If she has her way ...Willa Davis is wrangling puppies when Keane Winters stalks into her pet shop with frustration in his chocolate-brown eyes and a pink bedazzled cat carrier in his hand. He needs a kitty sitter, stat. But the last thing Willa needs is to rescue a guy who doesn't even remember her ...He'll get nothing but coal in his stocking. Saddled with his great-aunt's Feline from Hell, Keane is desperate to leave her in someone else's capable hands. But in spite of the fact that he's sure he's never seen the drop-dead-gorgeous pet shop owner before, she seems to be mad at him ...Unless he tempers "naughty" with a special kind of nice ...Willa can't deny that Keane's changed since high school: he's less arrogant, for one thing-but he doesn't even remember her. How can she trust him not to break her heart again? It's time to throw a coin in the fountain, make a Christmas wish-and let the mistletoe do its work ...
Willa had been a favourite of mine in this series prior to this book, but for some reason I just felt that her personality wasn’t jumping off the page here, as is usually the case with Shalvis’ heroines. Keane I did love and I thought he was hilarious. Because of Willa’s lacklustre personality I felt like the chemistry and connection between the two characters wasn’t all there for me.
I loved the animal aspect — that’s what made me such a huge fan of Shalvis’ [b:Animal Magnetism|8277481|Animal Magnetism (Animal Magnetism, #1)|Jill Shalvis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1392300034s/8277481.jpg|13125785] series and it was pretty well done here. There’s a camping scene that might be my favourite scene of the entire Heartbreaker Bay series. 🔥⛺️
Even though this wasn’t a favourite I still really enjoyed it and would recommend to fans of Jill Shalvis and contemporary romance.
