JUNE 2020 - AudioFile
Narrator Erin Mallon draws listeners into the lives of childhood frenemies Brynn Turner and Kinsey Davis as they meet up again as adults. Brynn's life is in shambles. She comes home and ends up being Kinsey's roommate. Brynn’s voice reflects a frantic energy, while Kinsey’s saucy tone conveys her tough, no-nonsense outlook. Each chapter starts with the girls’ youthful journals, and Mallon makes their voices mature as they age. Listeners will easily relate to the cast of secondary characters—from Brynn’s two mothers to Kinsey’s boyfriend’s young son. Kinsey has secrets, and listeners will look forward to how they play out. S.B. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
Publishers Weekly
04/06/2020
A pair of guarded half-sisters learn to open up in this sweet, summery romance from Shalvis (Almost Just Friends). After 29-year-old Brynn Turner’s boyfriend breaks her heart and robs her blind to boot, she returns home to her loving but smothering moms in Wildstone, Calif., to recover. When a panic attack sends Brynn to the ER, she runs into Eli Thomas, her summer camp crush and first kiss, who’s accompanying his best friend and housemate (and Brynn’s teenage nemesis), Kinsey Davis, for a kidney transplant that falls through. As it happens, Kinsey recently discovered she and Brynn are half-sisters while searching for possible kidney donors, but she refuses to tell Brynn. Hoping to bring the sisters together, Eli offers Brynn a room in their beach house and soon falls for her. Meanwhile, single dad Deck Scott, Kinsey’s dialysis nurse and casual hookup, works to convince Kinsey that she’s more than just “a walking expiration date.” Readers will find it easy to root for Shalvis’s stubborn, vulnerable heroines to recognize both the decency and compassion of the sexy men who love them and their own worthiness to be loved. This heartfelt tale is thoroughly satisfying. Agent: Robin Rue, Writers House. (June)
From the Publisher
"Readers will find it easy to root for Shalvis’s stubborn, vulnerable heroines to recognize both the decency and compassion of the sexy men who love them and their own worthiness to be loved. This heartfelt tale is thoroughly satisfying." — Publishers Weekly on The Summer Deal
“With The Forever Girl, Jill Shalvis has created a wonderfully touching story about family, love, and second chances that will tug on the heartstrings and take readers on an emotional journey. Readers both new and old to the series are in for a treat with this book.” — Harlequin Junkie
“Shalvis capably weaves the complex, intertwining relationships into an appealing story of second chances. This is sure to satisfy.” — Publishers Weekly on The Forever Girl
“These characters are well written and are multidimensional and will engage your emotions. You’ll cry, laugh and cheer...Jill Shalvis’s The Forever Girl will take you back to Wildstone for an emotional trip you’ll want to read again and again.” — Fresh Fiction
Praise for The Lemon Sisters:
“Sisterhood takes center stage in this utterly absorbing novel. A book to savor—and share.” — Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author, on Moonlight on Butternut Lake
“Fall in love with Jill Shalvis! She’s my go-to read for humor and heart.” — —Susan Mallery, New York Times bestselling author
“I love everything about this book, the family dynamics, the humor and the amazing romance. Just amazing!” — Lori Foster, New York Times Bestselling Author
Praise for Jill Shalvis and her novels:“Jill Shalvis’s books are funny, warm, charming and unforgettable.” — RaeAnne Thayne, New York Times bestselling author
Praise for Rainy Day Friends:“An upscale version of what the author has written so successfully: a lively and page-turning story of people we care about.” — New York Journal of Books
Praise for Lost and Found Sisters:“The love story you need to read this summer isn’t what you expect: it’s about the love between sisters. Shalvis has written something totally different for your beach read this year—and you’re going to love it.” — Bustle
New York Journal of Books
Praise for Rainy Day Friends:“An upscale version of what the author has written so successfully: a lively and page-turning story of people we care about.
Susan Wiggs
Praise for The Lemon Sisters:
“Sisterhood takes center stage in this utterly absorbing novel. A book to savor—and share.
Bustle
Praise for Lost and Found Sisters:“The love story you need to read this summer isn’t what you expect: it’s about the love between sisters. Shalvis has written something totally different for your beach read this year—and you’re going to love it.
Lori Foster
I love everything about this book, the family dynamics, the humor and the amazing romance. Just amazing!
RaeAnne Thayne
Praise for Jill Shalvis and her novels:“Jill Shalvis’s books are funny, warm, charming and unforgettable.
Susan Mallery
Fall in love with Jill Shalvis! She’s my go-to read for humor and heart.
Harlequin Junkie
With The Forever Girl, Jill Shalvis has created a wonderfully touching story about family, love, and second chances that will tug on the heartstrings and take readers on an emotional journey. Readers both new and old to the series are in for a treat with this book.”
Fresh Fiction
These characters are well written and are multidimensional and will engage your emotions. You’ll cry, laugh and cheer...Jill Shalvis’s The Forever Girl will take you back to Wildstone for an emotional trip you’ll want to read again and again.”
JUNE 2020 - AudioFile
Narrator Erin Mallon draws listeners into the lives of childhood frenemies Brynn Turner and Kinsey Davis as they meet up again as adults. Brynn's life is in shambles. She comes home and ends up being Kinsey's roommate. Brynn’s voice reflects a frantic energy, while Kinsey’s saucy tone conveys her tough, no-nonsense outlook. Each chapter starts with the girls’ youthful journals, and Mallon makes their voices mature as they age. Listeners will easily relate to the cast of secondary characters—from Brynn’s two mothers to Kinsey’s boyfriend’s young son. Kinsey has secrets, and listeners will look forward to how they play out. S.B. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
