New Releases - Jill Shalvis and Kate Meader

I love new release day! Today I have two  star reviews for  wonderful new reads....

Playing for Keeps by Jill Shalvis

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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In Playing for Keeps, Ms Shalvis takes us back to Pacific Pier building with a couple of secondary characters (Caleb and Sadie) that we’ve met before, but not gotten to know well.
While this book is connected to the previous books in the series (via location and recurring characters) it feels more like a standalone.
I enjoyed getting to know both of these characters. I appreciated the fact that while both struggled with emotional baggage they didn’t let that stop them from exploring their growing feelings.
This was classic Ms Shalvis with a slight twist that made it feel fresh. Add in a fun secondary cast, many of whom we haven’t met before, and a scene stealing dog and this is a winner of a fun read.

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 Illegally Yours by Kate Meader

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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This is the second in the Laws of Attraction series introduced last year. Lucas is one of the partners in a law firm specializing in divorce law, we saw glimpses of him in the first book, but got to know him much better here.
He is paired with Trinity, a whiskey sommelier.
I appreciated the situation Ms Meader set up for these two. It was unique, complex, and provided multiple points for conflict and growth between these two entertaining characters.
Both Lucas and Trinity have truck loads of emotional baggage that they bring into their interactions. Ms Meader does an excellent job of letting them unpack some of that while they travel through their relationship.
We see them go from attraction/lust to friendship and then more. The secondary cast plays a big part in this story as their situations and actions create some of the scenarios that Lucas and Trinity have to navigate though.
One of the nice things about this series is that the books are truly stand alones. We see Max and Charlie from the first book, but the time lines are semi concurrent, so the potential spoilers are limited. We also see more of Grant, the third partner and star if the next book in the series.
Ms Meader is a go to author for me and this book is just one more example of why.

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