Sneak Peek: Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis

Posted October 17, 2012 by Holly in Promotions | 1 Comment

We have an exclusive excerpt of Rescue My Heart, the third book in Shavlis’ Sunshine, Idaho series, to share with you. Rescue My Heart will be available from Berkley November 6th.

She never wants a hero…

After a tragic stint in the National Guards, Adam Connelly returns to Idaho and to Belle Haven, the animal shelter he owns with his brothers. All Adam wants is to be alone. Then he opens the door to the past—the woman whose heart he once broke. Still gorgeous, still tough-as-nails, but this time, unusually vulnerable.

Holly learned the hard way to never depend on a man for anything. Now, of all men, Adam is the last one she wants to see, and the only one she needs. Her father has gone missing in the Bitterroot Mountains and she could use someone with tracking skills to help find him.

A few snowflakes dusted his head and the shoulders of his heavy winter coat. He wore a black hoodie beneath it, hood up over the ball cap, jeans that were taut over his hard thighs, and ass kicking boots.

He looked heart-stoppingly amazing.Twelve years and he still amped her pulse rate. It wasn’t fair, not one little bit, and it took more than a little bit of concentration to focus on the task at hand instead of his hard muscled body. “I was waiting for you,” she said. “And fell asleep.”His silence was disconcerting. He was probably trying to figure out how to leave her on the side of the road. She straightened and tried to look unleavable. “I didn’t want you to go without me,” she added.

“Going without you was the plan, Holly.”

“Yes, well, the plan sucked,” she said. “Did you get some sleep? Is your shoulder okay?”

He gave her a barely imperceptible nod. His posture was annoyingly relaxed for someone who’d just found a stowaway. Relaxed, but not amused. Then their gazes met, and for a minute, being this close to him, she got this grownup, distant, edgy Adam confused with the younger version. The version who’d cared about her, however briefly. It softened something inside her and she found herself leaning in closer without meaning to. But whatever he caught in her expression: memories, confused emotions, something tipped him off because his eyes went hooded and he pulled back.

“Holly,” he said quietly.

“You can’t make me stay behind.”

But they both know he could do just that if he really wanted. He could make her do anything he set his mind to, thanks to his superior size, not to mention his sheer will. Not that he’d ever force her physically.He wouldn’t.