TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mallery,Susan
TI  - The bookstore diaries
SN  - 133562970X
PY  - 2026///
CY  - Toronto, Ontario
PB  - Mira
KW  - Bookstores
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Bookstore owners
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Control (Psychology)
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - lcgft
N2  - 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
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