I admit it, I find some women sexy, but that’s not what this blog post is about. This is about Jill Shlavis’ new book SMART AND SEXY. I’m so excited cuz I’ve heard rumors it’s in stores now! Ofcourse, not the stores around here, cuz that would make my life to easy. Anyway, I think you should run out and buy it. Honestly, Have you read any of Jill’s books before? I have. I loved them. I haven’t read this one yet, but I will.
SEEING RED, one of her firefighter books won The National Readers Choice Award in 2006, and I knwo why. Cuz it was freakin fanatstic, as was WHITE HEAT and BLUE FLAME, the others of that series.
Jill has a magical way of blending humor, and sexiness with true-to-life characters. I highly recommend you check out her latest.
FOr a sneek peak at SMART AND SEXY Click
From Smart and Sexy
“I have to get there quickly. Like yesterday quickly.”
“As in hijack-a-pilot quickly?”
“I didn’t hijack you,” she said with a primness that made him want to laugh — if there’d been anything remotely funny about this situation. “You were going anyway,” she said in the same old refrain.
He slid her a long glance.
She broke eye contact again.
“Okay,” he said, deciding to bite. “So what is this ‘something’ you have to get quickly?”
She put her nose to the window. “Are we almost there?”
“Done talking, are we?” he asked dryly.
She didn’t answer.
Yeah, apparently, she was done talking. She’d definitely omitted plenty, leaving out a whole bunch of her story, including how the hell she’d gotten herself roughed up and by whom.
Not his problem, he reminded himself, even if just looking at her invoked Superman tendencies. He was going to Mammoth for some desperately needed R&R.
And a ski bunny.
Nothing else, including saving damsels in distress.
With that thought, he began landing preparations. He reduced power and lowered the flaps, controlling the nose, maintaining altitude, but in yet another unwelcome turn of events, the landing gear didn’t lower.
Unbelievable. He flicked the switch again, prepared to adjust the trim at the drag to stabilize the nose again, but nope, the landing gear definitely did not lower. “Shit.”
“What is it?” she asked.
He looked into her lovely, terrified face. How to tell her they might be coming in for a landing on their belly? “Come here.”
“Why?” asked his suspicious little hijacker.
There was no sugar-coating the insanity. “We have a little problem.”
“That’s an oxymoron when you’re in the air.”
He let out a mirthless laugh. “Yeah. Listen, the landing gear didn’t lower.”
Her mouth fell open.
“I need you to fly the plane while I go crank it down manually.” Crank, kick . . . whatever it took.
The color drained completely out of her face. “Ohmigod. Without the landing gear, we can’t land. Right?”
“Sure we can, we just do it on our belly. Not nearly as smooth though, trust me.”
She swallowed hard. “That’s nowhere close to a little problem.”
“Compared to falling out of the sky, it is. Get over here, Princess.”
“Can you really fix it?”
“Yeah. I’ve seen a guy do it once or twice.”
“Omigod!”
“I’m kidding! Yes, I can fix it. If you get over here.”
“Noah—”
The plane shuddered. More turbulence. Perfect. “Now, goddamnit.” To help her along, he snagged a fistful of the front of her sweatshirt and yanked. With a gasp, she flew toward him, and something slid out of her front pocket, clattering on the floor.
A large, fat pen.
A pen that probably, if shoved up against him, would feel like a gun. He stared down at the thing until it rolled beneath the seat.
“You’re kidding me.”
The truth was written all over her face. “I—”
“You’re kidding me.” He couldn’t believe it, didn’t want to believe it. “A pen? You held me up with a pen?”
Jill’s books are funny, endearing, sexy … I love them, love her too.
And having read the book – it’s the best she’s written. May be the best damn romance book I’ve read in 30 years.
That’s on my to buy list too. I also found her through buying “Seeing Red” and went back and immediately bought the rest of the series. Just bought Alluring Tales – awesome collection of stories!
Thanks Rhian.
I love Jill’s Style. Her blog is linked to on my sidebar too, and man, she is just a wonderful woman. Whenever I feel sort of down, I pick up one of ehr books, her Brava’s have a bit more humor than the Firefighter series, but the same emotional punch!
She is a great writer, i love her stories. And her blog is great, I visit everyday, she cracks me up.
Hey Sasha,
I liked “Get A Clue” I tried to read Seeing Red, but I couldnt get into it. Though I like her blog a lot. I read it almost everyday. 😀 I’m a big fan of suspense and erotica though. More like Shannon McKenna’s writing. Jill’s isn’t quite as edgy. It’s still good but I gotta be in the right mood for it.
Melanie, I find Jill’s style very differnt from Shannon McKenna’s. Her Brava’s have a bit more humor, to me. Sort of liek her blog.
The Firefireghter ones didn’t seem to have that humor to me. They were great, but yes, different.
Hi Sasha,
What I meant was that I like McKenna’s writing a little more than Jill’s 🙂 because it has more edge to it.
Can’t wait to read Lush :jump: