Head Over Heels

October 31, 2011
Healthy doses of humor, lust, and love work their magic as Shalvis tells Chloe’s story in her newest Lucky Harbor contemporary romance (after The Sweetest Thing). The youngest and most independent of three sisters, Chloe has always been drawn to the wilder side of life. She prefers spontaneity to routine, but her debilitating asthma keeps her in check, as do her sisters, with whom she runs Lucky Harbor’s B&B. Meanwhile, Sawyer, the local sheriff, puts Chloe off balance with his rugged looks, constancy, and black-and-white view of life. As their chemistry heats up, the relationship develops from mere lust to something considerably deeper and possibly more permanent. Both Chloe and Sawyer must re-evaluate their longtime priorities and see where love falls on the list. Wit, smoking-hot passion, and endearing tenderness outweigh some clichéd scenarios to make this novel a big winner.

Starred review from December 1, 2011

Sheriff Sawyer Thompson is absolutely the last person with whom footloose day spa expert Chloe Traeger should become involved--and they both know it. That doesn't stop the attraction from crackling between them, something that is happening more frequently and beginning to panic wary Chloe. But there's more than romance in the air in tiny Lucky Harbor. Resident lowlifes and a DEA investigation ramp up the danger, medical issues intensify the outcome, and some overdue sisterly bonding adds a happy-tears sense of fun to this winning roller-coaster ride. VERDICT A trouble-magnet with a roving streak and a high school screw up-turned-lawman deal with their issues and finally get things right. This touching, character-rich, laughter-laced, knockout sizzler is the latest in Shalvis's award-winning series. The author (The Sweetest Thing) lives in the Sierras near Lake Tahoe.

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December 1, 2011
As the youngest of Phoebe's three daughters and the only one raised by their unconventional, band-groupie mother, Chloe has grown up with a perspective different from that of her sisters, Maddie and Tara, who lived with their fathers in stable, loving homes. Her asthma is triggered by stress, and with sexy sheriff Sawyer Thompson keeping a stern eye on her illegal but well-intentioned activity, her stress is unrelenting. But for the first time ever, she's ready to settle down and make a real contribution to the inn she co-owns with her sisters, and just maybe she's also ready to trust that Sawyer is the man for her. The third installment in Shalvis' Lucky Harbor contemporary-romance series (Simply Irresistible, 2010; The Sweetest Thing, 2011) offers another fun, quirky romp starring two loners who grew up believing that they're unlovable but who find home in each other's arms while making the town a better place to live.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)