The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis is now available!
New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a powerful, moving story about a young woman on a quest to find the truth about her father who learns the meaning of true love along the way.
Alone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she's never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with disabilities and wounded warriors.
Her first big fundraiser event falls flat, but what starts out as a terrible, horrible, no-good night turns into something else entirely when Tae finds herself face-to-face with Riggs Copeland. She hasn't seen the former Marine since their brief fling in high school, and while still intensely drawn to him, she likes her past burned and buried, thank you very much. Hence their friendship pact.
But when April oddly refuses to help Tae track down her father, it's Riggs who unexpectedly comes to her aid. On a hunt to unlock the past, the two of them find themselves on a wild ride and learn a shocking truth, while also reluctantly bonding in a way neither had seen coming. Now Tae must decide whether she's going to choose love ... or walk away from her own happiness.
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Review:
3.5 stars
This was a pretty good book, but quite as good as some of the others. The Friendship Pact is Riggs and Tae's book. In high school, Rigg's and Tae had a fleeting romantic moment that never developed into anything more before they graduated. Now Rigg's is home visiting his brother from his military career. Tae is an event planner working with Rigg's brother's company, where he is helping out while on leave. They give into lingering feelings between them, but both are afraid to get too close with Rigg's leaving soon. But the heart wants what it wants and they both get the HEA they need.
I liked this story in general, but found it a little slow moving. I didn't really feel the love between the couple or feel like their relationship ever quite got there for me. I liked Riggs and Tae but I didn't love the way their relationship developed or feel any chemistry between them. Overall, I did think the story was interesting, as well as the couple's past history. Still, this was not my favorite book by Ms. Shalvis. I am still a fan though and look forward to her books in the future.
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