She quit her tech job, opened SF’s first romance bookstore, and lived happily ever after

Romance lit is booming, and Veena Patel just opened a cozy shop in the Castro to prove it.

The Love Potion Library brings San Francisco its first romance-only bookstore

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According to The San Francisco Standard’s source item, She quit her tech job, opened SF’s first romance bookstore, and lived happily ever after, Romance lit is booming, and Veena Patel just opened a cozy shop in the Castro to prove it.

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