The Bookstore Diaries (Deluxe Limited Edition)

The Bookstore Diaries (Deluxe Limited Edition) By Susan Mallery Pre-Order March 3rd 2026

Every summer, the town anonymously confesses their juiciest secrets on the bricks of the Painted Lady Bookstore—run by sisters Jax and Ryleigh. But this year, those secrets are forced into the light and mayhem ensues in this sparkling, unforgettable story for fans of Mary Kay Andrews and Elin Hilderbrand.?

Jax Weaver couldn’t be prouder of what she’s accomplished. The Painted Lady Bookstore that she and her sister inherited from their mom is thriving. It’s just about time for “The Bookstore Diaries”—the summer tradition where people confide their juiciest secrets by writing them on the bricks of the building—and it always makes business soar. Her kids are healthy and happy. Sure, her now-ex-husband blindsighted her with a divorce that nearly broke her, but she’s very deliberately put it in her past. Two out of three ain’t bad, right? But when her beloved sister announces that she’s moving to LA—that there aren’t any more eligible men in their small town—Jax is done. She can’t let her little sister move away! Sounds like someone needs a matchmaker…

Ryleigh Weaver thought she found the perfect guy…until it became clear he wasn’t perfect at all. And she’s done waiting. She wants a family of her own and she’ll to whatever it takes to make it happen…even leave her hometown, the place she loves more than anything, her sister and the bookstore they both adore to make her dream come true. But she never expected to develop feelings for her best friend, a widower raising a son on his own. Leave it to Ryleigh to fall for someone who will never be hers.

But when structural issues threaten the Painted Lady Bookstore and the authors of the town’s secrets that have been carefully—and sometimes heartbreakingly—recorded on the bricks of the building are about to be exposed, mayhem ensues. But sometimes it takes a little fear to push us into the biggest—and best adventures of our lives.