Registration opens:
September 02nd, 2025

Toledo Library Romance-Con presents Christina Lauren

Presented with support from Destination Toledo

Christina Lauren, twenty-time New York Times bestselling author of Tangled Up in You and The Paradise Problem, will discuss romance and writing with author Nikki Payne. Participant Q&A to follow.

At each program, authors will speak, followed by a question-and-answer session. This event is free, but ticketed. A seat-filler line will occur on the day of the program to ensure a full house. Ticketed seats will be held until 5 minutes before start time, at which time they will be released. Book signing and/or photos will occur after the program at a designated time in the library's atrium. For full details on signing times and the other Romance-Con events and offerings, visit toledolibrary.org/romance-con.

If you do not provide an email at the time of registration, please record your six-character REF number on the confirmation page or contact the library for assistance. Please be prepared with an ID or library card on the day of the event for swift check-in. For those who provided an email, a confirmation will be sent.

AUTHOR SIGNING AND PHOTO DETAILS

Signing Line

11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. | Signing only, no photos in signing line. Pre-signed books will be available for purchase from Barnes and Noble at the event. Books from home are permitted, but only one personalization per person. Please consider purchasing from the event in support of the library. No non-book items will be signed. 
The receiving line will form at 11:30 p.m. in the Main Library Atrium. Signing will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

Photo Line

2:00-3:00 p.m. | Photos are limited to the first 400 guests and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The #1 international bestselling coauthor duo has produced twenty New York Times bestselling novels and are published in over 30 languages. They are the authors of Love and Other Words, The Unhoneymooners, Autoboyography, The True Love Experiment and many more.

For more details on Christina Lauren's books or to request a title, click here.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

By day, Nikki Payne is a Civic anthropologist building accessible government services for vulnerable populations, by night she dreams of ways to subvert Canon literature. Hailed as "incandescent" by the Washington Post, Nikki Payne's debut novel Pride and Protest was a Phenomenal Book Club pick and was selected by the Library of Congress to represent the District of Columbia for the National Book Festival. Featured in the New York Times, NPR, Elle, Oprah Daily and BuzzFeed, Nikki Payne is writing black women into their happily ever after.

For more details on Nikki's books or to request a copy from the library, click here.

Sensory Considerations: This program will use dim artificial lighting. All speakers will use microphones.

Accessibility Details: Located on the second floor, accessed by elevator and/or stairs. All doors will feature an automatic function or be propped prior to program start. Tile or low pile carpet throughout the building. Limited free parking is available in the attached garage.

Please call Public Services at 419-259-5293 to request an accommodation at least two weeks prior to the program date.

Romance-Con is presented by Toledo Library, with support from Destination Toledo, the official Destination Marketing Organization promoting the Toledo, Ohio region to visitors, meeting and convention business locally, regionally, and nationwide.