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Piper Manning’s about as tough as they come, she’s had to be. She
raised her siblings and they’ve thankfully flown the coop. All she has
to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell
it, and then she’s free.
When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. There’s a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding their own secrets. The smart move would be for Piper to ignore them all but Cam unleashes emotions deep inside of her that she can’t deny, making her yearn for something she doesn’t understand. And her siblings…well, they need each other.
Only when the secrets come out, it changes everything Piper thinks she knows about her family, herself…and Cam. Can she find a way to outrun the demons? The answer is closer than she thinks—just as the new life she craves may have already begun.
When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. There’s a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding their own secrets. The smart move would be for Piper to ignore them all but Cam unleashes emotions deep inside of her that she can’t deny, making her yearn for something she doesn’t understand. And her siblings…well, they need each other.
Only when the secrets come out, it changes everything Piper thinks she knows about her family, herself…and Cam. Can she find a way to outrun the demons? The answer is closer than she thinks—just as the new life she craves may have already begun.
Genre: contemporary romance
Publication date: January 2020
Mature content: yes
Review: Apparently, Almost Just Friends is part of the Wildstone series but, to be honest, if feels much more like a stand alone book than anything else.
As romance novels go, this one is pretty good. Some parts will make you smile, others will make you cry, the main characters are good and well developed and there's an array of equally great secondary characters.
I'm not rating it with five stars for two main reasons. First, towards the second part of the book the action slows a bit too much for my taste. And second, I'm all for funny scenes in books but a food fight between three adults? Really? My inner self was cringing at that and I wasn't even the one that had to clean it up.
It's not Jill Shalvis' best, but it's also definitely not her worst, so if you love the genre this is definitely a book to spend a couple of hours with.
Happy readings,
As romance novels go, this one is pretty good. Some parts will make you smile, others will make you cry, the main characters are good and well developed and there's an array of equally great secondary characters.
I'm not rating it with five stars for two main reasons. First, towards the second part of the book the action slows a bit too much for my taste. And second, I'm all for funny scenes in books but a food fight between three adults? Really? My inner self was cringing at that and I wasn't even the one that had to clean it up.
It's not Jill Shalvis' best, but it's also definitely not her worst, so if you love the genre this is definitely a book to spend a couple of hours with.
Happy readings,
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