On Monday, December 22, 2025, a fire erupted in the parking lot of Quirky Books in northeast Albuquerque, reigniting tensions between its bookstore owner, Gillam Kerley, and the City of Albuquerque ...

Jamie Fortin dumped her heart and savings into her dream of opening a bookstore that sells romance novels. Starting the small business consumed her for more than a year, and in November, she painted ...

When Jamie Fortin moved to Washington, D.C., five years ago, she fell in love with the Virginia neighborhood of Alexandria and vowed to open a small business there. Last month, Fortin's promise to ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Less than a week after its grand opening, Friends to Lovers, a new romance-only book store, closed its doors due to smoke damage from a fire. The store is the first bookstore in the ...