Read in beauty, through the night
Dear Reader,
Oh, the beauty on today’s bookshelves! I am loving the trend of painted-edge pages. So far, two of my books—The Bookstore Diaries and Beach Vibes—have had sprayed edges so pretty that you’re tempted to put them on the bookshelf pages-out. Now I’m so excited to tell you about the third: Otherwise Engaged will be out in paperback on August 4 with pages so pretty that you’ll want to write a poem about them!
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Secrets, lies, and betrayals fly faster than a tossed bouquet when two sets of mothers and daughters visit a wedding venue from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery.
When Shannon gets engaged, her beloved mom, Cindy, is the first person she wants to tell—and the last. Cindy’s engaged, too, and has already hinted at a double wedding. The image of a synchronized bouquet toss with her mom fills Shannon with horror. She’ll keep her engagement a secret until Cindy’s I-dos are done.
Victoria has never been proper enough for her mother, Ava, so she stopped trying. She lives on her own terms and amuses herself by pushing Ava’s buttons. Ava loves but doesn’t understand her stuntwoman daughter. When a movie-set mishap brings Victoria home, Ava longs to finally connect.
Chance brings the four women together at a wedding venue, where a shocking secret comes tumbling out. Twenty-four years ago, desperate teenager Cindy chose wealthy Ava to adopt her baby—then changed her mind at the very last second. The loss rocked Ava’s world, leaving her unable to open her heart to the daughter she did adopt, Victoria. As Shannon and Victoria deal with the fallout from the decisions their mothers made, they wrestle with whether who they are is different than who they might have become.
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Preorder Otherwise Engaged if you want her to prettify your bookshelf. This is a limited edition, and could very well sell out. (The Bookstore Diaries did, after just a couple of weeks on the shelves.)
JOYFUL JULY
The Joyful July Giveaway is going strong! Check out the list of winners so far on the CONTEST PAGE of my website, then enter for your chance to win, if you haven’t done so already. (One entry per person. If you’re not sure whether you entered already, go ahead and enter. Duplicate entries will be deleted before each random drawing.)
Wishing you beautiful books!
