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The bookstore diaries / Susan Mallery.

Mallery, Susan, (author).

Summary:

Jax has a slight issue with control -- as in, she needs it. Always. Too bad she has power only 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 from 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781335629708
  • ISBN: 133562970X
  • Physical Description: 370 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Mira, [2026]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Deluxe hardcover has specially designed endpapers and sprayed edges.
Includes questions for discussion and recipe.

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Subject:
Bookstores > Fiction.
Bookstore owners > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Control (Psychology) > Fiction.
Divorced women > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Diaries > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Self-realization in women > Fiction.
California > Fiction.
Genre:
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 49 of 155 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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  • 6 current holds with 155 total copies.
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