Romance-Landia Bookstore opened earlier this month in Centreville, Md., the Bay Times reported.
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Owner Staci Hicks held a grand opening celebration for the bookstore, which carries a wide assortment of romance titles from traditionally and independently published authors, on January 4. The store is located at 204 Banjo Lane, Suite C, and in addition to books carries a variety of gifts, store-branded merchandise, and other sidelines. Hicks also offers a self-service coffee bar for customers.
Hicks, whose professional background involved promoting self-published authors, plans to host plenty of local indie authors at the store, and book clubs are held once per month. Later this month she'll host a release party for Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros, as well as a plant-cutting swap.
Prior to opening the bricks-and-mortar location, Hicks ran Romance-Landia as a pop-up store for around eight months. She told the Bay Times: "Anybody can find something if they open themselves up to it."