Made the Grade: Time Out by Jill Shalvis

- This is an ARC book - Available Formats through Amazon.com: Paperback - Pages: 218; Kindle Edition - File Size: 379 KB | Expected Release Date: February 19, 2012 | Publisher: Harlequin Blaze | Obtained: NetGalley

"Time Out" by Jill Shalvis

My Book Summary : Mark & Rainey share a past, one that ruined their friendship. Now years later Mark, a NHL couch, is coming home during his team's off-season to volunteer at the local rec center with plans to help out the community and teach two of his players to smarten-up. He never expected to find hanging around Rainey again to be one of those things he missed over the years. However, now they have three weeks to spend together and the sparks between them are already starting to fly! Will they be able to handle the full three weeks together and then go back their separate ways or will they loose more things between them during that time, like maybe their hearts...

My Book Review : 3.5 out of 5 stars, this novel is a feisty & HOT romance between two stubborn people who like to be in control and have a lot of fun taking away that control from each other! However, even though there is plenty of spicy sex scenes in this novel for you, there is also two plots within this story that are both very sweet. The first plot is about Mark & Rainey, their once friendship, and the heat that they can't seem to stop that's between them. The second plot is about a community that is in dire need of repair after being ravaged by fire along its coast and how to help the teens who go to the rec center while some are living in hard times.

I recommend this story to anyone who likes to read spicy romance novels!!!

My Previous Review(s) for this Author : Kissing Santa Claus

Book Teaser(s) :

Teaser #1

"If it works into your schedule, that is," she said, and he realized with a jolt that she was looking right at him.
Everyone was looking right at him.
"That's fine," he said smoothly.
Casey and James both lifted their eyebrows, but he ignored them. "We're here to serve."
James choked on the soda he was drinking.
Casey just continued staring at Mark like he'd lost his marbles.
His brother out-and-out grinned, which was his first clue.
"You just agreed to coach a girls' softball team," James whispered in his ear. "Me and Casey get the boys, but she gave you the girls."
Ah, hell. ~ within Chapter 3

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