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Posted December 3, 2025

Unwrap the Book Gifts You Actually WANT

Dear Reader,

My webmaster is seriously the cleverest woman! Shelley has created an amazing Gift Registry feature on my website. You can mark the books you haven’t read yet and then have my system send the list to the people who love you. Doing this is a gift to them, too—you’re empowering them to give you something that they know you’ll enjoy. And hey, books are affordable and easy to wrap!

How to Get Started:
  1. Go to the AVAILABLE NOW page of my website.
  2. Under the Gift Registry drop-down, select READ INSTRUCTIONS.

Note: The gift registry only works with books that are available, not with preorders. So if you’d like someone to preorder The Bookstore Diaries for you, forward this email and add a note!

COMING SOON

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.

PREORDER IN PRINT: Amazon | B&N | Books a Million | Bookshop | Target | Walmart

PREORDER THE EBOOK: Kindle | NookApple BooksGoogle Play | Kobo

PREORDER THE AUDIOBOOK: Audible | Apple | Kobo | Libro

That gorgeous hardcover with painted-edge pages is a limited-edition, so if you want it to beautify your bookshelf, preorder today!

Don’t forget to carve out time for reading this holiday season! Reading is the best self-care there is.


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