Join romance writer at the Oyster Club

The romance novel is perhaps the most stereotyped genre of literature since Harlequin hired that Fabio guy to pose on one of their covers in a tunic, holding a musket. Yet there are exactly 2,409 different subgenres of romance novel.

In the realm of contemo-realism, Britain's Jojo Moyes (above) is one of the best going. Her new novel, "Me Before You," has earned praised in O, The Oprah magazine as well as a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Moyes is on a U.S. tour that brings her Monday to the Oyster Club in Mystic for a special dining/reading/signing event. The appearance is sponsored by Bank Square Books.

Tickets are $75 and include a three-course dinner, a signed copy of "Me Before You" and, of course, a discussion with Moyes. For more information, call (860) 536-3795 or access banksquarebooks.com.

- Rick Koster