The latest in Ms. Shalvis’ Wildstone series has two half-sisters – one of whom knows of the other and one of whom is ignorant of the fact – who become roommates For Plot Reasons and learn to trust each other. Each sister gets their own happily ever after to boot, but the core of this…
This book was my introduction to Jill Shalvis, and boy was it a doozie. In a good way. The Summer Deal (fifth in the Wildstone series) sucked me in from the first page and charmed me until the last. I love that there was not only one great love story, but two; add to that…
You know, this is the first Jill Shalvis novel I’ve read. How did I manage to miss her before? I thoroughly enjoyed Rainy Day Friends, which takes on the idea of a bad previous marriage in a way I haven’t seen before. Lanie Jacobs’ husband died six months ago. Perhaps she should be distraught, but…
I hate the term “chick lit” and often eye-roll at “women’s fiction”, to be completely frank. I’m not sure why books about a heroine’s introspective journey are genre fiction, when a hero’s introspective journey is often just “fiction” – but I digress. When Ms. Shalvis announced that she was trying her hand at women’s fiction,…