Join us at The Book Lounge on Saturday, December 12th from 12–3 PM for a special signing event with Ila Sikorski, author of Sail La Vie.

This event is free to attend, and her books will be available for purchase on-site. Stop by to meet Ila, get your copies signed, and discover a story filled with romance, adventure, and the magic of life at sea!

Event Details

• Date: December 12th, 2026
• Location: The Book Lounge, 631 Central Avenue
• Time: 12pm to 3pm
• Tickets: Free to attend; no reservation required.

About the Books

Sail La Vie

Six months ago, Finn Montgomery and Josephine Baxter called off their engagement. It wasn’t working, it was never going to work. Despite a past spanning over a decade and strings that felt impossible to detach, they went their separate ways.

Until last week when they discovered the 30-day long honeymoon they had booked aboard the Sail La Vie was nonrefundable. Now Finn and Jo have to decide whether they want to call the money a loss, or brave the rough seas together one last time.

Sail La Vie is lovingly coined an idiots-to-lovers spicy second chance romance set aboard a cruise ship where the main characters are child-free by choice with a guaranteed happily ever after.

For the Hope of It All

When Margot LeClair decides to uproot her life for a fresh start in a small town, she's focused on finding herself. The last thing she's thinking of is the guy she went on one date with a year ago...Until she finds out that same guy is her new neighbor.

Sawyer Hale has always known he was meant to be in Merrymount. And when he ended things with his on and off again girlfriend for the last time, he was more than okay with being alone...Until the girl that got away moved in next door.

Is it fate or another case of the right person, wrong time?

Daylight

Gwendolyn “Red” Bozelli is Merrymount personified. She’s the first person to offer help to anyone, is a cheerleader to all, remembers the little things, and loves hard. But for the past couple years, it’s been the greatest performance of her life. When every hope, plan, and dream came crashing down, Red became a shell of what once was.

Enter Miller Caswell and his adorable, spitfire daughter, Penelope, who have only known life as just the two of them. That is, until they find themselves living in an apartment above Red’s cafe. Miller is quiet and keeps to himself. He doesn’t know what love is beyond what he taught himself while raising his daughter on his own.

Long Story Short

Daisy Stiles and August Burton hate each other. That’s a fact truer than the sky being blue.

But when their very best friends announce they’re having twins, and ask Gus and Daisy to be the godparents to one, the two quickly realize they’re going to have to put aside their differences once and for all.

We head back to Merrymount for a third time with August and Daisy in this small town, spicy, enemies to lovers romance.

About the Author

Ila is a hopeless romantic who loves to write small town stories with found family, banter, happy endings, and a dash of spice.

Born and raised in Massachusetts—now calling sunny Orlando, FL home—an overly emotional pisces, she is a girl mom to the coolest kid ever, married to the boy she had a crush on in high school, and completely obsessed with her cats.

When she’s not writing, you can find her and the family checking every Disney destination off their bucket list, speaking in song lyrics, binging early 2000s tv shows, reading books that make her cry, and sending ridiculously long voice memos to her friends.

Ila is so excited to be here with you.

Come and meet Ila Sikorski, discover her heartwarming small-town romance stories, and enjoy tales filled with found family, playful banter, happy endings, and just the right amount of spice.