New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a beguiling, lighthearted story about fresh starts, second chances and true love.
When Harper Shaw’s life falls apart, she knows it’s time for a change. She removes everything that doesn’t spark joy—from her soul-sucking job to eating kale to making lists—and sets off for the last place she was happy, Lake Tahoe (who wouldn’t feel good there, right?) to fulfill her dream of opening her own bakery.
With her Sugar Pine Bakery in between a tavern, owned by sexy, grumpy Bodie Campbell, and a bookstore, run by her new BFF, she feels a peace she’s never experienced since…well, forever.. Then she meets Ivy, a teenage runaway, who barrels into her heart. She sees a lot of herself in Ivy and takes her under her wing, but the teenager has secrets…
When those secrets explode, it changes Harper’s new world, and she’ll learn, it’s never too late to start over, it’s never too late to figure out your life, and best of all, it’s never too late to let yourself believe in love.
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What I thought about The Sweetheart List
Whenever I start a Jill Shalvis book, I know I'm going to get a sweet story with likable characters. And there's also the emotional content -- it's always there with this author. The Sweetheart List was a sweet little story of three people trying to find their place in the world... and there's a dog, too.
Harper Shaw packs up her belongings and moves to Sunrise Cove in Lake Tahoe for a new start. Her last relationship didn't work out and her father doesn't even know she's around. So she sets out for the last place she was happy and decides to start a bakery business. The first person she meets is Bodie Campbell, who happens to be one of her landlords and a local business owner.
Bodie has some problems he's working through as well. A former ATF agent, he's working through some serious losses from his last mission and adjusting to a new life. His family is there for him, and they are a rowdy bunch of siblings who keep Bodie from losing it. The banter between among the siblings is just terrific and provides some nice humor.
When Bodie encounters a young runaway named Ivy at his bar, he is immediately worried about her. What he doesn't know yet is that Ivy has a secret that involves Bodie and it's a doozy.
The pace here was great for me, I was able to finish this story in a day. The writing is smooth and just flows, and before I knew it, I was 75% through the story. Harper, Bodie and Ivy's lives are intertwined and there are a few roadblocks caused by some incorrect assumptions that need to be taken care of before they can all find their HEA.
The Sweetheart List was a very pleasant story about new found friends and the beginnings of love in Sunrise Cove. The characters are very likable and the story moves along at a good clip to keep things interesting. I really enjoyed this story -- it was perfect read for sitting out in the sun on a hot summer day.
About Jill Shalvis
New
York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis writes warm,
funny, sexy contemporary romances and women’s fiction. An Amazon, BN
& iBooks bestseller, she’s also a two-time RITA winner and has more
than 10 million copies of her books sold worldwide.
Jill
lives with her family in a small town in the Sierras full of quirky
characters (Any resemblance to the quirky characters in her books is
mostly coincidental). She does most of her writing on her deck
surrounded by more animals than humans. Which is quite astonishing
considering she’s a city girl who was plucked from the wilds of L.A. to
the wilds of the Sierra’s. Most of her books come from a combination of
hard work, cookies, and hot guy pics, and not necessarily in that order.
Jill often travels to reader weekends & conventions where
she LOVES getting to meet and hang-out with readers. The only problem
being she tends to get lost in her hotels. So if you ever see NYTimes
Bestselling author Jill Shalvis roaming the halls, someone please return
her immediately.
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