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Danica Nava: Love is a War Song // In conversation with Lyla Sage

Danica Nava: Love is a War Song
In conversation with Lyla Sage

Presented by Birchbark Books
Monday, July 21, 2025
6 pm Doors // 7 pm Author Conversation, followed by Q&A and booksigning
All Ages

  • $29 ($36.92 w. taxes/fees) Advance General Admission (admission includes a copy of Love is a War Song!)

  • $34 ($39 w. taxes/fees) At The Door General Admission (admission includes a copy of Love is a War Song!)

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Bestselling author Danica Nava celebrates her new romantic comedy Love is a War Song, in conversation with fellow author Lyla Sage. Described as a “swoony love story that deftly explores identity, redemption, and the complexities of cancel culture,” the new book is funny, though-provoking, and heart-melting. A must-read for all romance book lovers!

About Love is a War Song

A Muscogee pop star and a cowboy who couldn’t be more different come together to strike a deal in this new romantic comedy, the new book from the bestselling author of The Truth According to Ember.

Pop singer Avery Fox has become a national joke after posing scantily clad on the cover of Rolling Stone in a feather warbonnet. What was meant to be a statement of her success as a Native American singer has turned her into a social pariah and dubbed her a fake. With threats coming from every direction and her career at a standstill, she escapes to her estranged grandmother Lottie’s ranch in Oklahoma. Living on the rez is new to Avery—not only does she have to work in the blazing summer heat to earn her keep, but the man who runs Lottie’s horse ranch despises her and wants her gone. Red Fox Ranch has been home to Lucas Iron Eyes since he was sixteen years old. He has lived by three rules to keep himself out of trouble: 1) preserve the culture, 2) respect the horses, and 3) stick to himself. When he is tasked with picking up Lottie’s granddaughter at the bus station, the last person he expected to see is the Avery Fox. Lucas can’t stand what she represents, but when he’s forced to work with her on the ranch, he can’t get her out of his sight—or his head. He reminds himself to keep to his rules, especially after he finds out the ranch is under threat of being shut down. It’s clear Avery doesn’t belong here, but they form a tentative truce and make a Avery will help raise funds to save the ranch, and in exchange, Lucas will show her what it really means to be an Indian. It’s purely transactional, absolutely no horsing around…but where’s the fun in that?

Danica Nava is an enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and works as an executive assistant in the tech industry. She has her MBA from USC Marshall School of Business. She currently lives in Southern California with her husband and daughter.

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Lyla Sage lives in the Wild West with her loyal companion, a sweet, old, blind rescue pitbull. She writes romance that feels like her favorite things: sunshine and big blue skies. She is also the author of The Rebel Blue Ranch Series, including Done and Dusted, Swift and Saddled, Lost and Lassoed, and Wild and Wrangled. When she’s not writing, she’s reading.

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