Dear Reader,
We have the most adorable ornaments featuring artwork drawn straight from the cover of One Big Happy Family, my favorite Christmas book that I’ve ever written. This is the story of a very complicated, very funny family Christmas, with a feel-good ending that will make you hug your own family even closer. The book will be out in October, but you can preorder it now. Register your preorder* by July 21 to be entered for a chance to win 1 of 10 enameled ornaments. Open internationally.
REGISTER YOUR PREORDER ON THE CONTEST PAGE NOW – and for Barnes & Noble Rewards members, you can get 25% off your online preorder this week only (plus an extra 10% for Premium members!) Use code PREORDER25 at checkout. For the Love of Summer is included in this sale, too. Yay!
Target is having a sweet sale this week, as well—buy 2 books online, get 1 free—and all three of my 2024 books are part of this sale, including One Big Happy Family preorders. Another yay!
*An alternate method of entry can be found in the Official Contest Rules, also on the Contest page.
Please don’t come home for Christmas. . .
Julie Parker’s kids are her greatest gift. Still, she’s not exactly heartbroken when they ask to skip a big Christmas. Her son Nick is taking a belated honeymoon with his bride Blair while her daughter Dana will purge every reminder of the guy who dumped her. Again. Julie feels practically giddy for one-on-one holiday time with Heath, the (much) younger man she’s secretly dating.
But her plans go from cozy to chaotic when Nick and Dana plead for Christmas at the family cabin in memory of their late father, Julie’s ex. She can’t refuse, even though she dreads their reactions to her new man when they realize she’s been hiding him for months.
As the guest list grows in surprising ways, from Blair’s estranged mom to Heath’s precocious children, Julie’s secret is one of many to be unwrapped. Over this delightfully complicated and very funny Christmas, she’ll discover that more really is merrier, and that a big, happy family can become bigger and happier, if they let go of old hurts and open their hearts to love.
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My first book of 2025, Beach Vibes, is also up for preorder, which means that Barnes & Noble rewards members can get 25% off for online preorders this week only, and Premium members an additional 10%. For those of you who prefer Amazon, there’s a preorder price guarantee, so if you preorder now and the price drops at any time before release day, you’ll get the lowest price. And of course, I would love, love, love for you to support your favorite independent bookstore by preordering from them.
Watch for a cover reveal of Beach Vibes soon! But for now, here’s what the book is about:
What would you do if you caught your brother cheating on your best friend?
While Beth is proud of her Malibu beach shop, Surf Sandwiches, she's even prouder of her charismatic brother Rick, who rose from foster care through surgical residency. She makes subs, he saves lives. Life takes a turn for the happy after she finds out Rick is dating her new best friend, Jana. Then Jana’s handsome brother adds even more sparkle to Beth’s days. . . and nights.
But when she catches Rick with another woman—like, with-with—her visions of an idyllic family future disappear in one awful instant. Either she betrays her brother, or she keeps his secret and risks losing the man she loves and her best friend.
Love and loyalty collide with secrets and betrayal in this witty and emotional tale about the lengths we’ll go to for family, from Susan Mallery, bestselling author of The Boardwalk Bookshop.
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SUMMER READS
Good luck, and happy reading!
