Mary’s Monet Moments in Reviewing... LUCKY IN LOVE by Jill Shalvis

Life truly is like a box of chocolates and you get the piece of chocolate you want.  Other time times you have to punch in the center to figure out if this is the filling you want, and hope no one notices.

LUCKY IN LOVE by Jill Shalvis is about making your own destiny and hoping that luck is on your side which most of the time it should be but you just never know.

I have read and reviewed LUCKY IN LOVE by Jill Shalvis that I received from Grand Central Forever.  Now it is time to let someone else enjoy it and provide this copy to one lucky winner.  To be eligible to win please leave a comment on “what is your favorite chocolate treat?”  You must come back on Sunday – May 27^th to see if you have won and then email me with your address.

As a fan of Claude Monet’s I am always moved by how he took the negatives in his life to make them positives.  No one liked his paintings, they criticized his innovative style, and what he thought was okay he went with.  Life may knock you around but look for the one shining moment in the day and celebrate a Little Victory. 

REVIEW from Mary Gramlich "The Reading Reviewer"

LUCKY IN LOVE by Jill Shalvis

How bad do I really want to be? 

Mallory Quinn does not have a spiteful bone in her body.  Any lurking problems or concerns are always taken care of with a bite of chocolate and some late night chats with her friends.  Yet Molly has had enough of being pushed, pulled, and guided to one direction that it is time to find some fun.  Molly never thought the new hot guy in town Ty Garrison would light up every button on her romantic remote. 

Ty is just passing through to heal his damaged leg and rebuild her professional confidence.  What he was may not be what he can do any longer and Ty cannot quite get his head around that possibility.  Right now rebuilding cars is a distraction not a career choice regardless of how much he likes doing it.  Mallory is not on any future agenda for him but right now, right her, and right here in this room is where he wants to kiss her senseless.  Can either of them recover from what was supposed to be a one-night stand that keeps playing itself into the next day? 

When reputations are called into credibility and the entire town decides to interfere will Ty and Molly rejoice or run from what they have.  When your demons are chasing you is it better to pull back into yourself or collapse in a warm set of arms wrapped around you.  Only in Lucky Harbor could this be as much an easy answer as it is a complicated question. 

Jill Shalvis writes from the heart and it shows in every book with each character.  Showing strengths in a person is easy, but Ms. Shalvis shows how our fears compliment us to make us strong.