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Title: The Trouble with Mistletoe

Series: Heartbreaker Bay #2

Author: Jill Shalvis

Release Date: September 27, 2016

If she has her way…

Willa Davis is wrangling puppies when Keane Winters stalks into her pet shop with frustration in his chocolate-brown eyes and a pink bedazzled cat carrier in his hand. He needs a kitty sitter, stat. But the last thing Willa needs is to rescue a guy who doesn’t even remember her…

…He’ll get nothing but coal in his stocking.

Saddled with his great-aunt’s Feline from Hell, Keane is desperate to leave her in someone else’s capable hands. But in spite of the fact that he’s sure he’s never seen the drop-dead gorgeous pet shop owner before, she seems to be mad at him…

Unless he tempers “naughty” with a special kind of nice…

Willa can’t deny that Keane’s changed since high school: he’s less arrogant, for one thing—but he doesn’t even remember her. How can she trust him not to break her heart again? It’s time to throw a coin in the fountain, make a Christmas wish–and let the mistletoe do its work…

He stilled a beat and then set the carrier down again and leaned in close to her. With one hand on the headrest at the back of her head and the other on the seat at her opposite hip, he caged her in, his face an inch from hers. 

Smiling.

The ass. He was temptation personified and he knew it. And also, he smelled good. She had no idea how he’d managed to work all day long doing what he did and still smell amazing, but he did. She closed her eyes, making herself sit still instead of doing as she wanted—which would’ve been smushing her face into the crook of his neck and inhaling him like she was a third grader with a bottle of glue. 

“You want to come upstairs, Willa?” he asked, voice pure sex. 

What she wanted was to put her hands back on his chest now that she knew it was as hard as it looked. Instead she gripped either side of her seat with white knuckles. “Of course not.”

“I think you do. I think you want something else too.”

“What I want,” she said as coolly as she could, “is dinner as promised.”

“Liar,” he chided softly.

“Well that’s just rude, calling your date a liar.”

“So it is a date.” His tone was very male and very smug. It should’ve pissed her off but instead it did something hot and erotic to her insides. 

Clearly knowing it, he smiled at her and then dragged his teeth over his lower lip as he contemplated her.

Gah. She wanted to do that. And she wanted to do more too. She wanted him shockingly badly and suddenly she couldn’t remember why she shouldn’t. She tried to access her though processes on the subject but her brain hiccupped and froze. Which surely was the only reason she let go of the death grip on her seat, slid her fingers into his hair, and…brushed her mouth over his. 

He didn’t move, not a single muscle, but when she pulled back, his eyes had gone dark as night, piercing her with their intensity.

“Don’t read that the wrong way,” she whispered. 

“Is there a wrong way to take it when a beautiful woman kisses you?”

Jill Shalvis is one of my go to authors for a feel good romance.  I know her style and how she writes and she always cheers me up.  Jill's books can be steamy, but they're not too over the top so I also feel comfortable reading them if my kids are around.  I don't have to hide in a corner of the bathroom.  The Trouble with Mistletoe was in a very similar style.  

I hadn't read the first book in the Heartbreaker Bay series, (I just bought it and will be reading it next), but The Trouble with Mistletoe can be read as a standalone.  If you read my reviews you know that I don't like to read books that are part of a series if the characters from previous books are always mentioned.  I don't like when I don't know what they're talking about.  With Jill Shalivs' series you can always jump in at any time and not be lost.  That's another thing I love about her books.  

The Trouble with Mistletoe is the story of Willa and Keane.  Willa and Keane had known each other years ago.  She had invited him to a Sadie Hawkins dance.  He had accepted and then stood her up.  Suddenly Keane shows up on the doorstep of Willa's pet grooming shop.  While Willa recognizes Keane right away, Keane has no idea who Willa is.  But he knows that something is going on by the way she treats him.

Eventually Keane wins Willa over and apologizes for his youth.  Both Willa and Keane are developed characters.  They're sexy, smart, and good for each other.  It's a cute story with animals, love, and Christmas.  This would be a great book to read around the holidays and I will probably reread it then. 

I give The Trouble with Mistletoe FOUR AND A HALF STARS!

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Embrace the Romance – Review & Excerpt

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Queen of All She Reads – Excerpt

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About Jill Shalvis: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis lives in a small town in the Sierras full of quirky characters. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in her books is, um, mostly coincidental. Look for Jill’s sexy contemporary and award-winning books wherever romances are sold and click on the blog button above for a complete book list and daily blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures.      

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THE TROUBLE WITH MISTLETOE by JILL SHALVIS - #TEASERBLITZ

From New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis comes a captivating story of love, second chances and new beginnings...

   

Title: The Trouble with Mistletoe

Series: A Heartbreaker Bay Novel #2

Author:  Jill Shalvis

Release Date: September 27, 2016

About THE TROUBLE WITH MISTLETOE:

If she has her way…

Willa Davis is wrangling puppies when Keane Winters stalks into her pet shop with frustration in his chocolate-brown eyes and a pink bedazzled cat carrier in his hand. He needs a kitty sitter, stat. But the last thing Willa needs is to rescue a guy who doesn’t even remember her…

…He’ll get nothing but coal in his stocking.

Saddled with his great-aunt’s Feline from Hell, Keane is desperate to leave her in someone else’s capable hands. But in spite of the fact that he’s sure he’s never seen the drop-dead gorgeous pet shop owner before, she seems to be mad at him…

Unless he tempers “naughty” with a special kind of nice…

Willa can’t deny that Keane’s changed since high school: he’s less arrogant, for one thing—but he doesn’t even remember her. How can she trust him not to break her heart again? It’s time to throw a coin in the fountain, make a Christmas wish–and let the mistletoe do its work…

He opened the passenger door for her but caught her before she could slide in. “You’re cold.”

              Actually, she was freezing. “I forgot my jacket this morning—No, don’t give me yours,” she said when he made to take his off.

              So instead he spread it open and wrapped as much of it around her as possible. Chest to chest, thighs to things…and everything in between mashed up against each other all cozy like.

              Except it didn’t feel cozy.

              It felt…sexy as hell.

              It would’ve taken more control than she held to keep her hands to herself. He wrapped herself around him, letting her fingers trail up the sculpted muscles of his back.

              At her touch, his gaze met hers, dark and heated. Oh boy. She was in trouble here, and she forced herself to back away and get into her seat.

              A minute later, he’d rounded the front of the truck and slid in behind the wheel. He craned around to eyeball Pita like she was a pissed-off rattlesnake.

              Willa laughed and Keane turned all that concentrated hotness on her. “What?”

              “I’m picturing Petunia coming back from the dead to haunt you.”

              With a small smile, he leaned in close and slid his fingers along her jaw. “You think that’s funny?”

              “I’d do the same thing.”

              His mouth quirked. “Revengeful, huh?”

              “Absolutely.”

              His fingers still on her jaw, he let his thumb slide lightly over her lower lip, making it hunger for a touch.

              His touch.

              No, make that his mouth. She wanted his mouth on hers and wasn’t that just annoying as hell. “This isn’t happening,” she said out loud, because surely that would make it true.

              “What isn’t?” he asked. “Dinner with me despite you saying that the devil himself couldn’t drag your cold, dead corpse out on a date with me, even if I was…how did you put it? Hot as balls?”

              “I didn’t say that!” She felt her face flush. She was doing her best to desperately hold on to her resentment over their past, but even she could admit she was quickly losing the battle here, to curiosity.

              And lust.

              “If you’re going to eavesdrop,” she said with as much dignity as she could, which wasn’t much, “at least get your facts straight.”

              He just laughed, a sexy sound that woke up all her happy spots, damn him. And he knew it too. She sunk in her seat a little, crossed her arms over her chest and looked out the window. “Be amused all you want, I’m holding firm.”

              He didn’t look worried.

              Which in turn worried her.

Pre-Order THE TROUBLE WITH MISTLETOE in ebook or paperback, releasing 9/27/16

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And don’t miss the first novel in Jill Shalvis’ Heartbreaker Bay Series, SWEET LITTLE LIES, now available! Grab your copy HERE!

   

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis lives in a small town in the Sierras full of quirky characters. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in her books is, um, mostly coincidental. Look for Jill’s sexy contemporary and award-winning books wherever romances are sold and click on the blog button above for a complete book list and daily blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures.      

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THE TROUBLE WITH MISTLETOE by JILL SHALVIS - #TEASERBLITZ @JillShalvis @InkSlingerPR

From New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis comes a captivating story of love, second chances and new beginnings...

   

Title:  The Trouble with Mistletoe

Series: Heartbreaker Bay #2

Author: Jill Shalvis

Release Date: September 27, 2016

If she has her way…

Willa Davis is wrangling puppies when Keane Winters stalks into her pet shop with frustration in his chocolate-brown eyes and a pink bedazzled cat carrier in his hand. He needs a kitty sitter, stat. But the last thing Willa needs is to rescue a guy who doesn’t even remember her…

…He’ll get nothing but coal in his stocking.

Saddled with his great-aunt’s Feline from Hell, Keane is desperate to leave her in someone else’s capable hands. But in spite of the fact that he’s sure he’s never seen the drop-dead gorgeous pet shop owner before, she seems to be mad at him…

Unless he tempers “naughty” with a special kind of nice…

Willa can’t deny that Keane’s changed since high school: he’s less arrogant, for one thing—but he doesn’t even remember her. How can she trust him not to break her heart again? It’s time to throw a coin in the fountain, make a Christmas wish–and let the mistletoe do its work…

“I’m sorry,” she said, “but I’m all full up today.”

              “I’ll pay double.”

              He had a voice like fine whisky. Not that she ever drank fine whisky. Even the cheap stuff was a treat. And maybe it was just her imagination, but she was having a hard time getting past the fact that he was both the same and yet had changed. He was still tall, of course, and built sexy as hell, damn him. Broad shoulders, lean hips, biceps straining his shirt as he held up the cat carrier.

              He wore faded ripped jeans on his long legs and scuffed work boots. His only concession to the San Francisco winter was a long-sleeved T-shirt that enhanced all those ripped muscles and invited her to BITE MEin big blog letters across his chest.

              She wasn’t going to lie to herself, she kind of wanted to. Hard.

              He stood there exuding raw, sexual power and energy—not that she was noticing. Now was she taking in his expression that said maybe he’d already had a bad day.

              He could join her damn club.

              And at that thought, she mentally smacked herself in the forehead. No! There would be no club joining. She’d set boundaries for herself. She was Switzerland. Neutral. No importing or exporting of anything including smexy smoldering glances, hot body parts, nothing.

              Period.

Pre-Order THE TROUBLE WITH MISTLETOE in ebook or paperback, releasing 9/27/16

Amazon | iBooks | Kobo| Barnes & Noble

And don’t miss the first novel in Jill Shalvis’ Heartbreaker Bay Series, SWEET LITTLE LIES, now available! Grab your copy HERE!

   

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis lives in a small town in the Sierras full of quirky characters. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in her books is, um, mostly coincidental. Look for Jill’s sexy contemporary and award-winning books wherever romances are sold and click on the blog button above for a complete book list and daily blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures.      

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