Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis
Cedar Ridge, Colorado, is famous for crisp mountain air, clear blue skies, and pine-scented breezes. And it's the last place Lily Danville wants to be. But she needs a job, and there's an opening at the hottest resort in her hometown. What has her concerned is the other hot property in Cedar Ridge: Aidan Kincaid-firefighter, rescue worker, and heartbreaker. She never could resist that devastating smile . . .
The Kincaid brothers are as rough and rugged as the Rocky Mountains they call home. Aidan has always done things his own way, by his own rules. And never has he regretted anything more than letting Lily walk out of his life ten years ago. If anyone has ever been in need of rescuing, she has. What she needs more than anything are long hikes, slow dances, and sizzling kisses. But that can only happen if he can get her to give Cedar Ridge-and this bad boy-a second chance . . .**
Thank you to Forever Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for the book in exchange for a honest review.
Another hit from Shalvis, it was slow to start but it soon took off and I was hooked. Lily is back where she grew up but its under duress that she's there. When she was in California she was thrown under the bus at her last job and now she was basically blacklisted in her career. She had put out tons of resume's but no one was biting. Back to Cedar Ridge she went, to a job that her friend Jonathon had waiting for her. He didn't tell her though that it was at the resort, that her old crush, Aidan Kincaid and his brother ran. It was also where she remembers her sister for the last time from. Having no where else to go and no way of backing out she takes the job and finds herself enjoying it. She doesn't want to start anything with Aidan but she can't help herself, she'd always had a crush on them and it seems like he may have some feeling for her. If only she wasn't leaving in a few months...
Aidan works hard, he's a fire fighter, works on rescue patrol and helps out at the resort his family owns. He didn't realize Lily was back in town, and he hadn't seen her in ten years. When she left it was like a hole took up residence in his heart and no matter how many woman he hooked up with it stayed. Now with Lily back, he wants her just as much if not more as he did all that time ago. She's fighting the feelings she has for him, and she's acting like its wrong for her to have them. On top of all he does, Aidan is fighting his brothers from bringing back their dad. He left and left them with a mess in the resort but Aidan doesn't want him to come back ever.
Like I said this book was slow to take off but when it did I was laughing at Lily and her antics. Aidan and his brothers have a silly underwear war going on that had me cracking up. It was like going to any hometown and watching the people interact. Jill Shalvis has a way of making you feel like you connect with all of the people she writes. She's super talented and I would read her grocery list, even though it'd probably just have cookies on it! Don't miss the chance to get in to the Cedar Ridge world on the ground floor. You won't regret it. Leave the author love in the form of a review!
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