True Story: I Met My Husband in a Bookstore
Dear Reader,
True story: I met the love of my life in a bookstore. Mr. Mallery and I had been chatting online, but when we were ready to take that brave step to meet in real life, I told him to meet me in the Romance section at Barnes & Noble. That still makes me laugh! All these years later, and my heart still skips a beat when I see him after we’ve been apart. He’s my favorite person.
Is it any wonder that I wrote The Bookstore Diaries as my love letter to bookstores?
I want to say thank you, sincerely, to all of the readers who rushed out to buy The Bookstore Diaries as soon as it came out, and to those of you who preordered. Your enthusiasm for my books makes my heart happy.
If you bought the book already, I have a favor to ask you: would you please send me a cute picture of it? You can send it to my assistant at jenel@susanmallery.com, and she’ll help keep me organized. I’ll share some of your pictures in an upcoming newsletter and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. The book is just so pretty, it deserves to be famous!
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This summer, the town’s juiciest secrets are revealed in New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s joyful and sparkling new novel.
Jax has a slight issue with control—as in, she needs it. Always. Too bad she only has power over the Painted Lady Bookstore, the Victorian mansion turned bookshop she inherited. No one else listens to a word she says. Her ex gets engaged for questionable reasons. Her beloved sister Ryleigh wants to move away to find a husband. And the handsome contractor Jax has chosen to convince Ryleigh to stay is only interested in Jax.
Still, she’s living the bookworm dream—until an unhappy accident erases the names off the bookshop lockboxes where the town keeps their diaries. Which means the only way to find a diary’s owner is…to read it.
As secrets spill and scandals surface, life at the Painted Lady Bookstore gets a lot more colorful and chaotic. But for a woman who’s always had to take charge, Jax will see that losing control—especially with the right wrong guy—can set you free.
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