Author event! Christine Pride & Tembi Locke

About the book:

From Christine Pride, the beloved coauthor of the Good Morning America Book Club Pick We Are Not Like Them, comes a dazzling solo debut novel about a woman who finds herself in the impossible situation of being in love with the same two men who won her heart in her early twenties again as she nears forty.

It’s 1999, TLC’s “No Scrubs” is topping the charts, y2k is looming on everyone’s mind, and Cora Belle has arrived at college ready to change her life. She’s determined to grow out of the shy, sheltered girl who attended an all-white prep in her all-white suburb. Cora is ready to conquer her fears and find her people, her place in the world, and herself.

What she’s totally unprepared for is Lincoln, with his dark skin, charming southern drawl, and that smile. Because how can you ever prepare yourself for the rollercoaster of first love with all its glorious, bewildering contradictions? Just when Cora thinks she’s got things figured out, a series of surprises and secrets threaten to upend everything she thought she understood about love and loyalty.

In the wake of these developments and a shocking tragedy, a new man enters Cora’s life—Aaron—further complicating everything. He’s the only one who seems to get her, and the letters she writes to him when the two are separated reveal the truth of their inescapable connection. There’s only one problem—how can she fall in love with one man when her heart belongs to another?

Twenty years later, and Cora is all grown up, or mostly, and has cloaked herself in loneliness like a warm blanket. It’s the safest choice. But then an unexpected reconnection and a chance encounter puts her right back where she started. The same two men, the same agonizing decision.

Finding herself in this position—again—will test everything Cora thought she knew about fate, love, and most importantly, herself. All The Men I’ve Loved Again is a big-hearted coming-of-age story for anyone who’s thought what if about a past love and what it would be like to have a second chance.

About the authors:

Christine Pride is a writer, editor, and longtime publishing veteran. She’s held editorial posts at many different trade imprints, including Doubleday, Broadway, Crown, Hyperion, and Simon & Schuster. As an editor, Christine has published a range of books, with a special emphasis on inspirational stories and memoirs, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. As a freelance editorial consultant, she does select editing and proposal/content development, as well as teaching and coaching, and pens a regular column—“Race Matters”—for Cup of Jo. She lives in New York City.

Tembi Locke is a New York Times bestselling author, screenwriter, TV producer, podcast host, and speaker known for her powerful storytelling on love, loss, and resilience. She is the co-creator and executive producer of From Scratch, the Netflix hit based on her memoir, which garnered six NAACP Image Award nominations and global acclaim. Tembi’s memoir, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home, was a Reese’s Book Club pick and a finalist for the Audie Awards and Goodreads Best Books. As a writer and producer, Tembi and her sister, Attica Locke, have an overall deal with Universal Television. This partnership includes projects like co-writing and executive producing the adaptation of Attica’s Edgar Award-winning Highway 59 trilogy, as well as developing new character-driven stories for film and television.

A nationally recognized speaker, Tembi has delivered keynotes on resilience, loss, and motherhood, including her popular TEDx talk, What Forty Steps Taught Me About Love and Grief. Her podcast, Lifted, highlights the inspiring stories of women who have embraced life’s pivots and lifted their lives. With a deep commitment to creativity and advocacy, Tembi’s work continues to inspire others to embrace resilience, community, and the transformative power of storytelling. She lives in Los Angeles and Sicily.

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