The Friendship Pact - (Sunrise Cove) by Jill Shalvis

Book Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a powerful, moving story about a young woman on a quest to find the truth about her father who learns the meaning of true love along the way.

Alone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she's never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with disabilities and wounded warriors.

Her first big fundraiser event falls flat, but what starts out as a terrible, horrible, no-good night turns into something else entirely when Tae finds herself face-to-face with Riggs Copeland. She hasn't seen the former Marine since their brief fling in high school, and while still intensely drawn to him, she likes her past burned and buried, thank you very much. Hence their friendship pact.

But when April oddly refuses to help Tae track down her father, it's Riggs who unexpectedly comes to her aid. On a hunt to unlock the past, the two of them find themselves on a wild ride and learn a shocking truth, while also reluctantly bonding in a way neither had seen coming. Now Tae must decide whether she's going to choose love ... or walk away from her own happiness.

Review Quotes

Love for Beginners is quintessential Shalvis, with humor and heat (whew, Emma and Simon give us heat), and a cast of characters you'll hate to leave behind when you turn the last page. But even so, we promise you'll finish this book feeling warm from the inside--and maybe the outside too: this is the summer's perfect beach read.--New York Times bestseller Christina Lauren

"Fall in love with Jill Shalvis! She's my go-to read for humor and heart." --New York Times bestseller Susan Mallery

"Instant love...that's what you experience reading Love for Beginners . . . Jill Shalvis hit another one out of the ball field."--Fresh Fiction

"Jill Shalvis has a unique talent making you want to spend time with her characters right off the bat."
--New York Times bestseller Kristen Ashley on Love for Beginners

The novel whizzes by. Shalvis's fans will be pleased with the message that everyone deserves a second chance.--Publisher's Weekly on Love for Beginners