Item: Playing For Keeps
Rating: 5
Author: Orsayor

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Playing For Keeps by Jill Shalvis

Series: Heartbreaker Bay (Book 7)
Published by Avon Publishing on January 22, 2019

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If you’re planning on falling in love…

When it comes to the confident, charismatic Caleb Parker, Sadie Lane feels the spark—the kind that comes from rubbing each other the wrong way. She’s yoga pants, he’s a suit. She’s a tattoo artist, he’s a straight-laced mogul. But after they accidentally co-rescue an abandoned dog from a storm, Sadie sees a vulnerable side to the seemingly invincible hottie.

you’d better be sure…

Caleb doesn’t do emotions. Growing up the underdog, he’s learned the hard way to build up an impenetrable wall. Perfect for business. Disastrous for relationships. He’s never worried about it before—not until he finally gets behind Sadie’s armor and begins to fall.

… someone is there to catch you.

Both guarded and vulnerable, Sadie and Caleb are complete opposites. Or are they? Shocked at their undeniable connection, can they ever admit to wanting more? That all depends on what they’re each willing to risk.

Playing for Keeps is the 7th installment in the Heartbreaker series – and the heat hasn’t begun to die down.

The story revolves around Sadie Lane, a tattoo artist who tends to keep her heart at bay and Caleb Parker, a businessman that can afford to have anyone and anything he wants. But like Sadie, his past hurts keeps him putting down the guard he has on his heart. Even though both of them feel that there could be sparks between them – it takes a dog named, Lollipop to bring them together. Is that connection enough for them to let their guards down long enough to explore the possibility of love?

Author Jill Shalvis pens a charming novel with lovable & relatable characters. I enjoyed reading the playful banter between Sadie & Caleb. Even when they were trying to downplay their feelings – you could still feel the attraction jumping from the pages. The interactions between Sadie and her overbearing mother had me shaking my head and laughing at the same time. Family can have the best intentions and be overbearing at the same time.

But there comes a time in life when you have to let go of the past and embrace what the future has for you.

Reviewed by: Orsayor

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“Sadie.”

She shook her head.

“Look at me. Please?”

It was the damn please that had her opening her eyes. He’d closed the gap so that if she so much as took a breath, they’d be touching.

So she did just that. She took a deep breath, and then their bodies were up against each other, his warm and hard. Everywhere. “What’s happening?” she whispered.

“I believe you’re deciding between kicking me in the nuts and kissing me.” One side of his mouth curved very slightly as he lifted their still joined hands above her head, against the wall.

“But that last part might just be in my dreams.”

“Yes,” she whispered.

“Yes, it’s just in my dreams?”

She meant to say yes again, she really did.

She even opened her mouth to say it, because this was insane, this incredible . . . craving she had for him. It made no sense. Less than no sense, and yet . . .

She went up on tiptoe and touched her mouth to his.

New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis lives in a small town in the Sierras full of quirky characters. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in her books is, um, mostly coincidental. Look for Jill’s bestselling, award-winning books wherever romances are sold and visit her website, www.jillshalvis.com, for a complete book list and daily blog detailing her city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures.

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