A romance-only bookstore called Good Girls Bookshop has opened in Kalispell, Mont., the Daily Inter Lake reported.
Located at 230 E. Idaho St., the bookstore officially opened on August 30 and carries a wide range of romance titles. The space features couches and ample room for customers to relax, read, and have coffee or tea, and alongside books the store sells sidelines like journals, pens, bookmarks, and candles.
Co-owners Kelsey Kimport, Britney Wheeler, and Rachel Kimport have already hosted some book club meetings and plan to roll out more events in the weeks and months ahead. On December 4, they have a shopping night scheduled during which women-owned vendors will sell their wares in-store.
The three co-owners have been family friends, and avid romance readers, for years. Their bookstore plans began July 2023, when Kelsey Kimport texted the other two: "when can we start?" By summer 2024, they'd leased a space and were open for business only a few months later.
"There is so much fun stuff in books, we wanted to make sure people had access to it," Wheeler told the Daily Inter Lake. "The book world is amazing, and our goal was to become lik ea one stop shop, especially for local people, so you cna buy all the things you see and love online."