Join Loyalty in welcoming Lex Croucher in conversation with Preeti Chhibber and Jenn Northington for a VIRTUAL event to celebrate the release of Gwen & Art Are Not In Love, which is also Loyalty's latest Leap of Faith selection! Loyalty's resident Arthurian nerd Hannah Oliver Depp will be moderating! This event will be held digitally via Crowdcast and is free to attend. Click here to register for the event. You can also order the book from our website to be added to the event's registration list, and there will also be an option to snag the book during the event.

ABOUT THE BOOK
"A total, rollicking delight. Gwen & Art gave me the same cheeky, swoony, giddy, irresistible high of the first time I saw A Knight’s Tale. Lex Croucher is one of my favorite romcom authors, and they should be yours, too." - Casey McQuiston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Kissed Shara Wheeler

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom com YA debut about love, friendship, and being brave enough to change the course of history.

It’s been hundreds of years since King Arthur’s reign. His descendant, Arthur, a future Lord and general gadabout, has been betrothed to Gwendoline, the quick-witted, short-tempered princess of England, since birth. The only thing they can agree on is that they despise each other.

They’re forced to spend the summer together at Camelot in the run up to their nuptials, and within 24 hours, Gwen has discovered Arthur kissing a boy and Arthur has gone digging for Gwen's childhood diary and found confessions about her crush on the kingdom's only lady knight, Bridget Leclair.

Realizing they might make better allies than enemies, they make a reluctant pact to cover for each other, and as things heat up at the annual royal tournament, Gwen is swept off her feet by her knight and Arthur takes an interest in Gwen's royal brother. Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is chock full of sword-fighting, found family, and romantic shenanigans destined to make readers fall in love.

Lex Croucher is the author of Reputation, Infamous, and the YA novel, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love. Lex grew up in Surrey reading a lot of books and making friends with strangers on the internet, and now lives in London.

Preeti Chhibber is an author, speaker, and freelancer living in Georgia. She’s written for SYFY, Polygon, and Elle.com, among others. The last book in her Spider-Man trilogy will hit shelves in 2024. She also co-hosts the podcasts Women of Marvel and Tar Valon or Bust. Her debut YA rom com, Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot will be out later this year. Honestly, you probably recognize her from one of several BuzzFeed “look at these tweets” lists. Visit her online at PreetiChhibber.com.

Jenn Northington is a former bookseller and current reviewer, podcaster, and editor. She has co-edited two anthologies of genre retellings: Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices, with Swapna Krishna, and Fit For the Gods: Greek Mythology Reimagined, with S. Zainab Williams. She currently works at Book Riot, helping wrangle editorial operations.

Hannah Oliver Depp is the co-owner of Loyalty Bookstores in DC and MD. Loyalty is dedicated to diverse and intersectional literature, programs, and gifts for all ages. Oliver Depp has served on multiple ABA committees and is currently on the boards of Bookshop.org and NAIBA.

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Lex Croucher with Preeti Chhibber and Jenn Northington for GWEN & ART ARE NOT IN LOVE