Hi! I’m Sarah Monzon and I’m so happy to be sharing a little about BOOKMARKED FOR LOVE with you all. This is a sweet, no-spice romantic comedy featuring a children’s librarian and the heir to a publishing empire…who just so happens to be the older boy she had a crush on as a young girl and the son of the family her parents work for. Now they’re dependent on each other for the future success of their careers, but their jobs may not be the only thing on the line.
B: Book-loving hero and heroine
O: Original Sabrina movie vibes
O: Only one hotel room
K: Kisses-only romance
M: Middle-aged main characters
A: Age gap trope
R: Redeeming qualities
K: Keeping things professional (or trying to!)
E: Emotionally mature leads
D: Different demographic background
F: First crush reignited
O: Open conversations
R: Reminiscing about favorite childhood books
L: Laugh-out-loud moments
O: Optimistically romantic
V: Very committed to their careers
E: Ending with a happy sigh
Narrator: Allyson Morgan
Checking Out Love #3
A Christian Contemporary Rom-Com Book-about-Books with Forced-Proximity, and a Curvy, Plus-Size Librarian
Can a jeopardized children's library program spark a partnership that saves their careers but costs them their hearts?
When children's librarian Martha Aldridge learns about budget cuts that will not only put her out of a job but also shut down the library's children's programs, she's determined to raise the funds needed to save both. The good news is, she knows just who to ask for a large donation on the library's behalf. The bad news? She swore she'd never step foot in his office again.
Julien King has been groomed to one day run his family's publishing empire, and now he must prove he's ready to take the helm by turning around the company's languishing children's imprint. That wouldn't be a problem, except he doesn't know the first thing about children's literature. So when Martha waltzes into his office, he sees an opportunity and makes her an offer she can't refuse. He'll give her the money she needs for the library in exchange for her help in acquiring a bestselling manuscript that will resurrect the dying imprint. The longer they're forced to work together, however, the more they come to realize their jobs may not be the only thing on the line.
Romance Contemporary [ Baker Publishing Group, On Sale: July 21, 2026, Trade Paperback / e-Book / audiobook, ISBN: 9780764243769 / eISBN: 9781493454204 ]
Winner of the Holt Medallion and Selah Award, Sarah Monzon is a stay-at-home mom who makes up imaginary friends to have adult conversations with (otherwise known as writing novels). As a navy chaplain's wife, she resides wherever the military happens to station her family and enjoys exploring the beauty of the world around her.
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