Presented by Tropes & Trifles
Monday, July 13, 2026
6 pm Doors // 7 pm Conversation & Audience Q&A, followed by book signing & photos
All tickets include a pre-signed copy of the new book!
All Ages
$28 ($35.78 w. taxes/fees) Advance General Admission
$33 ($38 w. taxes/fees) At The Door General Admission
Ticket purchases are final and non-refundable
Join the Parkway Theater and Tropes & Trifles to celebrate the release of Shirlene Obuobi's Die For Me. Shirlene will be joined in conversation by Abby Jimenez for a conversation ranging from paranormal activities to cardiac health! This event includes author conversation and audience Q&A, followed by book signing with Shirlene Obuobi. (Due to travel, Abby will not be staying for the signing line.)
Ticket includes a *pre-signed* copy of Die For Me. Optional personalization is available in the signing line with Shirlene following the conversation and Q&A.
Important details! Signing line and preorder info:
An optional signing line will follow the conversation, where Shirlene will be personalizing event copies, and signing books brought from home. Shirlene will be signing up to two additional books, and personalizing one. It's up to you which book you would like personalized (one of the two additional books, or the pre-signed copy of Die For Me). The two additional books may be brought from home.
Signing line groups will be assigned in order of check-in at the event.
*Pre-signed* copies of Shirlene and Abby's books will be available for sale at the event. If there is a particular title that you want to be sure to snag, please preorder through the Tropes & Trifles website before July 1, selecting "Event pickup: 7/13 at the Parkway Theater" at checkout. ***All books pre-ordered through Tropes & Trifles will be pre-signed.***
Please note that Abby will not be staying for the signing line. Pre-signed copies of all of Abby's books may be preordered for event pickup, and limited pre-signed copies will be available for sale at the event.
Can't make the event? Order Shirlene and Abby's books through Tropes & Trifles by July 1 to receive signed copies.
Order Shirlene Obuobi's books here!
Order Abby's books here!
For questions related to ticketing, please contact the Parkway Theater directly.
For questions relating to book sales and pre-ordering, please contact Tropes & Trifles at events@tropesandtrifles.com.
About DIE FOR ME:
“I'm obsessed.” — Ali Hazelwood
"I never wanted [it] to end...Stunning." — Lyla Sage
"Jaw dropping. I wish I could read this for the first time again... Stunning prose, a story that will leave your hairs standing up and a love that makes you yearn for more. LOVED IT." — Katrina, assistant manager of Tropes & Trifles
What my eyes are showing me can’t be possible. Can’t be real. Because if they are, then I have to accept that Julian Conrad has been alive for a very long time.
Too long to be human.
A stay-up-all-night, smart, spicy romance following a doctor who finds herself falling for an alluring, much-younger man with a deadly secret
Sean’s not in the market for love. The only female, let alone Black, interventional cardiologist at her hospital, she’s watched too many of her male colleagues divorce their first wives to marry younger models—and then there’s the abusive relationship she’s spent the better part of her early 30s healing from. Her passions are reserved for her best friend, her goddaughter, and her job.
Then she meets Julian. Brooding, beautiful and eleven years her junior. In short: A bad idea.
Julian pursues her in a way that sets off alarm bells in her mind, but she finds herself unable to resist their undeniable chemistry—even starts fantasizing about him in dreams that feel altogether too real. They also have a lot in common despite their age gap. So, to hell with it: If men can date younger, why can’t she? But the more Sean gets to know him, the more impossible Julian seems: He has a depth and sorrow to him that’s beyond his years, and sometimes there’s a look in his eyes that’s less than human, and leaves her feeling more like prey. Plus, Sean herself has been exhibiting odd symptoms—memory lapses, a lack of restraint that's unlike her, persistent exhaustion—that all trace back to Julian, making Sean feel more than a little afraid. Who—or what—is she falling, irrevocably, in love with?
Extraordinarily transfixing, suspenseful, and addictive, Die for Me is nothing short of a seduction.
About the author:
Shirlene Obuobi is a Ghanaian-American cardiologist, cartoonist, and author who grew up in Chicago, Illinois; Hot Springs, Arkansas; and the Woodlands, Texas. Her novels, On Rotation and Between Friends & Lovers, have been featured on multiple national outlets such as Teen Vogue, The Washington Post, and Good Morning America.
Abby Jimenez is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of laugh-out-loud, pull-at-your-heartstrings romantic fiction. Her novels have sold over 1.5 million copies and been translated into 28 languages. Some of her favorite highlights include a Good Morning America Book Club pick, a BOTM’s Book of the Year Award, and the Minnesota Book Award. Before her writing career, Abby was in the national spotlight as a Cupcake Wars champion and founder of Nadia Cakes bakery, which has since gone on to win numerous Food Network competitions and amass an international following. She lives near Minneapolis with her husband, three daughters, and dogs — all TikTok famous in their own right. Abby loves romance novels, coffee, doglets, and not leaving the house.
