August 2025

Big thanks and lots of love to all of you who helped make THE UNRAVELING OF JULIA an instant New York Times Bestseller! I'm so very grateful and thank you to all those who came out to see me (and Eve) on tour!

I hope you love the book! 

Special Mother/Daughter Event Coming Up!

Please join me at a very special event where I interview my beloved Francesca about her new novel, FULL BLOOM. Read more about it below and be sure to take advantage of her preorder perfume gift!

PHOENIXVILLE, PA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 AT 7:00 PM ET
FRANCESCA SERRITELLA WITH LISA SCOTTOLINE
Reads & Company
Hosted at The Colonial Theatre
227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, PA 19460
Tickets here

Lots of love and thanks again for all of your support!

Lisa 

FULL BLOOM 
On Sale This Tuesday

A Barnes & Noble Most Anticipated Fiction Selection

 Last Chance for Pre-Order Perfume Gift

This is the last chance to preorder FULL BLOOM and get a travel-sized Pres de Moi, a one-of-a-kind perfume created by Francesca at Galimard, France’s oldest maison de parfum.

To receive your gift perfume, simply pre-order FULL BLOOM in hardcover, audio, eBook or large print from any retailer, and email a copy of your receipt and your mailing address to preorders@fserritella.com. Then Francesca will send you a travel-sized bottle of Près de Moi, while supplies last.

Meet Francesca On Tour

Details at FrancescaSerritella.com

NEW YORK, NY
MONDAY, AUGUST 4 AT 7:00 PM ET
Barnes & Noble UWS
2289 Broadway, New York, NY 10024

NEW YORK, NY
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 AT 6:00 PM ET
Bibliotheque
54 Mercer St., New York, NY 10013
Tickets here

BRYN MAWR, PA
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6 AT 7:00 PM ET
Barnes & Noble
720 W Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

PHOENIXVILLE, PA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 AT 7:00 PM ET
FRANCESCA SERRITELLA WITH LISA SCOTTOLINE
Reads & Company
Hosted at The Colonial Theatre
227 Bridge St., Phoenixville, PA 19460
Tickets here

LEWES, DE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 AT 5:00 PM ET
Browseabout Books
Hosted at the Lewes Public Library
111 Adams Ave., Lewes, DE 19958
Register here

BETHANY BEACH, DE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 AT 1:00PM ET
Bethany Beach Books
99 Garfield Pkwy., Bethany Beach, DE 19930
RSVP here

EXTON, PA
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 AT 3:00 PM ET
Barnes & Noble
301 Main St., Exton, PA 19341

MORRISTOWN, NJ
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT TBD
FRANCESCA SERRITELLA WITH LISA SCOTTOLINE
Morristown Festival of Books
 

Listen to an Audiobook Excerpt

Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

Book Club Discussion Guide

FULL BLOOM lends itself to a terrific book group discussion. Here's a guide to get the conversation started! 

Full Bloom

The power to be seen. The power to be heard. The power to be adored.

A woman’s life is forever changed by a mysterious perfume in this stunning novel about ambition and untapped desire from the New York Times bestselling author of GHOSTS OF HARVARD.

Reeling from a breakup and overlooked at her job as a lighting designer, Iris Sunnegren finds herself stuck, disconnected, and lonely in crowded New York City. Her wealthy friends are married and having babies, while she’s trying to pay for freezing her eggs. And the future she longs for feels out of reach.

Then, a mysterious neighbor, an older Frenchwoman, makes her a gift: a bespoke perfume.

One spritz, a dab behind the ears, and Iris feels like a different woman. Suddenly, she is the object of every man’s desire, and she can satisfy her own hungers for sex, love, and ambition. She can cast off her inhibitions and use her newfound allure to dazzle the high-profile client, attract a man who excites her like no other, and access all the rarified spaces that once excluded her. Invigorated by the perfume, Iris embodies her maximum power — a flower fully bloomed.

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