A listing of the contemporary romances by Jill Shalvis reviewed here at AudioGals as well as interviews and articles:
Twist of Fate by Jill Shalvis
December 3, 2019
Narration: B+Story: CReviewer: KaetrinPublisher: Audible Studios
Narrated by Vivienne Leheny I haven’t read very much in the Heartbreaker Bay series, but Twist of Fate is a novella which stands alone very well so that wasn’t a problem for me. Diego is in San Francisco for the first time in 10 years, to assist with a week of wedding preparations for his brother. He and ...
Read morePlaying for Keeps by Jill Shalvis
April 9, 2019
Narration: B+Story: B-Reviewer: KaetrinPublisher: Harper Audio
Narrated by Vivienne Leheny It’s been a while since I’ve read a Jill Shalvis novel so I decided to dive into the Heartbreaker Bay series with Playing for Keeps after trying the narration sample which impressed me. While it’s clear there is some history between the main characters from previous books in the series, Playing for ...
Read moreAnimal Attraction by Jill Shalvis
October 30, 2018
Narration: AStory: APublisher: Tantor Audio
Narrated by Karen White A Vintage Mini Review from 2011 Back in the Middle Ages of Romance Audiobooks (like, more than a few years ago), we contributed short reviews to a print book blog post, and we all waited with bated breath and crossed fingers for new Romance titles to be recorded. Now we have our own ...
Read moreSweet Little Lies by Jill Shalvis
June 28, 2016
Narration: AStory: B+Reviewer: MelindaPublisher: Harper Audio
Narrated by Karen White Pru had a hard life before Sweet Little Lies opens – her parents were killed in a car accident they caused while driving drunk, when she was a teenager. In addition, the accident also affected several other families. Pru has lived the last several years with that guilt as well as the ...
Read moreNobody But You by Jill Shalvis
April 30, 2016
Narration: AStory: B+Reviewer: MelindaPublisher: Hachette Audio
Narrated by Karen White One by one, the Kincaid siblings have been falling like rocks when their soulmate steps in. This time, it’s the reappearance of prodigal son Jacob that has the Kincaids buzzing but it’s one Sophie Marren that has caught Jacob’s eye, and potentially his heart. Jacob left Cedar Ridge almost a decade earlier, ...
Read moreMy Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis
January 4, 2016
Narration: B+Story: B-Reviewer: MelindaPublisher: Hachette Audio
Narrated by Karen White The combination of Jill Shalvis’ prose and Karen White’s narration is an auto-buy for me. Shalvis writes warm, light-hearted contemporary romance, and My Kind of Wonderful is the second book in her new Cedar Ridge series about the Kincaid family in Cedar Ridge, Colorado. Hudson Kincaid carries the world on his shoulders – ...
Read moreAll I Want by Jill Shalvis
November 3, 2015
Narration: AStory: B+Reviewer: MelindaPublisher: Tantor Audio
Narrated by Karen White All I Want is Book 7 in the popular Animal Magnetism series, based in Sunshine, Idaho, where Zoe Stone is a pilot-for-hire. Zoe has been the de facto parent to her two younger siblings, as they grew up around the world wherever their workaholic foreign diplomat parents were stationed. Now that both ...
Read moreSecond Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis
August 24, 2015
Narration: C+Story: B-Reviewer: DianaPublisher: Hachette Audio
Narrated by Karen White It’s a new Jill Shalvis title, y’all! Yippee! Lily Danville has returned to Cedar Ridge, Colorado with her tail tucked between her legs. Getting fired wouldn’t be such a bad thing if it hadn’t meant returning to the one place she hasn’t been back to in over ten years – the place where ...
Read moreChatting with Jill Shalvis & Karen White and STILL THE ONE Giveaway [giveaway closed]!
April 7, 2015
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Jill Shalvis and Karen White – both are eternal favorites at AudioGals. We have reviewed ten of Jill’s books which means reviewers are choosing her titles. Karen’s narrations have been reviewed ten times as well and her average grade from our AudioGals reviewers? An A. Talk about an in demand narrator around here! Jill’s latest entry ...
Read moreStill the One by Jill Shalvis
April 7, 2015
Narration: AStory: BReviewer: MelindaPublisher: Tantor Audio
Narrated by Karen White Still the One is Book 6 in Jill Shalvis’ Animal Magnetism series, set in small town Idaho. The first few in the series featured the young single adults running the veterinary clinic and kennel in town – now that they’re all paired up, Shalvis is introducing their friends and siblings – Veterinarian ...
Read moreSeeing Red by Jill Shalvis
February 5, 2015
Narration: BStory: BReviewer: CarriePublisher: Audible, Inc
Narrated by Laura Heisler I am delighted that the Firefighter books by Jill Shalvis finally made it to audio. For years they were out of print and I scoured used bookstores to find copies of White Heat, Blue Flame, and Seeing Red. I remember feeling particularly special when I finally got my hands on Blue Flame ...
Read moreInstant Attraction by Jill Shalvis
January 14, 2015
Narration: B-Story: BReviewer: KaetrinPublisher: Audible Studios
Narrated by Liisa Ivary Instant Attraction is the first in Ms. Shalvis’ Wilder series, which is finally available on audio performed by Liisa Ivary, a new-to-me narrator. Overall, I enjoyed her performance and it was good to revisit my favourite story in the trilogy. Cameron Wilder was a champion snowboarder who, about a year earlier, injured his ...
Read moreMerry Christmas, Baby by Jill Shalvis (short story)
December 12, 2014
Narration: B-Story: BReviewer: MelindaPublisher: Hachette Audio
Narrated by Angela Starling Merry Christmas, Baby is a teeny little Lucky Harbor short story, starring Chloe and Sawyer from book 3, Head Over Heels. It’s just the thing for listening while running your Christmas shopping errands as it comes in at about 90 minutes – a sort of sweet gumdrop listen, especially good as a way to ...
Read moreHe’s So Fine by Jill Shalvis
September 15, 2014
Narration: BStory: BReviewer: MelindaPublisher: Hachette Audio
Narrated by Angèle Masters He’s So Fine is Book 11 in the 12 book Lucky Harbor series. Lucky Harbor is a small town in Washington state where everybody knows everybody’s business, and the young singles are getting married off at an astonishing rate, one right after the other. Plus there are the crazy seniors running around in ...
Read moreThen Came You by Jill Shalvis
August 7, 2014
Narration: AStory: BReviewer: MelindaPublisher: Tantor Audio
Narrated by Karen White When I read Then Came You, the latest installment in the Animal Magnetism series, in ebook, I liked it about 3 1/2 stars worth. It was a pleasant beach-read kind of book, with interesting-enough characters but a story that seemed all over the place. Newly-graduated veterinarian Emily met Wyatt, a veterinarian at the featured animal ...
Read moreOnce in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis
April 22, 2014
Narration: BStory: BReviewer: KaetrinPublisher: Hachette Audio
Narrated by Annie Green I’ve been a fan of Jill Shalvis generally and her Lucky Harbor series in particular. She writes small town contemporary really well and has a real gift for “guy dialogue”. Once in a Lifetime is Book 9 of the Lucky Harbor series and tells the story of Aubrey Wellington and Ben ...
Read moreAlways on My Mind by Jill Shalvis
January 28, 2014
Narration: C-Story: BReviewer: MelindaPublisher: Hachette Audio
Narrated by Annie Greene Publisher’s blurb: After dropping out of pastry school and messing up her big break on a reality cooking show, Leah Sullivan needs to accomplish something in her life. But when she returns home to Lucky Harbor, she finds herself distracted by her best friend, Jack Harper. In an effort to cheer up Jack’s ...
Read moreRumor Has It by Jill Shalvis
November 4, 2013
Narration: AStory: B-Reviewer: MelindaPublisher: Tantor Audio
Narrated by Karen White This is the fourth book in the Animal Magnetism series, set in Sunshine, Idaho. The first three books centered around the town’s kennel and vet clinic, and featured some notable pets and rescue animals. In Rumor Has It, the prodigal son, Griffin Reid, comes back from several tours in the Middle East, ...
Read moreLucky in Love by Jill Shalvis
July 9, 2013
Narration: BStory: B-/C+Reviewer: MelindaPublisher: Hachette Audio
Narrated by Suehyla El Attar A trend in romance novels: the small town series, where everybody knows everybody’s business, there are a bunch of love-starved singles and another bunch of sometimes lovable, sometimes irascible odd characters. This is Lucky Harbor, a small town on the Washington state coast. Mallory Quinn is a local girl whose family ...
Read moreRescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis
April 16, 2013
Narration: AStory: B-Reviewer: MelindaPublisher: Tantor Audio
Narrated by Karen White The publisher’s blurb: After a tragic stint in the National Guards, Adam Connelly returns to Idaho and to Belle Haven, the animal shelter he owns with his brothers. All Adam wants is to be alone. Then he opens the door to the past—the woman whose heart he once broke. Still gorgeous, still ...
Read moreFlashReview: Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis
September 12, 2012
Rich city gal escapes to small town & finds love. Narration: Karen White raises good story to great.
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