Susan Mallery Releases THREE LITTLE WORDS in Time for Girlfriend's Day

August 1 is Girlfriend's Day, and New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery has the perfect gift: her latest book, Three Little Words (July 30). The Fool's Gold romances celebrate the importance of female friendship in women's lives.

"The friendships in the Fool's Gold books are just as important as the romantic relationships," says Mallery, who lives in Seattle, "because I believe that no happy ending would be complete without the strong bond of friendship. In my own life, my girlfriends are very important to me. We can spend all day together - shopping, laughing, talking a mile a minute the entire time - and yet, the moment I get home, I pick up the phone to call one of them to tell her something I forgot to say. It baffles my husband."

Indeed, every Fool's Gold romance has at least one scene with a group of female friends gathered around a table - usually with fries, chips and guacamole, or margaritas - to dish about the men in their lives. Often, the scenes take place at Jo's Bar, a fictional Fool's Gold, California watering hole that caters to a largely female clientele. Three Little Words is no exception.

A humorous snippet from Three Little Words:
"Ford wants me to be his pretend girlfriend to get his mother off his back," Isabel said. "I told him no and now I feel guilty."
Five pairs of eyes widened.
"I didn't know you were seeing Ford," Patience said.
"We're just friends." The brief kiss had been nice, but even though there were tingles, she wasn't all that interested in sex. The act never lived up to the hype and she wasn't in the mood to be disappointed yet another time by a man.
"Didn't you used to be in love with him?" Consuelo asked. "When you were younger?"
"I was fourteen, so no, it wasn't love."
Felicia added, "From all accounts, Ford has a reputation for being an excellent sexual partner. Over the years, several women who slept with him expressed their approval."
Isabel felt her mouth hanging open.
"It's true," Consuelo said with a grin. "All the ladies say he's hot."
"Did you..." Noelle began, then flicked her wrist. "You know."
Consuelo shook her head. "Not my type. We worked together. I'm not interested in him that way."
"There you go," Patience said with a triumphant smile. "A plan and your friends' approval."

Three Little Words is available wherever books and ebooks are sold. It's the third book of Mallery's 2013 Fool's Gold trilogy of romance novels, following Just One Kiss and Two of a Kind. Each of the last eight Fool's Gold paperbacks has debuted in the Top 10 on the New York Times bestsellers list.

About Susan Mallery:

With more than 25 million books sold worldwide, New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery is known for creating characters who feel as real as the folks next door, and for putting them into emotional, often funny situations readers recognize from their own lives. Susan's books have made Booklist's Top 10 Romances list in four out of five consecutive years. RT Book Reviews says, "When it comes to heartfelt contemporary romance, Mallery is in a class by herself." With her popular, ongoing Fool's Gold series, Susan has reached new heights on the bestsellers lists and has won the hearts of countless new fans.

Susan grew up in southern California, moved so many times that her friends stopped writing her address in pen, and now has settled in Seattle with her husband and the most delightfully spoiled little dog who ever lived. Visit Susan online at http://www.SusanMallery.com.

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