- 30 something career woman inherits house/bookshop/friends of deceased aunt in a small town and finds everything she never even knew she was looking for.

The plot to the Printed Letter Bookshop is not a unique one but one that always appeals to me. Secretly, I think I want to be said heroine who gets handed the perfect escape plan and has to only overcome minor obstacles on her path to professional, romantic and personal fulfillment. The Printed Letter Bookshop delivers on all these tropes and throws in a good helping of refreshing friendships between women at different stages in their lives, who support and lift each other up. Unfortunately some of the morals conveyed in this book were simply not for me- I don't find it especially noteworthy and heartwarming if an army guy blushes, the ideas surrounding following your faith and love in God in order to become a better friend and partner were also not quite up my alley, and in a way I would have liked a few more diverse examples of different romantic relationships. I enjoyed reading from the three different perspectives of Madeline, Janet and Claire but, although appreciating the symbolism behind the choice, found the switch between narrative view points a bit overused.

But if anyone shares my itch for these extremely specific contemporary, romance books this one fits the brief.