Donna Kauffman, Author, Jill Shalvis, Author, HelenKay Dimon, Author . Kensington/Brava $14 (326p) ISBN 978-0-7582-3884-9
A trio of treats fill out this anthology for readers in search of holiday happily ever afters. In Kauffman’s “Lock, Stock and Jingle Bells,” Holly Bennett returns from London to Willow Creek, Va., to deal with an unexpected gift...
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-274183-7
Shalvis’s sixth Heartbreaker Bay book spices up Christmas with a hint of humor, a dash of suspense, and a whole lot of naughty fun under the mistletoe. Molly Malone is a 27-year-old investigator who’s tired of being sheltered by her brother and the...
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Jill Shalvis, Author . Kensington $14 (312p) ISBN 978-0-7582-3123-9
The first in a new series by veteran romance author Shalvis hits the ground running. After Katie Kramer survives a devastating accident, she resolves to “live life balls out” and leaves L.A. for a job with Wilder Adventures in the Sierra
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Jill Shalvis. Morrow, $14.99 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-244814-9
Shalvis entices with sensuous romance and a touch of humor as one woman’s journey of healing takes her to a California winery. Lanie Jacobs is devastated first by the death of her husband, Kyle, and then by the discovery that he was married to other
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-274177-6
In Shalvis’s fun fifth Heartbreaker Bay contemporary (after Chasing Christmas Eve), the magical fountain at the heart of San Francisco’s Cow Hollow district is working overtime to put couples together, but somehow Shalvis makes the trope feel fresh...
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-244808-8
Shalvis’s fans will love spending Christmas in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhood with her now-familiar gang of lovable Heartbreaker Bay misfits. New Yorker Colbie Albright has had it up to here with her stressful life. She packs a bag and buys
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-244806-4
Shalvis’s San Francisco–based Heartbreaker Bay contemporary romance series started out strong, but this time around, property manager Elle Wheaton and romantic foil Archer Hunt have neither the quirky charm of Pru Harris and Finn O’Riley (Sweet...
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $25.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-256715-4; $7.99 Mass Market ISBN 978-0-06-244804-0
Fans of Shalvis’s Sweet Little Lies will surely want to pick up her second Heartbreaker Bay contemporary, which is also very accessible to new readers. The series’s cuddliness factor is amped up to 11 with redheaded Willa Davis and her San Francisco
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-244802-6
It’s always such a pleasure to read Shalvis’s contemporary romances, and this one—the exciting first in a series—is no exception. Readers will be hooked from the moment they meet Thor, a rescue dog who’s a “tubby, afraid-of-his-own-shadow mutt,” and
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Jill Shalvis. Berkley, $7.99 mass market (304p) ISBN 978-0-425-27019-6
If someone had reminded Parker James that no dying man ever said, “I wish I had spent more time at work,” the flimsy central conflict of Shalvis’s otherwise excellent seventh Animal Magnetism contemporary romance (after Still the One) would have...
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Jill Shalvis. Grand Central/Forever, $8 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-4555-2949-0
Shalvis continues to chronicle the sex lives of the beautiful people of the Pacific Northwest's Lucky Harbor in this 11th installment (after It's in His Kiss). Boutique owner Olivia Bentley dives headlong into frigid ocean waters to rescue charter...
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Jill Shalvis. Grand Central/Forever, $6 mass market (368p) ISBN 978-1-4555-8673-8
Shalvis knows all the right buttons to push with characters Lily Danville and Aiden Kincaid, a junk-food junkie and a former not-really-so-bad boy who share a hometown and a history of poor choices. Lily is fired from a tony San Diego beauty salon...
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Jill Shalvis. Berkley, $7.99 mass market (320p) ISBN 978-0-425-27018-9
Shalvis’s sixth Animal Magnetism contemporary (after Then Came You) suffers from a weak plot and unsympathetic characters. Fiercely independent Darcy Stone, who trains service dogs for veterans, is 100% self-reliant—except when she’s around the sexy,
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Jill Shalvis. Grand Central/Forever, $8 mass market (368p) ISBN 978-1-4555-2952-0
Shalvis’s command of contemporary romance is once again on display in book 10 of her Lucky Harbor series (after Once in a Lifetime). Familiar characters make occasional appearances without dominating the story, and the books, set in Washington State,
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Jill Shalvis. Grand Central/Forever, $6 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-4555-2113-5
The ninth installment of Shalvis’s Lucky Harbor series (after Always on my Mind) scores big with a delicate love story and red-hot passion. Aubrey Wellington is used to taking care of herself and projecting a tough-girl image, but that facade starts
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Jill Shalvis. Grand Central/Forever, $8 mass market (368p) ISBN 978-1-4555-2110-4
In the charming and engaging eighth Lucky Harbor contemporary (after It Had to Be You), Leah Sullivan, full of secrets and longing for love, returns to the Pacific Northwest town to help her aging grandmother run her pastry shop. Leah is easing back
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Jill Shalvis. Forever, $7.99 mass market (400p) ISBN 978-1-455-50372-8
In this endearing and satisfying contemporary yarn, Mallory, a beloved Lucky Harbor native and a hardworking nurse, has nearly given up on love. Dumped by her two previous boyfriends, Mallory, the town's "good girl," has decided to go after "Mr....
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Jill Shalvis. Grand Central/Forever, $7.99 mass market (368p) ISBN 978-0-446-57163-0
Healthy doses of humor, lust, and love work their magic as Shalvis tells Chloe’s story in her newest Lucky Harbor contemporary romance (after The Sweetest Thing). The youngest and most independent of three sisters, Chloe has always been drawn to the
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Jill Shalvis. Berkley Sensation, $7.99 mass market (304p) ISBN 978-0-425-24400-5
In this spicy sequel to Animal Magnetism, efficient and glamorous office manager Jade meets her match in her employer, the capable and charismatic veterinarian Dr. Dell Connelly. When a traumatic incident propels Jade to escape Chicago for the...
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Jill Shalvis, Berkley Sensation, $7.99 mass market (304p) ISBN 978-0-425-23981-0
Shalvis kicks off a new contemporary series with this entertaining smalltown tale. Lilah Young has given up on finding Mr. Right in Sunshine, Idaho. Fortunately, when she rear-ends a truck, its owner turns out to be handsome out-of-towner Brady...
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Jill Shalvis, Author Berkley Publishing Group $14 (295p) ISBN 978-0-425-21719-1
A South Pacific dreamboat cruise turns nightmarish for cute L.A. retail clerk Dorie Anderson, whose winning ticket to paradise proves less than providential in the latest romantic suspense entry from Shavis (Smart and Sexy, etc.). Dorie boards the...
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Jill Shalvis, Grand Central/Forever, $6.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-446-57161-6
In this heartwarming and sexy contemporary romance from bestseller Shalvis (Instant Temptation), Maddie Moore meets the man of her dreams, but must fight her inner demons to make it work. Maddie, straight out of an abusive relationship and...
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Jill Shalvis, Author . Kensington/Brava $14 (296p) ISBN 978-0-7582-3127-7
Shalvis's assured third rugged romance about the Wilder brothers (after Instant Gratification
) follows TJ—the oldest brother of Cam and Stone—on his expedition of the heart. His destination: Harley Stephens, a blond spitfire TJ'
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Jill Shalvis. Morrow, $16.99 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-302543-1
Shalvis (The Forever Girl) returns to Wildstone, Calif., with a loaded romance that grapples with survivor’s guilt and the work it takes to form a true connection. Emma Harris wants to take charge of her life, but struggles to control her body after
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $18.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-335344-2
Bestseller Shalvis’s emotional eighth standalone Sunrise Cove contemporary (after Better Than Friends) expertly tugs at the heartstrings. After art appraiser Lexi Clark’s boss turned boyfriend dumps and fires her in one fell swoop, her stepsister,...
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $18.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-335338-1
Bestseller Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove (after Summer Escape) for an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance. PR guru Olive Porter fled Sunrise Cove, Calif., 12 years ago after accidentally hitting her high school crush turned fake boyfriend, Noah
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $18.99 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-06-323575-5
Bestseller Shalvis hits a home run with this emotionally nuanced contemporary, the fifth in her Sunrise Cove series (after The Sweetheart List). Luna Wright devotes herself to Apple Ridge Farm, a haven for rescue animals and quirky humans. When her...
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $18.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-323569-4
Bestseller Shalvis’s adorable fourth Sunrise Cove romance (after The Backup Plan) matches a surly bartender with a skeptical baker. After a bad breakup, Harper Shaw relocates to Lake Tahoe with her dog and her mother’s recipes in tow. She’s excited...
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $16.99 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-309547-2
Bestseller Shalvis shines in her endearing third Sunrise Cove series (after The Friendship Pact). Alice Moore; her brother, Will; her best friend (and Will’s girlfriend), Lauren Scott; and Alice’s crush, Knox Rawlings, grew up together in Sunrise...
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Jill Shalvis. HarperLuxe, $21.99 trade paper (480p) ISBN 978-0-06-321141-4
Bestseller Shalvis (Love for Beginners) launches the Sunrise Cove series with a charming, emotional romance featuring a cast readers will quickly come to see as old friends. Levi Cutler and Jane Park’s first meeting is as traumatic as they come: the
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-274188-2
Shalvis’s seventh Heartbreaker Bay contemporary (after Hot Winter Nights), set in the Cow Hollow neighborhood of San Francisco, is a perfectly acceptable but formulaic romance. Sadie’s a woman of many talents: tattoo artist, dog whisperer, and...
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Jill Shalvis. Morrow, $16.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-289785-5
Shalvis returns to Wildstone, Calif., (after The Summer Deal) with a standalone contemporary romance that focuses on how relationships can overcome secrets, shame, and guilt. Eleven years ago, the Walsh family briefly took in foster kids Maze,...
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Jill Shalvis. Morrow, $16.99 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-06-289791-6
A pair of guarded half-sisters learn to open up in this sweet, summery romance from Shalvis (Almost Just Friends). After 29-year-old Brynn Turner’s boyfriend breaks her heart and robs her blind to boot, she returns home to her loving but smothering...
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Jill Shalvis. Morrow, $15.99 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-289780-0
Shalvis (The Lemon Sisters) unites two people healing from emotional trauma in this tender contemporary. EMT Piper Manning is reluctantly celebrating her 30th birthday at a bar in her hometown of Wildstone, Calif., when she meets her neighbor’s 32-ye
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Jill Shalvis. Avon, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-289778-7
Shalvis’s faintly Christmassy eighth Heartbreaker Bay contemporary (following Playing for Keeps) comes complete with a light kiss of mystery, a healthy dose of romance, and the comfort of familiar characters. To say that Ivy Snow has issues with her
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Jill Shalvis. Morrow, $26.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-274191-2
Shalvis’s sensuous third Wildstone contemporary romantic novel (after Rainy Day Friends) reunites former lovers. Brooke Lemon lives in Los Angeles and is a producer of documentaries. When Brooke’s older sister, Mindy, shows up at her door after a...
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