If you enjoy an engaging tale about people, who look and act just like some folks you already know than ABOUT THAT KISS has your name on it. Jill Shalvis once again, there are times when I feel as though I am guilty of repeating myself -- envisioned and created some crazy good characters. Now not all characters are good people, where would the fun be in that. Oh no our job in ABOUT THAT KISS is to ferret out the bad from the good. Just like Kylie is asked to do by Joe.

Sorry I got ahead of myself there. Conversations between her characters are Jill Shalvis' forte. Some of her best are found right there on the pages of ABOUT THAT KISS. This is a wonderful page-turner filled with glee and just a touch of something ominous. There couldn't be anyone nicer than Kylie. Kylie was brought up by her grandfather Michael Masters an undisputed master builder of things wood. Her father and mother were off on their own life choices. So as she grew up, Kylie learned to be quite a woodcrafter, too. Much of her grandfathers' creations went up in smoke during a fire. And yet some items are appearing at auctions. Certainly a quandary but also very questionable as to authenticity. Let's not forget that smoke thing. Where and how did someone get their hands on Michael Masters' pieces, if indeed they are really from his collection? And here's where things get a little dicey.

Thank goodness for Joe. Not only is Joe physically equipped for handling any emergency he is also very attracted to Kylie, and his protective instincts are on high alert. Joe and Kylie have worked out a deal. Joe helps Kylie find something that has emotional value to her and Kylie creates a special gift for Joe's sister Molly. Friends helping friends right? Well, Joe definitely doesn't look at Kylie as just a friend. And if things continue to move along as they are Kylie is going to have to admit that her feelings for Joe are anything but just friends.

Here's an example, a tease if you must, of a conversation between Kylie and Joe. Joe questions Kylie about a kiss she tells him about asking what kind of kiss it was. Kylie's answer is that it was a normal kiss, a nice kiss. Joe's response was to give Kylie an earth-shaking kiss telling her there are many kinds of kisses. And then asked her what type of kiss that one was, the response "wow." As they "work" together to find Kylie's missing object you can't help but smile at Kylie's candid remarks to Joe. Kylie refers to them as Joe's learning curve. Her time with Joe is eye-opening in so many ways. He is definitely not what Kylie wants, she wants safe. But Joe just may be what Kylie needs.

That about sums it up. Wow. ABOUT THAT KISS starts out with a kiss and evolves into a crime-solving mystery. It all begins quite simply and quickly revs up to something totally unexpected. It took me one day to read ABOUT THAT KISS by Jill Shalvis from cover to cover, just couldn't put it down. But then I just had to go back and read it one more time. By the end of ABOUT THAT KISS, I loved these characters and just didn't want to say so long. This is the case with most anything by Jill Shalvis which is why her series is so popular. ABOUT THAT KISS is the fifth book in the Heartbreaker Bay series. Each book in the series is its own story but of course, has as its supporting cast characters you've met before. The Heartbreaker Bay series is a great compilation of stories about strong men and the women who chip through the protective coats to their hearts.

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