{"product_id":"ila-sikorski-author-signing","title":"Ila Sikorski: Author Signing!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; white-space: normal; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; hyphens: manual;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoin us at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book Lounge on Saturday, December 12th from 12–3 PM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for a special signing event with Ila Sikorski, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSail La Vie.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 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!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvent Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: December 12th, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLocation: The Book Lounge, 631 Central Avenue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTime: 12pm to 3pm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTickets: Free to attend; no reservation required.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSail La Vie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSail 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the Hope of It All\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSawyer 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs it fate or another case of the right person, wrong time?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaylight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGwendolyn “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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnter 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong Story Short\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaisy Stiles and August Burton hate each other. That’s a fact truer than the sky being blue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe head back to Merrymount for a third time with August and Daisy in this small town, spicy, enemies to lovers romance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIla is a hopeless romantic who loves to write small town stories with found family, banter, happy endings, and a dash of spice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIla is so excited to be here with you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCome 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Event","offers":[{"title":"I'll Be There","offer_id":54202151698725,"sku":"ILA-I'L","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/5088\/4901\/files\/events_2Fcovers_2F1792771006251-Ila_Sikorski.png?v=1792771084","url":"https:\/\/thebooklounge.com\/products\/ila-sikorski-author-signing","provider":"The Book Lounge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}