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THE BOOKSTORE DIARIES

MARCH 3, 2026

Posted February 12, 2026

Big Feelings for Bookstores? Share Your Love, Win a Gift Card

Dear Reader,

Happy Valentine’s Day! Since The Bookstore Diaries, is my love letter to bookstores, I’m giving away 5 bookstore gift cards—4 for $25 each and 1 for $100. Which bookstores? That’s up to you because you’ll name your favorite bookstore!

Enter now on the Contest page of my website.

This giveaway is open internationally.

 

THE BOOKSTORE DIARIES IS JUST 19 DAYS AWAY

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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Fall in love with Jax & her sister Ryleigh—Click here to read an excerpt!

DELUXE, LIMITED-EDITION HARDCOVER

If you want the limited-edition hardcover with painted-edge pages and the most glorious end papers that have ever graced one of my books, you really should order right away. When they say limited-edition, they mean it—and once it’s gone, it’s gone.


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