Sweet Little Lies: Heartbreaker Bay Book 1
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Authors: Jill Shalvis
Copyright © 2016 Jill Shalvis
Excerpt from
The Trouble With Mistletoe
copyright © 2016 Jill Shalvis
Cover photograph © Lee Avison/Arcangel Images
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First published in this Ebook edition in 2016
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All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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‘Packed with the trademark Shalvis humor and intense intimacy, it is definitely a must-read . . . If love, laughter and passion are the keys to any great romance, then this novel hits every note’
Romantic Times
‘Heart-warming and sexy . . . an abundance of chemistry, smoldering romance, and hilarious antics’
Publishers Weekly
‘[Shalvis] has quickly become one of my go-to authors of contemporary romance. Her writing is smart, fun, and sexy, and her books never fail to leave a smile on my face long after I’ve closed the last page . . . Jill Shalvis is an author not to be missed!’
The Romance Dish
‘Jill Shalvis is such a talented author that she brings to life characters who make you laugh, cry, and are a joy to read’
Romance Reviews Today
‘What I love about Jill Shalvis’s books is that she writes sexy, adorable heroes . . . the sexual tension is out of this world. And of course, in true Shalvis fashion, she expertly mixes in humor that has you laughing out loud’
Heroes and Heartbreakers
‘I always enjoy reading a Jill Shalvis book. She’s a consistently elegant, bold, clever writer . . . Very witty – I laughed out loud countless times and these scenes are sizzling’
All About Romance
‘If you have not read a Jill Shalvis novel yet, then you really have not read a real romance yet either!’
Book Cove Reviews
‘Engaging writing, characters that walk straight into your heart, touching, hilarious’
Library Journal
Heartbreaker Bay Series
Sweet Little Lies
The Trouble With Mistletoe
Cedar Ridge Series
Second Chance Summer
My Kind Of Wonderful
Nobody But You
Animal Magnetism Series
Animal Magnetism
Animal Attraction
Rescue My Heart
Rumour Has It
Then Came You
Still The One
All I Want
Lucky Harbor Series
Simply Irresistible
The Sweetest Thing
Head Over Heels
Lucky In Love
At Last
Forever And A Day
It Had To Be You
Always On My Mind
Once In A Lifetime
It’s In His Kiss
He’s So Fine
One In A Million
Merry Christmas, Baby &
Under The Mistletoe Omnibus (e-novella)
What if you fall for the one guy you can’t have?
As the captain of a San Francisco Bay tour boat, Pru Harris can handle rough seas – the hard part is life on dry land. Especially when it comes to resisting her growing feelings for her new friend, Finn O’Riley. He’s kind, he’s gorgeous and he’s Mr Right – for anybody but her.
Pru has a particular reason for wanting Finn to find happiness and it’s what she wishes for at the historic fountain that’s supposed to grant her heart’s desire. But things get tricky when it becomes clear that, when it comes to Pru, there’s more than friendship on Finn’s mind – because she’s been keeping a secret that could change everything . . .
Want more warm, funny romance? Visit gorgeous Cedar Ridge, spellbinding Lucky Harbor or experience some Animal Magnetism in Sunshine, Idaho in Jill’s other unforgettable series.
To HelenKay Dimon for being a real friend (the very best kind!) Also for introducing me to May Chen, the new love of my life.
Thanks for sharing her.
And to May Chen, for bringing back my love of writing.
#KeepCalmAndRideAUnicorn
Pru
Harris’s mom had taught her to make wishes on pink cars, falling leaves, and brass lamps, because wishing on something as ordinary as stars or wishing wells was a sign of no imagination.
Clearly the woman standing not three feet away in the light mist, searching her purse for change to toss into the courtyard fountain hadn’t been raised by a hippie mom as Pru had been.
Not that it mattered, since her mom had been wrong. Wishes, along with things like winning the lotto or finding a unicorn, never happened in real life.
The woman, shielding her eyes from the light rain with one hand, holding a coin in her other, sent Pru a wry grimace. “I know it’s silly, but it’s a hit-rock-bottom thing.”
Something Pru understood all too well. She set a wriggly Thor down and shook her arms to try and bring back some circulation. Twenty-five pounds of
wet, tubby, afraid-of-his-own-shadow mutt had felt like seventy-five by the end of their thirty-minute walk home from work.
Thor objected to being on the wet ground with a sharp bark. Thor didn’t like rain.
Or walking.
But he loved Pru more than life itself so he stuck close, his tail wagging slowly as he watched her face to determine what mood they were in.