It’s Mother’s Day week (Sunday, May 10), which means flowers, brunch reservations, and a guilt-induced rush on greeting cards. But here’s a story I bet you didn’t know. The woman who fought to make Mother’s Day a national holiday spent the rest of her life trying to destroy it.

Her name was Anna Jarvis. In 1908 she organized the first official Mother’s Day celebration to honor her own mom. By 1914 it was a federal holiday. By the 1920s, Hallmark had entered the chat, florists were marking up...

April is almost over, but before we move into May, let’s talk about something that happens on April 30 and matters far more than most people realize: National Honesty Day. And yes, there’s a whole day dedicated to this. (Presumably so we can all feel guilty about the little lies we tell ourselves.)

Here’s the thing about honesty, especially in romance: it’s terrifying. It’s the moment a character stops hiding. It’s the instant they admit the thing they’ve been denying for pages, chapters,...

This week is a straight-up love letter to books and the places we find them. World Book Day lands on April 23, Earth Day reminds us to care for our world on April 22, and Independent Bookstore Day hits on April 25. So basically: peak bookish season.

Here’s the thing about independent bookstores that chains will never understand. It’s not the books. It’s the smell. It’s that specific mustiness and paper and hope that hits you the second you walk through the door. It’s the careful hand-lettered...