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Emma Barry
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Novelist, college lecturer, and former political staffer. Lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, where she occasionally finds time to read and write. she/her https://linktr.ee/authoremmabarry
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in case anyone needs a Valentine for their nerdy English major crush...I got you.
a heart shaped picture of Emily Dickinson with the text: I think you're-- Quite dashing--
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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this is from You, Me, & the Conspiracy. but I don't have preorder links yet, alas.
History was about who we’d been and who we wanted to be. It made absolute sense that the country was ripping itself apart over the question about how to teach our history—our history was f*cked.
February 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Sadly, yes. (And I enjoyed this book and don't think the label applies. This screams pure marketing to me.)
A screenshot from Instagram of the roommate by Rosie Danan tagged raunch-com, with a definition of the term
January 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Happy 2026, y'all!

I'm starting the year with some books on sale in North America. the ebooks of all three of these titles are just $1.99 this month on the 'zon. and also, FYI, the audiobooks are INCREDIBLE and can be added for just $1.99.
at the top of the graphic are three paperback book: Chick Magnet, Funny Guy, and Bad Reputation, all by Emma Barry. The text reads: Kick off 2026 with a trio of books on sale for $1.99.
January 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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As is now tradition, we celebrate the day after Christmas with free books, more than 1700 free books in this particular go round. Just visit www.romancebookworms.com to browse the incredible selection.
the image looks like a notebook page. there's a doodle of a Christmas tree in green ink, plus the words Stuff Your Kindle Day. December 26, one day only. 1700+ free books! RomanceBookworms.Com.
December 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
a screenshot from The Great Muppet Caper showing the Muppets looking down into a museum through an open skylight just before stealing some jewels.
October 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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behold from today's Publishers Lunch:
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."
October 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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/taps sign again/
A picture of Emma -- a white woman with brown hair in a ponytail and baseball cap -- at a protest holding a sign that reads, "he has kept among us in times of peace standing armies without the consent of our legislatures."
September 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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So I can finally share my vague publishing news with you: I wrote an academic adventure romance.
a screenshot from Publishers Marketplace reading, “Author of BAD REPUTATION and CHICK MAGNET, Emma Barry’s YOU, ME, & THE CONSPIRACY, pitched as an academic adventure romance a la National Treasure with more spice, in which two history professors uncover a revolutionary conspiracy and secret society that they must expose—or risk becoming its latest victims all while fighting their growing attraction to Norma Perez-Hernandez at Atria, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall of 2026, by Sarah Younger at the Nancy Yost Literary Agency (world).”
September 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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The AI spam marketing emails have gotten so bad, I'm getting them now for books I didn't write.
A screenshot of an email that begins, "Hello Emma, I came across Building a Badass Boutique and was impressed..."
September 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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It's here, @feliciadavin.com
The cover of clown town by Mick Herron. It's a pretty standard thriller cover: the silhouette of a guy walking down a city street.
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Yeah, so that one is a humble brag. This is actually the last photo on my phone taken in DC in April. After this concert, I then took the metro back to Arlington with my teen at midnight. It felt totally safe
The stage at a rock concert. The screens read most wanted man. The lead singer is Lucy Dacus.
August 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Challenge: post last photo of DC to show what a hell-hole it is
The view down the national mall from a balcony inside the US Capitol
August 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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an actual excerpt from Bold Moves, BTW. all my protagonists are in the tank for PBS
A screenshot from a novel reading: Scarlett would find herself asking Well, what's the harm? The harm was when he grabbed a stack of canvas bags out of his trunk and she said, "Of course you're a PBS donor." Sweet sardines, she was flirting with him about his reusable bags. "Oh, it's worse than that--I'm a sustaining member. Those Ken Burns documentaries won't finance themselves." Jaime waggled his brows.
August 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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And finally we have CHICK MAGNET. If you enjoy backyard chickens and confessions in the dark on porches and antagonists melting into lovers, this is the one you'll want.
Cheap Cheap Cheap. Get Chick Magnet on sale for $1.99 til Aug 31. "A comforting small-town romance, with chickens" - Kirkus Reviews
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Next up is BAD REPUTATION. If you enjoy sweet characters crushing on each other who are convinced the right thing to do is not to fall in love, this is the one for you.
On the set of a steamy historical TV series, a sweet himbo actor meets a newbie intimacy coordinator. Falling in love would ruin everything. On sale for just $1.99 til Aug 31, 2025
August 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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A bunch of my books are on sale this month! First up is BOLD MOVES.

If you enjoy an unlikeable heroine, chess, angst, second chances, and lots of 🔥, this book might be for you.
A showrunner adapts the memoir of the ex who wrecked him, the bad girl of chess. But will secrets tear them apart a second time? Get Bold Moves on sale for $2.49 until Aug 31, 2025.
August 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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FYI, the ebook for my childhood BFFs to lovers/SNL inspired romance Funny Guy is just $1.99 until July 31
The text reads, On sale for $1.99 until July 31. She's always had a crush on her charming asshole BFF, & it's time to move on. She's his rock, the one person he'd never let down. But this funny guy is about to realize the truth: he's in love with her. Plus the book cover for Funny Guy by Emma Barry.
July 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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He's cuddling and getting lots of shoulder rubs. A recent pic
A Labrador retriever with black fur. His muzzle is going gray
July 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I suspect the overwhelming whiteness of hockey is a contributing factor to its popularity. www.npr.org/2024/06/08/n...
SIMON: I can see where this would become hypnotic for people, right? You keep coming back. KURZIUS: Very much so. The other thing that I would be remiss not to include when we're talking about hockey is that the romance genre - as with publishing more broadly - has faced some struggles when it comes to diversity of authors, of main characters. And hockey is a broadly white sport, and I think that for some people, that could be some of the appeal, or at least it's worth noting.
June 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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The purity of bodily fluid stuff felt so on the nose for this moment.

Also, is this a top 10 Hollywood movie set or no?
The war room from Dr strangelove. A circular table with a circular light over it and a map of Russia in the back. Shot in beautiful and dramatic black and white
June 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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It's Stuff Your Kindle today, friends! an exciting day for #Romancelandia
A rose sitting on a book. The text reads 1600+ free books. Stuff Your eReader one day only: June 20, 2025. Free romance books. www.romancebookworms.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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It was difficult to photograph the Williamsburg, Va, #NoKings rally. But I'd guess a few thousand people turned out
A crowd of people on a grassy lawn More people standing along a street with signs A large crowd of people at an intersection Emma, a white woman with brown hair, holds a sign quoting from the Declaration of Independence
June 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Do we think I'll have the nerdiest sign at the protest?
A hand lettered sign on post board reading, "He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."
June 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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one specific time I remember this happening was in an Elizabeth Stoddard book. I don't think it was this one (Two Men), but if you look at the shape of the word and imagining blurry printing, I think you can see how it would happen. the r and m can sort of blend into the n.
An excerpt from Two Men by Elizabeth Stoddard. It reads: few tawny crooked cedars, and whose top was covered by a small grove of oaks and a brushy heap of rocks. Parke begged to go up there and she carried him in her arms. "Oh, the red water!" he cried, as she placed him on a rock, "and the red sky, mother. God us burning up, I am afraid."
June 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM