Always on My Mind by Jill Shalvis

From Forever Romance:

There's nothing like the real thing.

After dropping out of pastry school and messing up her big break on a reality cooking show, Leah Sullivan needs to accomplish something in her life.  But when she returns home to Lucky Harbor, she finds herself distracted by her best friend, Jack Harper.  In an effort to cheer up Jack's ailing mother, Dee.  Leah tells a little fib - that she and Jack are more than just friends.  Soon pretending to be a hot-and-heavy with this hunky firefighter feels to real to handle...

No-strings attachments suit Jack just fine - perfect for keeping the risk of heartbreak away.  But as Jack and Leah break every one of their "just friends" rules, he longs to turn their pretend relationship into something permanent.  Do best friends know too much about each other to risk falling in love?  Or will Jack and Leah discovery something new about each other in a little town called Lucky Harbor?  

Jill Shalvis combines her trademark steamy romance with mystery in Always on My Mind.  Best Friends Leah and Jack muddle through their feelings for each other when they complicate things with sex, while Jack tries to track down an arsonist.   Can our sexy firefighter get the girl and catch the bad guy?  Of course he can, it's Lucky Harbor - which is exactly why we love Lucky Harbor and all wish we could live there too!

If you haven't read the Lucky Harbor books yet, you should.  They are all funny, sexy and teeming with happily ever afters.  Check out Jill's website for more info or just to read her hilarious blog:  www.jillshalvis.com.

Next up for my BFF is Rumor Has It, an Animal Magnetism book.  Sexy guys with animals, could she possibly melt our hearts any more???

And then, just in time for Valentine's Day we have Once In A Lifetime, the ninth in the Lucky Harbor series!

I don't know about you guys, but I'm seriously looking forward to Aubrey giving Ben hell in Once in a Lifetime.

~Shel