In case you didn’t know, Jill Shalvis’ reprint for Instant Attraction goes on sale today and to celebrate, we’ve got an excerpt and a giveaway for you guys!
The excerpt:
“Live life balls out,” Katie Kramer whispered to herself every night, even though she didn’t own a pair, hoping the mantra would keep the nightmares away.
It hadn’t.
Death and destruction and horror still dogged her every single sleeping breath. Until tonight that is. Tonight she’d miraculously been nightmare free. So when she opened her eyes in the middle of the night, she felt . . . confused. She wasn’t screaming about the bridge collapsing, about being trapped in her car, hanging upside down by her seatbelt fifty feet over the side of a cliff with flames licking at her . . .
Which meant something else had woken her. And whatever it was, she wanted to kill it for interrupting the first solid sleep she’d had in four months. There was a fatal flaw with this logic, of course. Because most likely it hadn’t been an it, but a someone.
She wasn’t alone.
Not prone to hysterics or drama, she shook her head in the dark. She’d locked the cabin door. She was safe. Plus, she wasn’t in Los Angeles anymore. After the accident, she’d gotten into her brand new used car and left town to fulfill her Œballs out’ motto. She didn’t know what adventures were ahead of her exactly, but the not knowing was part of the plan. She’d gone north because Hwy 5 had been the only freeway moving faster than fifteen miles per hour and she’d needed to move fast, needed to get as far from her old, staid, boring, careful life as the tank of gas could get her.
Eight hours later, she’d found herself in the Sierras, where it was real winter. None of LA’s lightweight weather where flip-flops were risky for a few weeks in January, but the real deal complete with snow piled high in berms on either side of the roads and frost on her windows.
When she stopped for dinner in a tiny old west town named Wishful, she’d nearly froze her fingers and toes right off. And yet after all her nightmares of heat and flames, she loved it. Loved the huge wide open sky, loved the way her breath crystallized in front of her face, loved the way the trees smelled like Christmas.
Then she’d seen the Want Ad.
Local outdoor adventure and expedition company seeking temporary office manager, adventurous spirit required. Call Wilder Adventures for more info. That had been it for her, she was sold. She’d been working for Wilder Adventures for a week now, the best week in recent memory. Up until right this second when a shadowy outline of a man appeared in her room. Like the newly brave woman she was, she threw the covers over her head and hoped he hadn’t seen her.
“Hey,” he said, blowing that hope all to hell.
His voice was low and husky, sounding just as surprised as she, and with a deep breath, she lurched upright to a seated position on the bed and reached out for her handy dandy baseball bat before remembering she hadn’t brought it with her. Instead, her hands connected with her glasses and they went flying.
Which might just have been a blessing in disguise, because now she wouldn’t be able to witness her own death.
But then the tall shadow bent and scooped up her glasses and . . . Handed them to her.
A considerate bad guy?
She jammed the frames on her face and focused in the dim light coming from the living room lamp. He stood at the foot of the bed frowning right back at her, hands on his hips.
Huh.
He didn’t look like an ax murderer, which was good, very good, but at over six feet of impressive, rangy, solid-looking muscle, he didn’t exactly look like a harmless Tooth Fairy either.
“Why are you in my bed?” he asked warily, as if maybe he’d put her there but couldn’t quite remember.
He had a black duffel bag slung over a shoulder. Light brown hair stuck out from the edges of his knit ski cap to curl around his neck. Sharp green eyes were leveled on hers, steady and calm but irritated as he opened his denim jacket.
If he was an ax murderer, he was quite possibly the most attractive one she’d ever seen, which didn’t do a thing for her frustration level. She’d been finally sleeping. Sleeping!
He could have no idea what a welcome miracle that had been, dammit.
“Earth to Goldilocks.” He waved a gloved hand until she dragged her gaze back up to his face. “Yeah, hi, My bed. Want to tell me why you’re in it?”
GIVEAWAY: Jill has kindly offered us an advanced copy of INSTANT GRATIFICATION and INSTANT TEMPTATION (Books 2 & 3) to giveaway on the blog so to win, leave a comment on this post letting us know why you want to read this book. Please include a valid email with your comment. We’ll leave the giveaway open for two weeks, so get your comments in before Oct. 15th at 11:59PM PST.
GOOD LUCK!
This book is available from Kensington. You can buy it here.
I’ve discovered Jill’s books way after these three books were originally published and I’ve heard so many good things about these Wilder brothers!
Thank you for the giveaway.
claudigc at msn dot com
I would want to read it since I have read 2 of her other books and I enjoyed them
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I love Jill’s newer books! I really want to get my hands on her older ones 🙂
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“At Last”, a contest that’s “Simply Irresistible” to play. I am “Head Over Heels” for Jill’s books and I’d wait “Forever and a Day” for here next series, but thank goodness I don’t have to because I just downloaded “Instant Attraction”. While I am already “Lucky in Love”, the men of Lucky Harbor (and the Heat too) help keep me warm at night. Awwww, isn’t that just “The Sweetest Thing?” Jill rocks, enough said!
Lori
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I love Jill’s Lucky Harbor books and this series is on my TBR list. Thanks for offering such a great giveaway.
Because Jill is literally my favorite writer. I’ve converted more readers simply by reading her and LAUGHING out loud so much people asked me who I was reading. Wait, can I get royalties for that? 😉
She truly is a genius of the alpha male and friendships.
Rachel
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I want to read these books because they look hot and Jill Shalvis has never written a bad book! I love her!
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Jill’s book look like so much fun and I haven’t read these ones yet.
sallans d at yahoo dot com
I discovered Jill via her later books (Animal series & Lucky Harbour series), so I’d love to get my hands on these earlier books, now finally as eBooks. I’ve loved every Jill Shalvis book I’ve read, and have heard great things about the Wilder brothers!
stalkers00(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thanks for the great excerpt and giveaway! Just like her other books, these look fantastic! I wants 😉
efender1(at)gmail(dot)com
GreAt books,, lov to the read the series. , whoo love jill books
Kimh
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I love Jill Shalvis’s work. I’ve read quite a few of her novels and have pretty much enjoyed every book that I read.
danni0113@gmail.com
I have heard so many good reviews about Jill’s books from my friends, but I haven’t had a chance to read it yet. I so wanna read her series.
thanks for the giveaway, hope I’m lucky here.
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Just finished reading the six Lucky Harbor books back to back and loved the series. Have Instant Attraction so winning two and three would be super and i would be able to read the three books back to back too 🙂
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I am just a huge Jill Shalvis fan! Love everything I’ve read by her so far.
Her books are so sweet and I haven’t read this one yet! I like the snow on the cover, it remidns me of the upcoming holiday season.
Cambonified(at)yahoo(dot)com
Jill Shalvis never disappoints.
The excerpt for INSTANT ATTRACTION says MUST READ MORE.
marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com
What a great teaser, always love the touch of humor in a story too. I want to read this book so I can find out what happens next – it sounds like a fantastic story.
Barbed1951 at aol dot com
Jill’s books always make me laugh. Thanks for the great excerpt and giveaway.
e.balinski(at)att(dot)net
I always loved Jill’s book and I haven’t read this one, so I would love to win this book
I have heard such wonderful things about her books. I cant wait to read these.
bacchus76 at myself dot com
Love Jill’s writing.
Have heard great things about these books. And I love Jill’s category romance. Count me in, please!
matt_potter6(at)hotmail(dot)com
Nice excerpt. I’d like to read it because it sounds good.
bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com
Jill is such a good writer that I would love to win and read these books.
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i only had the chance to read one of Jill’s books before. so i’m still considering her as new for me author 🙂 would really like to have the chance to read more books by her !
uniquas at ymail dot com
I would like to read this book, because I love her books and this one sound like a great read. Thanks for having this giveaway.
ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net
Some friends talked about Jill Shavis sometimes ago, they said her books are great! They loved it. And since we have the same taste, I believe I MUST read hers, too. So please, do count me in. Thank you! ^^
diahtc(at)gmail(dot)com
Well, I want to read this book because I love the excerpt! It intrigues me and I HAVE TO know the rest of the story.
Also, a friend of mine has recommended this to me once, she loves Jill’s books and particularly the Wilder boys! 🙂 So, what could I say more? 😀
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I haven’t read this book but it looks like a good story.
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Because it’s Jill Shalvis!!!! 🙂
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