Skees

Episode #117: A Conversation on Reading Romance with Maddie M

Episode #115: Pride and Protest with Author Nikki Payne

Skees’s Reading, Watching, Listening:

  • Watching

    • Drive to Survive

    • Shogun

  • Listening:

    • Cowboy Carter

    • Unbound Podcast

Kassie’s Reading, Watching, Listening:

  • Watching

    • Interview with a Vampire

  • Reading

    • Bride by Ali Hazelwood

    • Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings

  • Listening:

    • Waiting for Tortured Poets Department

Instagram:

  • Stephanie Skees

  • Kassie King

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