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Lucky in Love (Lucky Harbor, #4)
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bookshelves: 2012-reads, xo-banterbanterbanter, xo-awesome-ensemble, xo-conversations-are-love, xo-declaration-of-love, favorite-heroes, xo-gasp-worthy, all-time-faves, xo-heartaches-and-heartbreaks, xo-family-is-love, xo-forgiveness, favorite-couples, xo-funny, xo-hopeless-romantic, favorite-heroines, xo-love-yourself, xo-palpable-ust, romances-contemporary, xo-hidden-depths, xo-so-much-love, must-read, xo-laughed-my-arse-off, xo-i-want-my-own-hero, xo-real-deal, xo-moments-it-s-the-moments, xo-overcoming-the-past, xo-sigh-inducing, xo-the-ties-that-bind, genre-romance, xo-steamy-reads, xo-killer-lines-and-or-moments, xo-second-chances, xo-so-many-quotable-quotes, xo-undeniable-attraction, xo-spreading-the-love, xo-opposites-attract, xo-tender-moments-tug-at-your-hea, xo-to-be-read-over-and-over-again, xo-small-town-love, xo-tears-and-all, xo-how-do-you-not-love-the-hero
Dec 13, 2011
bookshelves: 2012-reads, xo-banterbanterbanter, xo-awesome-ensemble, xo-conversations-are-love, xo-declaration-of-love, favorite-heroes, xo-gasp-worthy, all-time-faves, xo-heartaches-and-heartbreaks, xo-family-is-love, xo-forgiveness, favorite-couples, xo-funny, xo-hopeless-romantic, favorite-heroines, xo-love-yourself, xo-palpable-ust, romances-contemporary, xo-hidden-depths, xo-so-much-love, must-read, xo-laughed-my-arse-off, xo-i-want-my-own-hero, xo-real-deal, xo-moments-it-s-the-moments, xo-overcoming-the-past, xo-sigh-inducing, xo-the-ties-that-bind, genre-romance, xo-steamy-reads, xo-killer-lines-and-or-moments, xo-second-chances, xo-so-many-quotable-quotes, xo-undeniable-attraction, xo-spreading-the-love, xo-opposites-attract, xo-tender-moments-tug-at-your-hea, xo-to-be-read-over-and-over-again, xo-small-town-love, xo-tears-and-all, xo-how-do-you-not-love-the-hero
Read it last night as soon as my Nook let me download it and finished it in one sitting. Ooooh, so, so good. Everything so delish. I'm already planning on re-reading as soon as I get home from work, hahaha.
Every Jill Shalvis book I read leaves me HAPPY, and it's guaranteed to touch my heart in ways I don't even know possible. The writing is crisp and refreshing, the banter always sparkling, the UST always palpable, the love scenes so hot and sizzling (and did I mention HOT??), the characters so unforgettable, and no matter what, you end up falling in love with them and their journey, (and the setting too! The community!) and you know they'll just forever inhabit a space in your heart.
I can't even write a proper review, I'm still basking in all the love, but suffice it to say that I'm going to be talking to everyone about this book (and probably end up buying it for all my friends again, lol).
Oh, so much love!!
Every Jill Shalvis book I read leaves me HAPPY, and it's guaranteed to touch my heart in ways I don't even know possible. The writing is crisp and refreshing, the banter always sparkling, the UST always palpable, the love scenes so hot and sizzling (and did I mention HOT??), the characters so unforgettable, and no matter what, you end up falling in love with them and their journey, (and the setting too! The community!) and you know they'll just forever inhabit a space in your heart.
I can't even write a proper review, I'm still basking in all the love, but suffice it to say that I'm going to be talking to everyone about this book (and probably end up buying it for all my friends again, lol).
Oh, so much love!!
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Quotes Diana Liked
“He knew he had no right to touch her, crave her like air, but he did both. And when he put his mouth on hers, he recognized the taste of her, like she'd been made just for him.”
― Lucky in Love
― Lucky in Love
“Mallory, I lo—"
"Wait!" This was from Amy, and she looked at Mallory. "I'm sorry, but don't you think you should tell him about the car before he finishes that sentence?"
"No," Mallory said, giving Amy the evil eye. She wanted the rest of Ty's sentence, dammit!
Ty frowned. "What's wrong with the Shelby?"
"Nothing," Mallory said quickly.
"Nothing," Amy agreed. "Except for the dinged door where she parked too close to the mailbox."
"Oh my God," Mallory said to her. "What are you, the car police?"
"The classic car police," Amy said smugly.
"You parked the Shelby on the street?" Ty asked Mallory incredulously.
She went brows-up.
"Okay," he said, lifting his hands. "It's okay. Never mind about the car.”
― Lucky in Love
"Wait!" This was from Amy, and she looked at Mallory. "I'm sorry, but don't you think you should tell him about the car before he finishes that sentence?"
"No," Mallory said, giving Amy the evil eye. She wanted the rest of Ty's sentence, dammit!
Ty frowned. "What's wrong with the Shelby?"
"Nothing," Mallory said quickly.
"Nothing," Amy agreed. "Except for the dinged door where she parked too close to the mailbox."
"Oh my God," Mallory said to her. "What are you, the car police?"
"The classic car police," Amy said smugly.
"You parked the Shelby on the street?" Ty asked Mallory incredulously.
She went brows-up.
"Okay," he said, lifting his hands. "It's okay. Never mind about the car.”
― Lucky in Love
“You still trying to save me, Mallory?" Ty asked quietly.
Her heart was hammering so loud she couldn't hear herself talk. "I can't seem to help myself."
"I don't need saving."
No. No, he sure didn't. He was strong and capable, and more than able to take care of himself. "What do you need?"
"You," he said simply. "Only you.”
― Lucky in Love
Her heart was hammering so loud she couldn't hear herself talk. "I can't seem to help myself."
"I don't need saving."
No. No, he sure didn't. He was strong and capable, and more than able to take care of himself. "What do you need?"
"You," he said simply. "Only you.”
― Lucky in Love
“Strength is the ability to break up a solid piece of chocolate—and then eat just one of the pieces.”
― Lucky in Love
― Lucky in Love
“He felt his heart roll, exposing its underbelly. Nothing he could do about that. He was equipped to eliminate threats, protect and serve.
Not to love.
Never to love.”
― Lucky in Love
Not to love.
Never to love.”
― Lucky in Love
“He shouldn't be inclined. Mallory Quinn was sweet, warm, and caring. She was a white picket fence and two-point-four kids. She was a diamond ring.
She was someone's keeper.
Not his. Never his. He didn't do keepers.
And yet in that beat, with her mouth close to his, a smile in her eyes, he... ached. He ached and yearned for something. Someone. He wanted to wrap his arms around a woman, this woman, and lose himself in her.”
― Lucky in Love
She was someone's keeper.
Not his. Never his. He didn't do keepers.
And yet in that beat, with her mouth close to his, a smile in her eyes, he... ached. He ached and yearned for something. Someone. He wanted to wrap his arms around a woman, this woman, and lose himself in her.”
― Lucky in Love
“She had time to make room for him in her closet. The cat had time to get used to him. They had all the time they needed, because he'd told her he was hers, and he was a man of his word. "I've got all I need," she told him.
He leaned down and kissed her again, then stroked a finger over her temple, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "I want you to know," he said. "That you're the best choice I ever made."
"No regrets?"
"No regrets.”
― Lucky in Love
He leaned down and kissed her again, then stroked a finger over her temple, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "I want you to know," he said. "That you're the best choice I ever made."
"No regrets?"
"No regrets.”
― Lucky in Love
“Did you give the HSC ten thousand dollars?"
Ah, there it was, he thought, swallowing. He'd been hoping she wouldn't find out, but he supposed that was unrealistic in a town like Lucky Harbor. Taking his time, he ate cookie number two, then reached for a third.
She held the plate out of his reach. "Did you?" she asked.
He eyed her for a long moment. "Which answer will get me the rest of the cookies?"
"Oh, Ty," she breathed, looking worried as she lowered the plate. Worried for him, he realized.
-Mallory and Ty”
― Lucky in Love
Ah, there it was, he thought, swallowing. He'd been hoping she wouldn't find out, but he supposed that was unrealistic in a town like Lucky Harbor. Taking his time, he ate cookie number two, then reached for a third.
She held the plate out of his reach. "Did you?" she asked.
He eyed her for a long moment. "Which answer will get me the rest of the cookies?"
"Oh, Ty," she breathed, looking worried as she lowered the plate. Worried for him, he realized.
-Mallory and Ty”
― Lucky in Love
“Mallory," he said, sounding raw and staggered and touched beyond words. "God, I was so stupid. So slow. I didn't know what to do with you. I tried to keep my distance but my world doesn't work without you in it."
-Ty to Mallory”
― Lucky in Love
-Ty to Mallory”
― Lucky in Love
“I love you, Mallory," he said very quietly, very seriously. "So damn much."
Warmth and affection and need and so much more rushed her. "I know."
"You know?"
"Yes."
"Well, hell," he said with a small smile and a shake of his head. "You might have told me and saved me a lot of time."
"How about I tell you something else?" she said. "I love you, too.”
― Lucky in Love
Warmth and affection and need and so much more rushed her. "I know."
"You know?"
"Yes."
"Well, hell," he said with a small smile and a shake of his head. "You might have told me and saved me a lot of time."
"How about I tell you something else?" she said. "I love you, too.”
― Lucky in Love
“She was like a drug. The most addicting kind, and he had a problem—he was pretty sure that she was developing feelings for him. He had no idea what to do with that, or with is own feelings, which were definitely getting in his way. This whole "no emotional attachment" thing had gone straight to shit. Because Mallory Quinn was emotionally attached to every person she ever met, and she had a way of making that contagious. He craved contact with her in a way that he wasn't experienced with.”
― Lucky in Love
― Lucky in Love
“Silence reigned.
Well, except for Mallory's thundering heartbeat. She was in an attic loft, flat beneath her Mr. Wrong. Her common sense was screaming flee! But her secret inner bad girl was screaming oh please can't we have him? Just once?
-Mallory”
― Lucky in Love
Well, except for Mallory's thundering heartbeat. She was in an attic loft, flat beneath her Mr. Wrong. Her common sense was screaming flee! But her secret inner bad girl was screaming oh please can't we have him? Just once?
-Mallory”
― Lucky in Love
“I can't do this," she whispered.
He nodded. "I know."
"I want to but I--"
"It's okay." He brushed a kiss over her jaw and then was gone, proving for the second time now that he was, after all, her perfect Mr. All Wrong.
-Mallory and Ty”
― Lucky in Love
He nodded. "I know."
"I want to but I--"
"It's okay." He brushed a kiss over her jaw and then was gone, proving for the second time now that he was, after all, her perfect Mr. All Wrong.
-Mallory and Ty”
― Lucky in Love
“Mallory dropped her head to the steering wheel. "Look, I'm mad at you, okay? This isn't about me. I know my painful memories are relative. My life is good. I'm lucky. This isn't about how poor little Mallory has had it so hard. I'm not falling apart or anything."
He stroked a hand down her back. "Of course you're not. You're just holding the steering wheel up with your head for a minute, that's all.”
― Lucky in Love
He stroked a hand down her back. "Of course you're not. You're just holding the steering wheel up with your head for a minute, that's all.”
― Lucky in Love
Reading Progress
December 13, 2011
– Shelved
Started Reading
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
2012-reads
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-awesome-ensemble
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-banterbanterbanter
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
favorite-heroes
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-declaration-of-love
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-conversations-are-love
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-gasp-worthy
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-family-is-love
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-heartaches-and-heartbreaks
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
all-time-faves
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-forgiveness
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
favorite-heroines
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-hopeless-romantic
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-funny
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
favorite-couples
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-palpable-ust
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-love-yourself
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
romances-contemporary
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
must-read
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-so-much-love
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-hidden-depths
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-the-ties-that-bind
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-sigh-inducing
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-overcoming-the-past
May 22, 2012
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xo-moments-it-s-the-moments
May 22, 2012
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xo-real-deal
May 22, 2012
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xo-i-want-my-own-hero
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-laughed-my-arse-off
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-steamy-reads
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
genre-romance
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-tender-moments-tug-at-your-hea
May 22, 2012
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xo-opposites-attract
May 22, 2012
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xo-spreading-the-love
May 22, 2012
– Shelved as:
xo-undeniable-attraction
May 22, 2012
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xo-so-many-quotable-quotes
May 22, 2012
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xo-second-chances
May 22, 2012
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xo-killer-lines-and-or-moments
May 22, 2012
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xo-to-be-read-over-and-over-again
May 22, 2012
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xo-tears-and-all
May 22, 2012
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xo-small-town-love
May 22, 2012
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xo-how-do-you-not-love-the-hero
May 22, 2012
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Finished Reading
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YES! THIS!"
Dhes, I love your review too! Comment below was meant to be a reply to yours, heh
YES! THIS!