By Rosemary Counter

Top this: Wide-eyed girl (that’s me) meets suited dude (him) following chance encounter on Craigslist’s Missed Connections. He saw me at the Drake, he wrote. A couple weeks of dinners and sexy goodtimes then boom!—not only is Dude married, but he’s never even been to the Drake. You got played, sucka.

Stories as such (and some happy endings too, I guess) abound at next Thursday’s launch of “Stories From Our Black Books.” The scoop: in 2005, internet superstar Carissa Reiniger stared collecting juicy relationship tales of love and revenge from all over North America, and the result is this book, launched on—you guessed it—Valentine’s Day.

But first, catch Carissa and her girls at 8:30pm at Libra Lounge on February 11th. $20 gets you the book, some grub, a treat bag (you heard me) and some serious girl talk. Visit www.storiesfromourblackbooks.com to get in the mood (slash submit your story for the sequel) then RSVP to meghan@storiesfromourblackbooks.com for the party. See you there!