Jill Shalvis is at it again, creating a story that makes you laugh out loud, ugly cry, sigh in pleasure, and believe in love even after her heroine begins her journey finding out that she is not the only wife of her recently deceased husband. That's right folks, Lanie Green's dead husband was a serial adulterer and Lanie decides that taking a job as at the Capriotti Winery might be the escape she needs, but she finds that her busy body boss Cora and her family is loud and boisterous and intent on bringing her into the fold, even kicking and screaming, and Cora's hot cop son Mark and his twin daughters who Lanie tries to keep behind her walls just keep banging on them. Meanwhile, River, a sad-faced pregnant 21 year old shows up  with her secrets, wanting to be Lanie's best friend and threatens to destroy Lanie's shaky happiness. I wanted to be a Capriotti by the end of the book. I'm a huge Jill Shalvis fan, and she just gets better with each book. Pick this one up, grab a box of tissue and prepare to be up all night reading!

JR Ward's Consumed (Firefighter #1)

JR Ward returns with a different kind of book, about firefighters not vampire fighters, but readers will be "consumed" with this story that includes her typical humor and amazing writing skills. Danny and Anne have a history both personal and professional (be sure to check it out in the prequel that Ward has released leading up to the release of this novel) that drives their conflict, but when it counts Danny makes a hard decision that haunts him and changes Anne's life and career, both find themselves in the middle of personal crises but come together to take down an arsonist before they are consumed by all the intended meanings of the title. It is a gripping story, and I cannot wait for the next book in the series.