The Trouble with Mistletoe: A Heartbreaker Bay Novel

Jill Shalvis

Sep 2016 · Heartbreaker Bay Book 2 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis continues her fun, sexy new contemporary romance series with a tale of friends-to-lovers...just in time for Christmas.

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 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 . . .

(A standalone Heartbreaker Bay novel)

Ratings and reviews

It has been awhile since I have read a Jill Shalvis book but when I was offered the chance to read an ARC of The Trouble with Mistletoe I said of course! Her books are auto-reads for me. Just like all the others I have read, The Trouble with Mistletoe has well developed characters, snarky dialogue, great friends and some smoking hot love scenes. Keane and Willa are an interesting couple. I wasn’t sure I liked their awkward chemistry at first and at times it was a little bit slow. Once things got moving between Keane and Willa and we got to know each of them a little bit more I was all in, though. I wanted them to work so bad. The back and forth between who was in the relationship and who was pulling away was quite an adventure. The love scenes between Keane and Willa were fun. Shalvis knows how to make things light and fun but also incredibly romantic and passionate. It's one of the reasons I read her books! Sexy, fun, and flirty intimate scenes. Something else I have always loved about Jill Shalvis books are the supporting characters that become main characters in other books. This is still true in The Trouble with Mistletoe. Willa’s friends are so much fun to be around and I wish I could meet them in real life. I really liked Keane’s assistant Sass. Her name says it all. There is a lot going on in this book. Not only between Keane and Willa but their own personal growth. I was pulling for both of them to get to the place they needed to truly let go and trust each other. Shalvs writes great characters that you can't help but fall in love with. The Trouble with Mistletoe is a fun, light-hearted, sexy, contemporary romance story that will leave you with a joyful, happy smile.

First off I loved the cat Petunia. As a cat lover she was hands down my favorite character. This book just sucked me right in. It is everything I'm looking for in a book by Jill Shalvis. It has my number one favorite thing, humor. The characters are fantastic. They're very engaging and relatable. This book also has me ready for the holidays and as one of those crazy Christmas people two thumbs up for this book. I highly recommend this book. You won't be disappointed.

Let's be serious, it's hard not to fall in love with a Jill Shalvis creation. Her stories are like a hug: a pleasure for the senses and a comfort to the heart. The warmth lingers long after the initial exposure. So it's only fitting that The Trouble with Mistletoe takes the magic of the holiday season and bundles it with the cuddly, feel good charm of a second chance romance. Every person has an event that sticks in the mind and leaves them wishing for a different outcome. Willa's is tall dark and handsome, but doesn't remember her. Add a furry matchmaker, a sexy blast from the past and anything can happen. This author is in a class that's all her own.

About the author

New York Times 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 bestselling, award-winning novels wherever books are sold and visit her website, jillshalvis.com, for a complete book list and daily blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures.