Author: Jill Shalvis
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Animal Magnetism #6
Publication Date: 7th April 2015
Pages: 312
Book Source: Own purchase
Synopsis: Darcy Stone is game
for anything — except sexy Navy veteran and physical therapist A.J. Colten, the
guy who'd rejected her when she'd needed him most. Now the shoe is on the other
foot and he needs her to play nice and help him secure grants for his patients.
Unfortunately, Darcy can't refuse. She needs the money to fund her passion
project: rescuing S&R dogs and placing them with emotionally wounded
soldiers.
A.J. admits it — Darcy is irresistible. But he's
already been battle-scarred by a strong-willed, vivacious, adventurous woman
like Darcy, and he's not making the same mistake twice—until he and Darcy are
forced to fake a relationship. Growing closer than they'd ever imagined
possible, Darcy and AJ have to ask themselves: how much between them is
pretend? What's the real thing? And where does it go from here?
My Thoughts:
My
love for this series continues unabated
Last
year I gave you 5 Reasons not to miss Then Came You, book
5 in the Animal Magnetism series. Just in case you didn't get on board back
then, here's 5 more :)
1.
Winning combo - heat, heart and humour and let's not forget cute animals. What
can I say I'm a sucker for cute animals ;)
Gertie, Bean, and "boner" squawking
parrot Peanut are back
and of
course there's Oreo who was rescued in the last book.
2.
Belle Haven Veterinary Clinic and the Sunshine Wellness Centre would
have to be one of my favourite settings in romantic fiction history. After all
this is where the hot guys are, *cough* the hot stuff
happens. What I'm trying to say is this is where the cute animals and
people heal.
3.
I've been dying for Darcy to get her HEA with physical therapist AJ since
meeting them in Then Came You. AJ was Darcy's therapist after the accident that
almost killed her. She's got trust issues, she's prickly and difficult and
snarky and stubborn but it was only towards the end that stubborn turned stupid
and I really wanted to slap her. I love that she spends every cent rescuing
Search and Rescue dogs and placing them as a carer dogs.
4.
AJ is awesome, he's sweet, patient and caring but tough too. I loved the snarky banter between Darcy and AJ but neither of them actually 'communicate' well with words and sometimes the push
and pull got a bit angsty. But hey that can be true in real life so I forgave
Shalvis. Besides AJ is hot and there's lots of "wild monkey
sex."
5.
It's formulaic, somewhat clichéd (some are painful) but it still works! (would I lie to you?)
Connect with Jill Shalvis
Of course you wouldn't lie to me! I so enjoy your reviews like this one and thanks for reminding me what the story will be all about. Yeah can't wait to meet up again with Peanut and look forward to Darcy and AJ. While I am trying to steer a little away from romance, there are some that I can't avoid! This is on my Kindle since it published and I have just requested Kristin Higgans new one from NetGalley. Might get it. Yikes I need more hours. Thanks for the laugh.
ReplyDeletelol thanks Kathryn. I'm the same with romance these days but Shalvis and Higgins are still must-reads. Thanks for the heads up must go grab the new Kristin Higgin's one :)
DeleteShalvis always has such cute books :)
ReplyDeleteyup ... and cute covers too :)
DeleteI LOVED this one!!!!!!! Darcy was one of my fave Jill characters!! I bought had a heart attack when she went on the highway though!!!!
ReplyDeletelol yes me too Julie, it was a bit hairy for a while!
DeleteI love Jill Shalvis books. Her books are always there when I need a fun(ny), pick-me-up, cheer-me-up, happy kind of read. I haven't read Still the One, yet but I love what I've read in this series so far. I think her Lucky Harbor series will always be my favorite.
ReplyDeleteyou are absolutely right Kathy ... Shalvis is the queen of feel-good! I haven't started on the Lucky Harbor series yet.
Deletewe have good taste ;)
ReplyDeleteI have book one of this series, I honesty don't know why I haven't started them ..it sounds so dang sweet!
ReplyDeleteWhy don't I have one of her books yet?
ReplyDeleteA couple of years ago you and Staci convinced me to read Jill's books. I started with Lucky Harbor and loved 'em. Hope to get to this series soon.
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