About Swoon City
Swoon City is a romance bookstore and creative hub where we celebrate what you love, together. Located in Ballard at 1716 NW Market Street.
Swoon City is more than just a bookstore it is a creative hub - we also have a dedicated space for book talks with authors, and classroom space where we host art and craft classes. Join us for our monthly craft social and meet other creative folks.
We feature a different artist on the second Saturday of each month during the Ballard Art Walk.
Meet Marissa
Marissa escaped the corporate tech world to open Swoon City in 2025. She fell in love with romance books early in life and spent a lot of time reading them (more than 500, in fact) after having her first kid five years ago.
Since then, that love has grown into an obsession as she has cataloged over 1000 reads on Goodreads with just as many shelves for all her favorite tropes.
She learned the art of crafting from her mom who was a quilter and crafter and made all her halloween costumes growing (and more). These days she mainly makes homemade soap and gem paints books.
She can't wait to share her love of romance and craft with you!
Opened in September of 2008, Swoon City has proudly shared the unique works of hundreds of Pacific Northwest artists, makers and crafters with Seattle, Washington.