The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis

The Trouble with Mistletoe

by Jill Shalvis

 

 

"I certainly didn't plan for an escape clause when I fell

in love with you."
She stilled and stared up at him.

"Wait. What?"

Jesus, had he really just said that?

Just opened a vein here when she had
one foot out the door.

"Keane?"

Yep, he'd said it. Later, he'd think it was like getting

a brain freeze after gulping down a slurpee too fast.

There was nothing but the burn for a long beat as

his mind went into a free fall.

He loved her.

 

 

Keane Winters found himself in charge of a cat.
Petunia. A cat that he could not handle. He heard of

Southpark. A pet shop that he hoped would pet sit

for him. He knocked on the door before the store

even opened. Holding a pink bedazzled pet carrier.

 

Willa Davis recognized Keane Winters immediately.

And he did not recognize her. At all.

If he weren't holding an animal that she was

guessing needed something, she would have turned

and walked away. But Willa couldn't do that to

whatever was inside the carrier.

 

This was the moment. The moment when lives change.

 

 

Jill Shalvis is a wonderful writer. Her stories always

hit you right there. Right where it counts.

And this new story from the Heartbreaker Bay

series does just that. It will hit you right in the

heart and the funny bone.

 

 

I bought my copy from Audible.com

Review by Lisa Hutson

 



Letters at Christmas by Amber Lin

Letters at Christmas

by Amber Lin

 

I found this story on my kindle. I don't even

remember buying it. But Amazon says I did.

I have read Amber Lin before but never any

historical romance from her. Since I have

been in the Christmas reading mood, this one

came up in the rotation. It's a short story.

But I have to say, Letters at Christmas

 did not read like one.

 

Hale was born on the wrong side of the blanket

as the saying goes. But as so often happens,

Hale and Sidony fell in love. Sidony being the

heroine of the story. She is tough, smart and

brave. Born in the big house.

 

'She smiled gently. "You didn't want to be

your father. Well, you're not. You're a strong,

kind-hearted man. That's who I fell in love

with, Hale."

His insides felt jagged, his throat raw. Was

she right? Had he proved to himself that

he wasn't his father?' 

 

Hale was determined that he would make himself

into a man deserving of Sidony. And in the

meantime, he would give her every chance to move

on if she wanted to.

 

When he finally makes his way back to her,

she isn't sure she can forgive his absence. Can he

convince Sidony that he has loved her all along?

Will she be able to trust that he won't leave again?

 

Love is a matter of trust and compromise. But who

will give in first?

 

I bought my copy from Amazon

Review by Lisa Hutson