Read with Ren's: Fall Book Club!

We're kicking off our official book club this fall with a dark academia mystery! From the backlist of author M.L. Rio, join us to read and discuss If We Were Villains! Find the book synopsis below. Copies of the sprayed edge deluxe paperback edition (pub. 2024) will be available in store for purchase. ($18.99 plus tax)

All are welcome and attendance is free, but space is limited, so please reserve a spot! If reserved spots are filled, we will have a waitlist. If you find you cannot attend, please cancel your reservation to allow space for those on the waitlist.

Book club discussion will be held in the bookstore, and our cafe will be open for the evening. We will feature a themed drink selection and treats during the event.

We can't wait for you to Read with Ren's!

Book Synopsis:
Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago.

As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.