Certain authors can be read repeatedly. I search out anything penned by Jill Shalvis. Some of my friends don’t understand my devotion to some particular authors. If I get them to read anything by this amazing prolific creator they often tell me that they now understand. Jill Shalvis has it: creativity, heart, family drama, spot-on dialog and respect for her characters. In THE LOVE FIX, Jill Shalvis created two lead characters, who have led lives with immense voids. Relationships that have gone truly south and disparaging. When teamed with their childhoods it can only lead to a few things, loneliness, lack of self-worth and trust. Boom! In Heath and Lexie's cases, they have shouldered all three. Came out as good people with diminished expectations. Stop living with your southerly headed goals and reach for the stars. Not easy at all. But in THE LOVE FIX, Jill Shalvis creates a journey of memories and discoveries for Lexi. When is it time to push the gray skies to the background and reach for sunlight? When Lexie's mother Daisy leaves a bunch of envelopes for people upon her demise it becomes a job for Lexie and Ashley, her stepsister. These two have had a rocky, almost void relationship for many years now. Their trajectory was created by the split in their lives. The question now is can they somehow forge a path of togetherness? Never one to take the easy path, Jill Shalvis writes this story from a perspective of hope and love. It’s never easy to repair relationships but definitely worth the effort. THE LOVE FIX has an excellent cast of characters both two and four-legged, true to the soul of Jill Shalvis. The dialog is crisp, and the texting is spot-on in today’s world of cell phones. Hints of angst mixed with humor are the key ingredients. Loved THE LOVE FIX the first read and equally the second time around. Slated to be dog-eared.
Welcome back to Sunrise Cove for this heartwarming enemies-to-lovers tale where found family, forgiveness, and love may just be the key to finding yourself, from New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis.
Lexi Clark’s life is falling apart around her, so when she’s summoned home to Sunrise Cove, the last thing she wants to do is face all the complications she left behind. Her past, her stepsister Ashley, and especially her infuriatingly gorgeous childhood nemesis-turned-crush Heath Bowman.
Yep, Lexi’s pretty sure being home again just might kill her. She’s an overachieving art appraiser who doesn’t believe in trust, love, or Happily Ever Afters. Free spirit Ashley, on the other hand, is so full of life it hurts to look at her. But Lexi can’t refuse Ashley’s plea to honor their late mother’s final wish to make amends with the people she’d wronged. So, on behalf of her estranged mother’s estate—and with Heath in tow as the executor—Lexi embarks on a road trip to repay all the people her gambling addicted mother owed money to.
Complicating everything are the feelings that well up for Lexi: for her mom, for Ashley, and most of all, for Heath. And for the record, she doesn’t like it, or the way he has of scaling the walls she’s built around her heart. The road trip shenanigans that ensue are both funny and heartbreaking, but Lexi finds something shocking along the way. Acceptance. Family. And unbelievably—if you ask Lexi anyway—love.
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