FICTION · MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Jill Shalvis
I have walked by stalls in the market-place where books, dog-eared and faded from their purple, have burst with a white hosanna.
— from Free Fall, 2008
Most acclaimed

Simply Irresistible
Chinooks Hockey Team, #1 Georgeanne Howard, charm school graduate and Southern belle extraordinaire, leaves her fiancé at the altar when she realizes she just can't marry a man old enough to be her grandfather, no matter how rich he is. John Kowalsky unknowingly helps her escape, and only when it's too late does he realize that he's absconded with his boss's bride. At the height of his hockey career, this bad boy isn't looking to be anybody's savior but his own, no matter how beautiful this angel may be. But a long night stretches ahead of them--a night too sultry to resist temptation. When Georgeanne and John meet again, she is on her way to becoming Seattle's domestic darling and he is past his hellraising days. But he is shocked to learn that their single unforgettable night in paradise produced a daughter, and he is determined to be part of her life. Georgeanne has loved John since the moment she jumped into his little red Corvette seven years ago, but she doesn't want to risk her heart again. Is he really a changed man? And will he risk the wrath of his boss, and one final chance at glory, to prove that this time his love will be everlasting?

Lover Come Back
He'd married her, then vanished--but now her beautiful bad boy was back. . . . Mitch Conner's green eyes could charm the light right out of the moon, but this time Justine Miller wasn't buying! For two years she'd been devastated by his disappearance, convinced that he'd somehow planned to escape their marriage, but now he was there in the all-too-mesmerizing flesh--and he wanted her with a dangerous intensity that their time apart had only deepened. Once he'd proven the truth of his love, could he woo her home again?

Free Fall
2008
Sooner Or Later, The Sisterhood Always Gets Their Man…The loyal friends who make up the Sisterhood have gathered at Myra Rutledge’s beautiful Virginia home for the first time in a year, eager to talk, laugh, and share their joys and heartaches. For one of their number, it’s an evening filled with anticipation. Because tonight, over delicious food and in the company of those she trusts most, it will finally be time to tell her story—and for the Sisterhood to help plan her revenge. Yoko Akia’s mother was only fifteen when a wealthy man swept her off her feet with promises of love. Instead, he filled her brief life with horror and misery. The Sisterhood has helped each other exact vengeance on rotten men before, but this time it’s different. Their target is none other than America’s favorite movie star—a brute who has conned the world into believing he’s Mister Perfect. But he’s about to learn that nobody—not even a powerful superstar—is above the Sisterhood’s special brand of payback...