Spotlight & Giveaway: Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis

Posted January 23rd, 2020 by in Blog, Spotlight / 66 comments

Today, HJ is pleased to share with you Jill Shalvis’s new release: Almost Just Friends

 

Spotlight&Giveaway

 

The 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.

 

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from Almost Just Friends 

“Well?” he asked.
She grinned. “That was possibly the most thrilling ride of my life.”
He pulled off her helmet, the look in his eyes saying that he knew he could give her an even more thrilling ride.
She had no doubt. But she hadn’t managed to raise her siblings and get them all a relatively decent life by following a whim, sexy as that whim might be. She’d been afraid of commitment with Ry because … well, she still wasn’t one hundred percent sure. But she thought it had something to do with the knowledge that committing to him would mean becoming something she wasn’t – a person capable of further dividing her heart, handing another chunk of it off to someone, and in turn giving them power to hurt her.
But looking into Cam’s gaze, she couldn’t see him ever trying to make her into something she wasn’t. Life with him would only get better.
But they weren’t going to go there. And if that caused a little teeny tiny spark of sadness, she shoved it aside. This wasn’t the time to dwell. She needed to live in the moment. And that needed to go into her journal. She had it in her purse in the truck. “Do you have the keys?”
“Sure. What do you need, I’ll get it for you.”
Okay, so she could admit her crazy here, or she could keep it to herself. But maybe to prove that this wouldn’t – couldn’t — last, she gave him the truth. “I need to write something in my journal.”
“Okay,” he said without blinking an eye and turned toward the stairs to get to the parking lot.
Just the fact that he’d do it made it okay to stop him. “I can wait.’ Then she stepped into him and pressed her face in the crook of his neck to just breathe him in for a moment, willing herself to remember. Live in the moment. There was no sense in thinking about the future, because as she knew all too well, not everyone got one. So there was no use in spoiling the here and now by running ahead of herself. Besides, she thought as his arms came around her, the here and now was pretty damn amazing. “Thank you,” she whispered against his skin, and then, unable to resist, kissed his throat.

Excerpt. ©Jill Shalvis. Posted by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.
 
 

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Meet the Author:

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, um, mostly coincidental. Look for Jill’s sexy contemporary and award-winning books wherever romances are sold and click on the blog button above for a complete book list and daily blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures.

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66 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis”

  1. 2kasmom

    My quick take from this excerpt was they sound comfortable with one another. This author is already an auto 1-click for me, so I know this will be a great read. Thank you so much!

  2. lynnpallaske

    The excerpt reminded me why I loved Lemon Sisters and made me so excited to read Almost Just Friends.

    • Linda Woodfin

      The excerpt males it sound like she’s afraid to give up a piece of her heart to him until she trusts him more.

  4. carol L

    Loved it. She’s one of my auto but Authors. Love her books !
    Carol Luciano
    Lucky4750 at aol dot com

  14. noraadrienne

    Sometimes living your life means NOT giving in to feeling you’re not quite comfortable with.. I’d like to read the rest of the book (from the library if necessary) to see how it all plays out.

  16. dbranigan

    I love this author’s work. This one sounds like a wonderful read and the cover is pretty. Thanks for sharing and the chance.

  19. Jami Birnbaum

    I love every book that I’ve ever read from Jill Shalvis. This one won’t be any different. I can’t wait to get my hands on it!

  32. Julie Franckowiak

    Love the except and am excited to read this book by one of my favorite authors!

  42. Margaret Herman

    Love the excerpt. Jill Shalvis in one of my top ten authors I have to read.

  48. Patricia B.

    The excerpt was a good hook. It raises a few questions about Piper, her life, and why she is so hesitant to have a relationship and needs to write everything down. Who is Cam? How and why is he in her life?

  49. Tina W

    I like that there is mental awareness happening, not just “she glanced over at his hot bod and starts to feel a throbbing.. “. It reads like an actual relationship

  50. laurieg72

    Another emotional, life changing read. I like the support older siblings give to younger siblings even if they don’t deserve it. I like Cam’s job Coast Guard Reservist and DEA.

  57. Irma Jurejevčič

    Sounds amazing and it’s the title that get’s me. I almost says it all, but then again nothing.

  59. Kay Garrett

    “Almost Just Friends” by Jill Shalvis sounds amazing. The excerpt had me placing this book on my TBR list. I would love the opportunity to read the adventures of Piper Manning and Camden Reid.
    2clowns at arkansas dot net