Books like You say it first by Susan Mallery

Twenty‑five year‑old Belly Conklin returns to the family summer home on the coast, where a cancer diagnosis forces her to confront love, loss, and growing up amid the familiar rhythm of beach life.

Executive assistants Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman battle over a promotion, turning office rivalry into a witty, high‑stakes game of love and humor within Bexley‑Gamin Publishing.

Amid writer's block and a looming deadline, a skeptical romance novelist and a disenchanted literary author trade their craft: she must write a happy ending, he a Great American Novel, as they race to finish before summer ends.

Poppy, a free‑spirited New Yorker, and Alex, a quiet book‑lover from their hometown, have shared summer vacations for a decade until a fateful trip tore them apart. Now, desperate to reclaim their friendship, she invites him for one last getaway.

Emma's love life takes a dramatic turn when her husband Jesse disappears, only for her to find love again with Sam. Years later, Jesse reappears, forcing Emma to choose between the one she lost and the one she found.

Stella Lane, a mathematician with Asperger’s, hires an escort to learn the art of love and discovers that emotion can be as logical as numbers.

Wedding baker Laurel McBane navigates romance and friendship while working at Vows in the Bride Quartet series, balancing city luxuries with her quiet heart and the pull of a childhood crush, Ivy League lawyer Delaney.

A romance novel about a woman who falls in love with her wedding dress and decides to marry the next man she meets.

Nevada Hendrix struggles to balance new job ambitions and a rekindled romance with former lover Tucker Janack amid her sisters’ wedding plans in this contemporary romance.

Wedding coordinator Renee Grothen knows she’s not meant for marriage—until an unlikely proposal from thriller writer Jasper Dembenski turns a casual fling into an irresistible love story, forcing her to choose between plans and passion.

Silver Tesdal, a shrewd small‑town entrepreneur, eyes a loan from banker Drew Lovato, only to discover he’s also keen on her. As they navigate love, business, and a hidden secret, they must decide if trust can outgrow the past.

In California’s wedding‑destined town of Happily Inc., Mathias Mitchell, a hardened bachelor, meets gamekeeper Carol Lund, who must decide whether to give him a second chance for love and a shared giraffe.

When a mudslide traps gallery owner Natalie Kaleta at artist Ronan Mitchell’s secluded studio, the brooding, glass‑artist brother learns he has more to lose than he thinks, and a quiet romance may finally heal a family wound.

A baker in Fool's Gold, Shelby Gilmore seeks a male friend to prove that men can be trusted, but the town’s adventure tour captain, Aidan Mitchell, must confront his reputation as a Casanova and his own assumptions about women.

Here Come the Barefoot Bay Brides! They're experts at planning weddings but haven't found their own happily ever after yet. Wedding consultant Willow Ambrose has finally won the war with her scale. She hasn't just cut calories --she's cut all ties to her past too, and successfully carved out a new body and a new life. But when she comes face to face with someone who left an indelible mark on her heart years before, all that threatens to crumble.

Destination wedding planner Gussie McBain needs a man ... specifically, a wedding photographer. Just her luck that the shutterbug she runs into is more used to snapping pictures of glamorous models in couture gowns than brides in white lace. But Gussie's never been one to let bad odds stop her from a good gamble, so she asks for a favor she never dreams superstar TJ DeMille will actually grant. Tom DeMille lives his life exactly as he pleases--always alone. In fact, he's got that motto tattooed in Greek on his arm. But when Tom is suddenly saddled with guardianship of his twelve-year-old niece, he'll lose more than his freedom if he can't figure out how to take care of her. Then an alluring young woman with pink hair and a sassy mouth shows up at his door, and he agrees to do the unthinkable ... photograph a wedding in exchange for some help with his niece. As they work together, Tom begins to take down the walls Gussie has erected around herself to discover a truly beautiful and tender woman he knows he could love. But will his own heartache and refusal to lay down roots prevent him from giving Gussie the family life she craves ... or could she be the one woman who can finally break his vow of solitude?

A chance for redemption: Carter Richards is given a second chance to start over with the one woman he loves, and Molly Burnett must confront her past to put it behind her before they can hope for a brighter future together.

A spirited adventure of a stable hand who trades in the royal treatment for love and horses in a small-town Christmas tradition, starring a cowboy princess and a cowboy prince in Happily Inc. series.

When her sister falls ill and her brother disappears, 28‑year‑old piano prodigy Claire Keyes must put her career aside and become caretaker. Alongside tight family ties, she finds unexpected romance and desire with rugged guitarist Wyatt.

In a coincidental showdown of politics and romance, Dani Buchanan discovers her biological father is a presidential‑candidate senator, while the campaign manager Alex Canfield seeks to shield the candidacy from her potentially scandalous heritage.

A former Marine and a single mother meet by chance, sparks fly, but their strict rules about remaining friends keep threatening to unravel.

A forbidden romance that puts Pia's heart on the line in the ultimate wedding escape from the past.

A small-town Christmas romance for Wynn Beauchene and Garrick McCabe as they work to mend broken hearts and close family gaps.

A determined journalist digs into a rancher‑sculptor’s mysterious career shifts, only to uncover secrets that test her own relationships and lead her to find a new sense of home in Wyoming.