In this contemporary audiobook, narrator Erin Mallon portrays a 30-year-old who is ready to start living. Mallon projects Piper Manning’s realistic outlook and lingering unspoken emotions. While caring for her siblings through significant and difficult situations over the past 15 years, she put her life on hold. Now Piper is about to move forward, but her sibs reappear, looking for both support and the chance to reinvent themselves. Mallon’s portrayals of the female characters are strong and clear, while some of the male voices are harder to distinguish. Nonetheless, listening is an ideal way to imagine how they all fit together and find their way. B.E.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
Almost Just Friends: A Novel
Narrated by Erin Mallon
Jill ShalvisUnabridged — 8 hours, 34 minutes
Almost Just Friends: A Novel
Narrated by Erin Mallon
Jill ShalvisUnabridged — 8 hours, 34 minutes
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Overview
New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Wildstone with the touching story of finding your place in the world-and the people who make it home.
Piper Manning's about as tough as they come, she's had to be. She raised her siblings and they've thankfully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it, and then she's free.
When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. There's a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding their own secrets. The smart move would be for Piper to ignore them all but Cam unleashes emotions deep inside of her that she can't deny, making her yearn for something she doesn't understand. And her siblings...well, they need each other.
Only when the secrets come out, it changes everything Piper thinks she knows about her family, herself...and Cam. Can she find a way to outrun the demons? The answer is closer than she thinks-just as the new life she craves may have already begun.
This novel is perfect for fans of Susan Mallery and anyone who loves heartwarming stories about the bonds of family and friendship.
With themes of renovation, small town life, and unexpected romance, Almost Just Friends is a must-read for anyone looking for a feel-good escape.
HarperCollins 2024
Editorial Reviews
09/16/2019
Shalvis (The Lemon Sisters) unites two people healing from emotional trauma in this tender contemporary. EMT Piper Manning is reluctantly celebrating her 30th birthday at a bar in her hometown of Wildstone, Calif., when she meets her neighbor’s 32-year-old son, Cam Hayes, a DEA agent. The attraction between them ignites during a particularly stormy night, but Piper is reluctant to let anyone get too close to her. After her parents died, she raised her younger siblings, Winnie and Gavin; they’ve recently moved out and she’s ready to live life on her own terms. Cam is also reeling from his younger brother’s recent death and not sure how to connect with civilians. Then Piper’s siblings come back home, seeking comfort from their sister but reluctant to admit the ways their lives have fallen apart. Piper’s relationship with Cam heats up, but she’s afraid that coming to rely on him will further hamper her quest for independence. Believable, realistic characters are at the heart of this novel. Shalvis will immediately grab the reader’s attention with a strong heroine and caring connection between two wounded souls. Agent: Robin Rue, Writers House. (Feb.)
Tender … Believable, realistic characters are at the heart of this novel. Shalvis will immediately grab the reader’s attention with a strong heroine and caring connection between two wounded souls.” — Publishers Weekly
“Fans of the TV drama series This Is Us as well as love stories ripe with secrets waiting to be spilled will devour Shalvis’s latest in the series.” — Library Journal
“Readers will be very satisfied with the ending of Shalvis' latest enjoyable Wildstone story.” — Booklist
“Shalvis' latest retains her spark and sizzle.” — Kirkus Reviews
Praise for The Lemon Sisters: “Sisterhood takes center stage in this utterly absorbing novel. Jill Shalvis balances her trademark sunny optimism and humor with unforgettable real-life drama. A book to savorand share.” — Susan Wiggs, New York Times Bestselling Author
“Jill Shalvis’s books are funny, warm, charming and unforgettable.” — RaeAnne Thayne, New York Times bestselling author
“I love everything about this book, the family dynamics, the humor and the amazing romance. Just amazing!” — Lori Foster, New York Times Bestselling Author
I love everything about this book, the family dynamics, the humor and the amazing romance. Just amazing!
Jill Shalvis’s books are funny, warm, charming and unforgettable.
Readers will be very satisfied with the ending of Shalvis' latest enjoyable Wildstone story.
Praise for The Lemon Sisters: “Sisterhood takes center stage in this utterly absorbing novel. Jill Shalvis balances her trademark sunny optimism and humor with unforgettable real-life drama. A book to savorand share.
Readers will be very satisfied with the ending of Shalvis' latest enjoyable Wildstone story.
12/01/2019
Piper Manning is finally close to pursuing her own dreams after years of caring for everyone else. On a stormy night, in a bar to celebrate her birthday, she meets a mysterious hot guy who seems to be flirting with her. He turns out to be Camden Reid, her neighbor's Coast Guard son, in town to reconnect with his father. Piper might not be great with relationships, but she thinks a no-strings-attached fling with Cam might be perfect. Then Piper's brother and sister return home. As her siblings' secrets are revealed, Piper finds herself drawn even more to Cam—but he has secrets of his own. VERDICT Fans of the TV drama series This Is Us as well as love stories ripe with secrets waiting to be spilled will devour Shalvis's latest in the series (after The Lemon Sisters).—Kellie Tilton, Univ. of Cincinnati Blue Ash
In this contemporary audiobook, narrator Erin Mallon portrays a 30-year-old who is ready to start living. Mallon projects Piper Manning’s realistic outlook and lingering unspoken emotions. While caring for her siblings through significant and difficult situations over the past 15 years, she put her life on hold. Now Piper is about to move forward, but her sibs reappear, looking for both support and the chance to reinvent themselves. Mallon’s portrayals of the female characters are strong and clear, while some of the male voices are harder to distinguish. Nonetheless, listening is an ideal way to imagine how they all fit together and find their way. B.E.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
2019-10-28
Piper Manning is determined to sell her family's property so she can leave her hometown behind, but when her siblings come back with life-changing secrets and her sexy neighbor begins to feel like "The One," she might have to redo her to-do list.
As children, Piper and her younger siblings, Gavin and Winnie, were sent to live with their grandparents in Wildstone, California, from the Congo after one of Gavin's friends was killed. Their parents were supposed to meet them later but never made it. Piper wound up being more of a parent than her grandparents, though: "In the end, Piper had done all the raising. It'd taken forever, but now, finally, her brother and sister were off living their own lives." Piper, the queen of the bullet journal, plans to fix up the family's lakeside property her grandparents left the three siblings when they died. Selling it will enable her to study to be a physician's assistant as she's always wanted. However, just as the goal seems in sight, Gavin and Winnie come home, ostensibly for Piper's 30th birthday, and then never leave. Turns out, Piper's brother and sister have recently managed to get into a couple buckets of trouble, and they need some time to reevaluate their options. They aren't willing to share their problems with Piper, though they've been completely open with each other. And Winnie, who's pregnant, has been very open with Piper's neighbor Emmitt Reid and his visiting son, Camden, since the baby's father is Cam's younger brother, Rowan, who died a few months earlier in a car accident. Everyone has issues to navigate, made more complicated by Gavin and Winnie's swearing Cam to secrecy just as he and Piper try—and fail—to ignore their attraction to each other. Shalvis keeps the physical and emotional tension high, though the siblings' refusal to share with Piper becomes tedious and starts to feel childish.
Shalvis' latest retains her spark and sizzle.
Product Details
BN ID: | 2940173391940 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 01/21/2020 |
Series: | The Wildstone Series , #4 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |