Contemp Review: Always on My Mind (A Lucky Harbor Novel) Mass Market Paperback

I've finished "Always on My Mind the 8th book in her Lucky Harbor series by Jill Shavis.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING

After dropping out of pastry school and messing up her big break on a reality cooking show, Leah Sullivan needs to accomplish something in her life. But when she returns home to Lucky Harbor, she finds herself distracted by her best friend, Jack Harper. In an effort to cheer up Jack's ailing mother, Dee, Leah tells a little fib - that she and Jack are more than just friends. Soon pretending to be hot - and - heavy with this hunky firefighter feels too real to handle.

No-strings attachments suit Jack just fine - perfect for keeping the risk of heartbreak away. But as Jack and Leah break every one of their "just friends" rules, he longs to turn their pretend relationship into something permanent. Do best friends know too much about each other to risk falling in love? Or will Jack and Leah discover something new about each other in a little town called Lucky Harbor?

Product Details
Series: A Lucky Harbor Novel (Book 8)
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (September 24, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1455521108
ISBN-13: 978-1455521104

My Review:

Leah Sullivan and Jack Harper are childhood best friend and were each others support when they were growing up.  Leah left town which broke Jack's heart when things started heating up between them.   Now Leah is back in town to help run her grandmother's bakery after dropping out of pastry school and messing up and opportunity on a cooking show.  She finds herself distracted by Jack and to cheer up his mother she tells a little lie that she and Jack are seeing each other.  As they interact more she finds it hard to just pretend they are involved.

Jack is hiding a whole lot of pain but hides it under a charming personality.  He has been pushing himself into something that he is not because he has grown up under the shadow of his firefighter father who died in the line of duty.

I really enjoyed the chemistry between Leah and Jack because it was shimmering under the surface ready to explode.  When they finally got together it was hot and steamy and they both really enjoyed it.

4/5

Thanks Hachette Book Group Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Contemp Review: Head Over Heels (A Lucky Harbor Novel) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Head Over Heels" the 3rd book in her Lucky Harbor series by Jill Shavis.

Product Description


Breaking rules and breaking hearts

Free-spirited Chloe lives life on the edge. Unlike her soon-to-be married sisters, she isn't ready to settle into a quiet life running their family's newly renovated inn. But soon her love of trouble -- and trouble with love - draws the attention of the very stern, very sexy sheriff who'd like nothing better than to tame her wild ways.

Suddenly Chloe can't take a misstep without the sheriff hot on her heels. His rugged swagger and his enigmatic smile are enough to make a girl beg to be handcuffed. For the first time, instead of avoiding the law, Chloe dreams of surrender. Can this rebel find a way to keep the peace with the straitlaced sheriff? Or will Chloe's colorful past keep her from a love that lasts . . . and the safe haven she truly wants in a town called Lucky Harbor?

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author JILL SHALVIS lives in a small town in the Sierras also run by quirky characters. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in her books are, um, mostly coincidental. Look for Jill's bestselling, award-winning books wherever romances are sold and visit her website at www.jillshalvis.com for a complete book list and daily blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountain adventures.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Forever; Original edition (December 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446571636
ISBN-13: 978-0446571630

My Review:

It's been a year since free spirited Chloe arrived in town and saw her two older half-sisters meet and fall in love with two of the best looking guys there Jax and Ford.  She's yearning to have a love like that and to have place to belong to and help her sisters with the inn that they inherited from their mother.  She has severe asthma which limits her physical activities and she creates beauty products for spa treatments.

Sawyer was a delinquent in his youth by hanging around the wrong crowd, drank to much and involved in a car accident which changed his life around.  He feels guilty and tries to atone for it by being a straight-laced by the book sheriff and becoming a better man.

Chloe and Sawyer have never like each other from the very first and always have clashed whenever they were in the same vicinity of each other.  They has always been an attraction between the two though just simmering under the surface until it explodes into a multitude of fireworks.

I loved how there is an antagonizing attraction between Chloe and Sawyer and it was a delight to see what witty comments they would say to each other in every scene they were in.  When they finally gave into their attraction boy was it hot and steamy (ex: the outside shower stall) or the scene with the paint (loved reading about the crotch part).

Also enjoyed reading about how Maggie and Tara finally admit that they believe Chloe wants to settle down and they agree she can have spa treatments at the inn.  Glad that Tara actually apologized to Chloe.

4/5

Other Books in Series:


1. Simply Irresistible
2. The Sweetest Thing
3. Christmas in Lucky Harbor (Simply Irresistible and The Sweet Thing)

Thanks Hachette Book Group for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!