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Alyssa Cole

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Born

August 12, 1982

Website

http://alyssacole.com

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Genre

Romance, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction

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January 2014

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Alyssa Cole is an award-winning author of historical, contemporary, and sci-fi romance. Her Civil War-set espionage romance An Extraordinary Union was the RT Reviewers’ Choice Award’s Best Book of 2017 and the American Library Association’s RUSA Best Romance for 2018, and A Princess in Theory was one of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2018. She’s contributed to publications including Bustle, Shondaland, The Toast, Vulture, RT Book Reviews, and Heroes and Heartbreakers, and her books have received critical acclaim from The New York Times, Library Journal, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, Booklist, Jezebel, Vulture, Book Riot, Entertainment Weekly, and various other outlets. When she’s not working, she can usually be found watching anime or wrangli ...more

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Events

How To Find A Princess Release Day Event

Book #2 of the Reluctant Royals series, HOW TO FIND A PRINCESS, is out in just a few weeks! On release day, I’ll be in conversation with Rebekah Weatherspoon at 7:00 ET. We’ll chat about writing queer romance, boats, and lots of random but entertaining things (since that is always what happens when we hang out).

The event is “ticketed” in that you buy a b

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Alyssa Cole’s books

Average rating: 3.68 · 170,571 ratings · 28,453 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors

	When No One Is Watching 3.52 avg rating — 85,615 ratings — published 2020 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 15,133 ratings — published 2018 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Duke by Default (Reluctant Royals, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 8,787 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 8,604 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Prince on Paper (Reluctant Royals, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 5,885 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals, #2.5) 3.79 avg rating — 4,999 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can't Escape Love (Reluctant Royals, #2.6) 4.06 avg rating — 4,319 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole (Goodreads Author), Regina Hall (Narrator), Mindy Kaling (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.63 avg rating — 4,428 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Catch a Queen (Runaway Royals, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 3,125 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hope Divided (The Loyal League, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 2,924 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Reluctant Royals (3 books)
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The Loyal League (3 books)
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3.92 avg rating — 13,123 ratings

Runaway Royals (2 books)
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3.71 avg rating — 5,305 ratings

Off the Grid (3 books)
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“Women helped each other in ways small and large every day, without thinking, and that was what kept them going even when the world came up with new and exciting ways to crush them.”
― Alyssa Cole, Let Us Dream

tags: consideration, female-friendship, friendship, helpfulness, sisters-doing-for-themselves, strong-women, supportiveness, women, women-empowerment

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“People bury the parts of history they don't like, pave it over like African cemeteries beneath Manhattan skyscrapers.”
― Alyssa Cole, When No One Is Watching

tags: gentrification, new-york

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“People focused so much on the prince slipping on Cinderella’s lost shoe that they didn’t realize the real happily ever after was the moment she realized she was brave enough to go to the damned ball alone in the first place. “I’m not waiting around for some fuckboy to bring me a shoe. I’m here, working for you. I’m finding my own shoe,”
― Alyssa Cole, A Duke by Default

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Polls

Poll for August's group read. Which selection would you like to read? This poll will on remain open until 7/24. This should give us enough time to purchase/borrow the book in order to start reading on August 1.

Rebel by Beverly Jenkins

8 votes 24.2%

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

8 votes 24.2%

The Perfect Find by Tia Williams

6 votes 18.2%

Rhyme & Reason by Nia Forrester

5 votes 15.2%

Inevitable Conclusions by Christina C. Jones

3 votes 9.1%

Intercepted by Alexa Martin

3 votes 9.1%

33 total votes

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