Week of December 22: Balancing Act

[Reet]

When Angie goes head to head against her old nemesis Zach, “backroom negotiation” takes on a whole new meaning. As lawyers on opposite sides of a case, they’ve got plenty to argue about. She’s an environmentalist. He’s in-house counsel for a land developer.

But handling difficult clients, interfering family and friends, as well as courtroom battles proves easier than facing a growing mutual attraction that threatens to spin out of control. While Angie wants to believe there’s more to life than legal briefs, she’s been burned before. Can she learn to trust Zach, or will complications of his playboy past derail any chance of a happily-ever-after?

(Please note: Though this is the third book in the Santa Monica Trilogy, it can be read as a stand-alone novel.)

Jill Blake

[Jill]

Thank you, Reet, for including Balancing Act in this week's featured books!

One of my favorite romance tropes is enemies-to-lovers. The reformed rake comes in a close second. This book combines the two, which made it doubly fun to write.

What romance tropes do you enjoy? Which ones do you feel are under-represented in today's contemporary fiction? Yep, trolling for ideas here. ;-p

[Jill]

Oops--I meant trolling for *ideas* here...
More proof that I shouldn't multi-task (posting on iPad while trying to keep said iPad out of 10-year-old's hands: bad move).
Anyway, would love to hear about what tropes/situations/kinds of books you'd like to be reading but can't find (or can't find enough of) on today's digital shelves.

[Jill]

*on* today's digital shelves...
Okay, kid, here's your iPad back. Clearly mom needs to go back to her old computer while you Enjoy Clash of Clans.