When a Bookstore Knows All the Town’s Secrets
Dear Reader,
The Bookstore Diaries is available now! This book is my love letter to bookstores, and my dream of the coolest possible bookstore I could create, thanks to an assist from my friends on Facebook. Together we created the Painted Lady Bookstore, a three-story Victorian home with romance books in the boudoir, thrillers in the basement, cookbooks in the kitchen. And right in the middle of the store is one of the quirkiest parts of all—lockboxes that hold the diaries of the people of Port Palmas, California.
Keeping a diary at the Painted Lady is a tradition in Port Palmas. But when an overeager construction worker accidentally erases the identifying marks from the lockboxes, the only way to identify a diary’s owner is. . . to read it.
Cue the chaos!
The Bookstore Diaries is joyful and funny and is going to fill your heart to bursting. I hope you’ll love the story as much as I do, and that this book will become one of your all-time favorites.
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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Happy reading! (And it is!)
