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Friday, October 7, 2016

Feature and Giveaway: The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis



If she has her way…

Willa Davis is wrangling puppies when Keane Winters stalks into her pet shop with frustration in his chocolate-brown eyes and a pink bedazzled cat carrier in his hand. He needs a kitty sitter, stat. But the last thing Willa needs is to rescue a guy who doesn’t even remember her…

…He’ll get nothing but coal in his stocking.

Saddled with his great-aunt’s Feline from Hell, Keane is desperate to leave her in someone else’s capable hands. But in spite of the fact that he’s sure he’s never seen the drop-dead gorgeous pet shop owner before, she seems to be mad at him…

Unless he tempers “naughty” with a special kind of nice…

Willa can’t deny that Keane’s changed since high school: he’s less arrogant, for one thing—but he doesn’t even remember her. How can she trust him not to break her heart again? It’s time to throw a coin in the fountain, make a Christmas wish–and let the mistletoe do its work…

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She watched Keane take in the two newest Christmas trees, one in front of O’Riley’s Pub, the other in front of Reclaimed Woods, both decorated in simple red and gold balls. The only sound around them was the soft trickle of the water flowing from the fountain and some lovelorn crickets mourning the dawn’s lack of warmth.

“Legend states that if you make a wish with a true heart, true love will find you,” she said.

He met her gaze. “Legend also states that if you put your tooth under your pillow the Tooth Fairy will leave you cash.”

She slowed, as always the fountain calling to her to make a wish. Keane slowed too, looking at her with a question.

She searched her pockets for change, but could only come up with a dog treat. “Damn.” It was the swear jar’s fault, all her spare change always ended up in there.

“What?”

“I wanted to make a wish,” she said.

A small smile crossed his face. “You want to make a wish? You’ve lived here for how long and you’ve never made one?”

“Oh, I have.” She paused. “I like to.”

This garnered her a raised brow. “How many times have you wished?”

She bit her lower lip.

“More than once?”

Well, crap. How had they gotten on this subject? “Um…”

“More than…five?”

“Gee, would you look at the time?” she asked and tried to go but he caught her and brought her back around, his smile now a broad grin.

“Fine,” she said. “If you must know, I toss a coin in every time I walk by.”

He lost the battle with his laughter and she stared at him. Seriously, he had the best laugh. “It worked for Pru, I’ll have you know,” she told him. “She wished for true love to find Finn, and then he fell in love with her.”

And Willa had been wishing ever since, even knowing how ridiculous and silly it was.

“So…you’ve been wishing for true love for who exactly?” he asked.

She stared at him in dismay. How had she not thought this through? “Me,” she admitted, slapping her pockets because surely she had even a penny. “But I intend to fix that right now. I’ll just wish for love for someone else.”

“Who?” he asked warily.

She narrowed her eyes at his fear. “You. Got any change?”

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-mounta ins adventures.


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12 comments :

  1. Oh I love holiday stories!!! And this one sounds really promissing :D

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  2. I always knock on wood whenever I say something that I don't want to have happen.

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  3. Knocking on wood, picking up a penny thats heads up and never breaking a mirror are superstitions I always do.

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  4. Ok so since I have some "issues" :| um I have quite a few quirks lol .. some of them are ... I cannot leave the house without some type of lipstick/gloss on (even if it is just taking the dog out), I can't sit anywhere but for a certain spot on the couch (yes, just like sheldon) lol
    Um yes, I know, weird.

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  5. Superstitious of breaking mirrors. Not anymore I can think of really.
    Love Jill's stories.
    Carol L
    Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com

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  6. Superstitious of breaking mirrors. Not anymore I can think of really.
    Love Jill's stories.
    Carol L
    Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com

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  7. I knock on wood too. And we usually have pizza on Fridays. I absolutely can't wait to read, THE TROUBLE WITH MISTLETOE. I love Jill's books! I highly recommend her.

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  8. I knock on wood. And I have a little ritual I do in the car every time I run a yellow/red light.

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  9. I have to put my right shoe on first for good luck.

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  10. I don't really have any superstitions.

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  11. Stockings at the bed filled with little gifts and candy

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  12. I don't like walking on the left side of people. And I have this long piece of wood that I use to make sure all of my books are lined up perfectly on my bookshelf with the same amount of space from the edge of the shelf to the book spine. Silly, I know. :-)

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