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About Jill Shalvis
Multiple 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 … mostly coincidental. Look for Jill’s bestselling, award-winning heartwarming and full of humor novels wherever books are sold and visit her website for a complete book list and blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures. Her most recent book, THE FRIENDSHIP PACT, is out now and her next book, THE BACKUP PLAN, comes out in January 2023.
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Blog postI first started writing in the ice age, during a time I fondly refer to as the deep, dark years of hell. I had three kids under the age of five (don’t worry, we finally figured out what caused that problem :), I’d just lost my accounting job, and my husband had just officially burnt out on his
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Blog postI’ve got a new novella out called TWIST OF FATE, available now!!! It’s a standalone in the Heartbreaker Bay series, so you can dive right in — for $2.99!
Go here to read first chapter, and here to buy now, and if you did either of those
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Blog postWhich character would you want to meet under the mistletoe? I know, it’s a tough question, right? For me…it’s nearly as difficult as telling you which of my children is my favorite. But let’s pretend that Roarke and Ranger (from JD Robb and Janet Evanovich respectively) are taken this season, it would be most definitely be Jamie Fraser from Outlander (Diana Gabaldon). In a few words, Jamie is a soldier, landowner, and a well-educated natural leader from Scotland who st3 years ago Read more
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Blog postSo I keep forgetting to tell you! I’ve got a Heartbreaker Bay novella called TWIST OF FATE, and no worries if you’re not caught up on the series, this one stands alone. It’s $2.99 (I know, such a deal, right???), but here’s the thing. Right now and for three months, it’s only available at Amazon, but after that, it’ll be wide. Can we still be friends? :)
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Blog postSo I’m starting a new book and I decided my hero looks like Ryan Reynolds in glasses. Here’s a visual in case you need one…
I know, not bad, right? But then this other image came up and I thought well, I can’t NOT share this one too, ri
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Blog postIn my family, we have a long history of being suckers for animals in need. When I was little, I brought home anything that seemed even slightly abandoned. A bird with a bad wing and a matching bad ‘tude that I fed with an eye dropper. A guinea pig that showed up at our back door demanding food, loudly (have you ever heard one of those things squeal?). A snapping turtle rescued from a pond (I still have a scar from that one…). A very pissy old cat that didn’t nece3 years ago Read more
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Blog postMy pretend boyfriend is here today. Keanu Reeves. I think if he had any idea he was my pretend boyfriend, he’d want a starring role in one of my books, don’t you? I’m sure he wouldn’t be at all terrified by that. :)
My question is, whic
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Blog postDo you listen to audiobooks? It’s something I do on my daily hike with the dogs. In fact, there was that one time I was enthralled, volume up, paying no attention to anything whatsoever on the single track trail, only to realize that there was a guy on a bike behind me, trying to pass me. Oops… ANYWAY, today I’m giving away a Shalvis audiobook. Tell me if you’re interested, if you’ve ever listened to audiobooks before, and if you’ve ever listened to a Shalvis audiobook before, and you’re ente3 years ago Read more
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Blog postWhy dogs make great sidekicks.
1. Because when you’re on the mountain trail and you come across an angry mama bear and her baby cubs, your dog will run like hell. This will warn you to run like hell as well. Just be careful because i
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Blog postI keep forgetting to tell you about my upcoming book ALMOST JUST FRIENDS. I loved writing this book and thought I’d give you a teasing peek at the opening of the book:
Chapter 1“Chin up, Princess, or the crown slips.”Piper Manning closed her eyes and plugged her ears against the horror. She’d known this would happen even as she’d begged against it, but sometimes there was no stopping fate. She shook her head. You’ve survived worse. Just push through it. Pretend you’re on a war3 years ago Read more -
Blog postSo … Middle and the soon to be Mrs. Middle had a hole in their hearts to fill, and look who they’re going to fill it with!!! This sweet little thing is 7 weeks old and the most precious little sweetheart. I mean, the cute. I can’t even… Tell us about YOUR precious fur babies!!
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Blog postOkay, so I went looking for today’s writing inspiration and I didn’t get further than this guy, an old favorite of mine. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is still on my five list of pretend boyfriends.
So you know what today’s question is, right? Who’s on your list of pretend boyfriends???
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Blog postHi! Happy Monday! What are we doing here today? Well, besides wishing it was a Saturday, I recently had to answer these questions for a publication and thought you might all enjoy them!
1. Your best virtue as an author.
Thick skin.
2. Your most quirky author habit.
I can’t write at a desk. I use a laptop and have to migrate around, from my bed to the couch to the deck, to the woods, to the la3 years ago Read more -
Blog postThis is the view from my deck. But no. It can’t be. I won’t allow it.
I’m not ready, winter, do you hear me? Go away and bring back fall!!!!!! I need my fingers nice and warm and toasty to type the finishing touches on ALMOST JUST FRIEN
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Blog postAnyone miss my Happy Hump Day posts?
Yes? No? Just me…? :) Either way, I’m going to pretend he’s reading one of my books. Don’t ruin this for me. Also, there’s a man cold in the house so if you could all send healing thoughts Alpha Ma
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Blog postI know, it’s been a minute since I blogged. I’d give you the all the long list of what has kept me busy, but it boils down to a little thing called Life. But the good news is that I’ve been saving all the I Love Lucy stories and some pretty great pics for you. For instance, a few days ago my laptop died. I called Apple, they walked me through all the possible fixes, but we couldn’t find a single one. So I bought a new one (Sob! I loved my old one! AND my credit card now hates me…) ANYWAY, I m3 years ago Read more
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Blog postToday’s Happy Hump Day post is also an Aquaman/Jason Momoa appreciation post. And I’m not even a little bit sorry…
I haven’t yet figured out how to write him into one of my stories. Ideas are welcome. :)
p.s. What movies have you all se
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Blog postHey everyone! I’ve got some fun news! For anyone interested in a personalized signed copy of THE LEMON SISTERS, (or any of my recent books!) we can now make that happen here! Just be sure in the final checkout, in the comment section, to let me know who you want the book signed to! XOXO!
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Blog postThis writing gig is pretty hard. Requires a co-writer on most days…
I know, he’s adorable, and quite the lap warmer. And as a bonus, he’s not nearly at farticious as Cali or Frat Boy. :) Please feel free to caption Coop The Poop’s thou
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New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a powerful, moving story about a young woman on a quest to find the truth about her father who learns the meaning of true love along the way.
Alone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she’s never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with disabilities and wounded warriors.
Her first big fundraiser event falls flat, but what starts out as a terrible, horrible, no-good night turns into something else entirely when Tae finds herself face-to-face with Riggs Copeland. She hasn’t seen the former Marine since their brief fling in high school, and while still intensely drawn to him, she likes her past burned and buried, thank you very much. Hence their friendship pact.
But when April oddly refuses to help Tae track down her father, it’s Riggs who unexpectedly comes to her aid. On a hunt to unlock the past, the two of them find themselves on a wild ride and learn a shocking truth, while also reluctantly bonding in a way neither had seen coming. Now Tae must decide whether she’s going to choose love … or walk away from her own happiness.
USA Today Bestseller
“Fall in love with Jill Shalvis! She’s my go-to read for humor and heart.”— Susan Mallery, New York Times bestselling author
Beloved New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis begins a new series—Sunrise Cove—set near beautiful Lake Tahoe, with a heartwarming story of found family and love.
During the snowstorm of the century Levi Cutler is stranded on a ski lift with a beautiful stranger named Jane. After strong winds hurl the gondola in front of them into the ground, Levi calls his parents to prepare them for the worst…but can’t bring himself to say goodbye. Instead, wanting to fulfill his mother’s lifelong wish, he impulsively tells her he’s happily settled and Jane is his girlfriend—right before his phone dies.
But Levi and Jane do not.
Now Levi’s family is desperate to meet “The One.” Though Jane agrees to be his pretend girlfriend for just one dinner, she’s nervous. After a traumatic childhood, Jane isn’t sure she knows how to be around a tight-knit family that cherishes one another. She’s terrified, and a little jealous. But an unexpected series of events and a host of new friends soon show Jane that perhaps this is the life she was always meant to have.
As Jane and Levi spend more time together, pretend feelings quickly turn into real ones. Now all Jane has to do is admit to herself she can’t live without the man she’s fallen in love with and the family she has always dreamed of.
New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a heartwarming tale of three people who are bought together when they’re bequeathed an old Wild West inn that has the potential to pull their lives apart, but instead turns into the gift of a lifetime.
When Alice receives a call about an unexpected windfall, she’s stunned to learn the gift is a falling-apart-at-the-seams old Wild West B&B she once considered home—and she’s inherited it along with two strangers. Except they weren’t always strangers. Once upon a time, they were friends. One is her ex-BFF Lauren. The other is Knox, the only guy to ever break her heart, all while never even knowing she existed.
It turns out their lives are unknowingly entangled because they once separately helped the same woman without expecting anything in return. Years later, Alice, Lauren, and Knox are broken in their own way, with their own history—and secrets— causing them to start out on the wrong foot with each other. But according to the will, they must renovate and be partners in the inn for one year or else lose their inheritance.
Stuck together, they make a list of rules to keep the peace—rules that end up doing the opposite, but by some miracle they find what they didn’t even know they were looking for—acceptance, true friendship, and in a case (or two!), true love.
For charter pilot Melanie Anderson, nothing is sexier than flying. But running her own private airport also means cleaning up after her disorganized partner and keep tabs on employees who make more work than they get done. Now, the one man she hoped to never see again is back and looking for trouble—the kind of trouble that keeps Mel grounded in a way she can’t resist.
Bo Black is determined to get his family’s airport back. He might be a laid-back Aussie, but he’s also nobody’s fool. And neither is Mel. She’s intense. Uptight. Sexy. And very, very tempting. Suddenly, Bo’s thinking less about fighting and more about falling into a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of love.
“Count on Jill Shalvis for a witty, steamy, unput-downable love story.”
—Robyn Carr
From New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis comes her first women's fiction novel—an unforgettable story of friendship, love, family, and sisterhood—perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover, Susan Mallery, and Kristan Higgins.
They say life can change in an instant…
After losing her sister in a devastating car accident, chef Quinn Weller is finally getting her life back on track. She appears to have it all: a loving family, a dream job in one of L.A.'s hottest eateries, and a gorgeous boyfriend dying to slip an engagement ring on her finger. So why does she feel so empty, like she's looking for a missing piece she can't find?
The answer comes when a lawyer tracks down Quinn and reveals a bombshell secret and a mysterious inheritance that only she can claim. This shocking revelation washes over Quinn like a tidal wave. Her whole life has been a lie.
On impulse, Quinn gives up her job, home, and boyfriend. She heads up the coast to the small hometown of Wildstone, California, which is just a few hours north, but feels worlds apart from Los Angeles. Though she doesn't quite fit in right away, she can't help but be drawn to the town’s simple pleasures…and the handsome, dark-haired stranger who offers friendship with no questions asked.
As Quinn settles into Wildstone, she discovers there's another surprise in store for her. The inheritance isn't a house or money, but rather something earthshattering, something that will make her question everything she thought she knew about herself, about her family. Now with a world of possibilities opening up to Quinn, she must decide if this new life is the one she was always meant to have—and the one that could finally give her the fulfillment she's searched so long for.
USA TODAY BESTSELLER
What would you change if you had to start your life—and love life—over again?
When Emma Harris wakes up from a coma she learns that her fiancé and her BFF have fallen in love, she’s lost her job, and the life she knew is gone. Overwhelmed but grateful to be alive she starts over from scratch. Not as easy as it sounds, of course. But she’s never been a quitter, even if she wishes she could quit rehab, where her hot but evil physical therapist, Simon, puts her through the wringer.
Eager for a new beginning, Emma opens a doggy day care. Unfortunately, the only space she can afford is owned by her childhood nemesis Ali Pratt. But hey, she’s been through worse, right? She tries to roll with the punches, but a friend drops his grandpa off at the doggy day care in desperation then on top of that, she and Ali bring the term ‘frenemies’ to a whole new level. And then another grandparent shows up. And another.
In the midst of all that, Emma realizes she’s accidentally fallen for Evil PT. But the most horrifying thing of all is that Ali just might have turned into the best friend she’s ever had. And as Emma grows from the pain of her past and takes on her new path, she comes to realize that life isn’t what you’re given, it’s what you make of it.
USA Today Bestseller
New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis does it once again with a heartfelt story of family, forgiveness, and secrets that have the power to change the course of more than one life.
When Maze returns to Wildstone for the wedding of her estranged bff and the sister of her heart, it’s also a reunion of a once ragtag team of teenagers who had only each other until a tragedy tore them apart and scattered them wide.
Now as adults together again in the lake house, there are secrets and resentments mixed up in all the amazing childhood memories. Unexpectedly, they instantly fall back into their roles: Maze their reckless leader, Cat the den mother, Heather the beloved baby sister, and Walker, a man of mystery.
Life has changed all four of them in immeasurable ways. Maze and Cat must decide if they can rebuild their friendship, and Maze discovers her long-held attraction to Walker hasn’t faded with the years but has only grown stronger.
USA Today Bestseller
New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Wildstone with the touching story of finding your place in the world—and the people who make it home.
Piper Manning’s about as tough as they come, she’s had to be. She raised her siblings and they’ve thankfully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it, and then she’s free.
When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. There’s a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding their own secrets. The smart move would be for Piper to ignore them all but Cam unleashes emotions deep inside of her that she can’t deny, making her yearn for something she doesn’t understand. And her siblings…well, they need each other.
Only when the secrets come out, it changes everything Piper thinks she knows about her family, herself…and Cam. Can she find a way to outrun the demons? The answer is closer than she thinks—just as the new life she craves may have already begun.
From New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis comes a friends-to-frenemies-to-lovers story… Add in a few secrets. Shake. Stir. Then read on a lazy summer day at the beach…
Brynn Turner desperately wishes she had it together, but her personal life is like a ping-pong match that’s left her scared and hurt after so many attempts to get it right. In search of a place to lick her wounds and get a fresh start, she heads back home to Wildstone.
And then there’s Kinsey Davis, who after battling serious health issues her entire twenty-nine years of life, is tired of hoping for . . . well, anything. She's fierce, tough, and she’s keeping more than one bombshell of a secret from Brynn -- her long-time frenemy.
But then Brynn runs into Kinsey's best friend, Eli, renewing her childhood crush. The good news: he’s still easy-going and funny and sexy as hell. The bad news: when he gets her to agree to a summer-time deal to trust him to do right by her, no matter what, she never dreams it’ll result in finding a piece of herself she didn’t even know was missing. She could have real connections, possibly love, and a future—if she can only learn to let go of the past.
As the long days of summer wind down, the three of them must discover if forgiveness is enough to grasp the unconditional love that’s right in front of them.
"A book to savor--and share." —Susan Wiggs, New York Times Bestselling Author
The New York Times bestselling author of Rainy Day Friends and Lost and Found Sisters returns to Wildstone, California...
Brooke Lemon has always led the life she wanted, wild adventures—and mistakes—included, something her perfect sister, Mindy, never understood. So when Mindy shows up on Brooke’s doorstep in the throes of a break-down with her three little kids in tow, Brooke’s shocked.
Wanting to make amends, Brooke agrees to trade places, taking the kids back to Wildstone for a few days so Mindy can pick up the pieces and put herself back together. What Brooke doesn’t admit is she’s just as broken . . . Also how does one go home after seven years away? It doesn’t take long for Brooke to come face-to-face with her past, in the form of one tall, dark, sexy mistake. But Garrett’s no longer interested. Only his words don’t match his actions, leaving Brooke feeling things she’d shoved deep.
Soon the sisters begin to wonder: Are they lemons in life? In love? All they know is that neither seems to be able to run far enough to outpace her demons. And when secrets surface, they’ll have to learn that sometimes the one person who can help you the most is the one you never thought to ask.
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Following the USA Today bestseller, Lost and Found Sisters, comes Rainy Day Friends, Jill Shalvis’ moving story of heart, loss, betrayal, and friendship.
Six months after Lanie Jacobs’ husband’s death, it’s hard to imagine anything could deepen her sense of pain and loss. But then Lanie discovers she isn’t the only one grieving his sudden passing. A serial adulterer, he left behind several other women who, like Lanie, each believe she was his legally wedded wife.
Rocked by the infidelity, Lanie is left to grapple with searing questions. How could she be so wrong about a man she thought she knew better than anyone? Will she ever be able to trust another person? Can she even trust herself?
Desperate to make a fresh start, Lanie impulsively takes a job at the family-run Capriotti Winery. At first, she feels like an outsider among the boisterous Capriottis. With no real family of her own, she’s bewildered by how quickly they all take her under their wing and make her feel like she belongs. Especially Mark Capriotti, a gruffly handsome Air Force veteran turned deputy sheriff who manages to wind his way into Lanie’s cold, broken heart—along with the rest of the clan.
Everything is finally going well for her, but the arrival of River Green changes all that. The fresh-faced twenty-one-year old seems as sweet as they come…until her dark secrets come to light—secrets that could destroy the new life Lanie’s only just begun to build.
Two Men Are One Too Many . . .
Tara has a thousand good reasons not to return to the little coastal town of Lucky Harbor, Washington. Yet with her life doing a major crash-and-burn, anywhere away from her unfulfilled dreams and sexy ex-husband will do. As Tara helps her two sisters get their newly renovated inn up and running, she finally has a chance to get things under control and come up with a new plan for her life.
But a certain tanned, green-eyed sailor has his own ideas, such as keeping Tara hot, bothered . . . and in his bed. And when her ex wants Tara back, three is a crowd she can't control-especially when her deepest secret reappears out of the blue. Now Tara must confront her past and discover what she really wants. If she's lucky, she might just find that everything her heart desires is right here in Lucky Harbor.
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