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Title: Always on My Mind

Subtitle: A Lucky Harbor Novel

Author: Jill Shalvis

Narrator: Annie Greene

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-24-13

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 121 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

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 hot-and-heavy with this hunky firefighter feels too 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 discover something new about each other in a little town called Lucky Harbor?

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

I love Jill Shalvis and her Lucky Harbor series, but books 7 and 8 in the series were a disappointment. The characters are not as engaging and the "mystery" in both books was totally predictable. I might get book 9 out of the library, but definitely won't waste an Audible credit. Hopefully, the next set in the series will be back up to the standard of the first 6 books.

Frustrating read. Not for me.

My take on this is that the characters actions and words do not fit their motivations. The main story is the romantic relationship between Leah and Jack. The entire book is full of I dont want you. I dont like you. This is just pretend. Lets have sex. The next day Leah says that was a mistake. We cant do that any more. Then she buys condoms. Then they have sex again. This goes round and round for the whole book.

Jacks thoughts are Im not going to fall for her because if she leaves me it will kill me. Then he kisses her and keeps seeing her.

There were many misunderstandings, but the worst one was when Jack heard that Leah was leaving town, so he breaks up with her. He thinks she is leaving for good. She doesnt tell him its temporary. She is just silent.

These things frustrate me. The unusualness here was that Leah had issues with perfection and failure. This caused her to never finish anything - to always be a quitter whether its school, work, or Jack. I guess thats why every day she is quitting her relationship with Jack - but hes the love of her life. Bottom line - it was not a good story for me.

The best part was Kevin the dog.

There are many books in the series. This is book 8. And even though I did not like this story, there is something valuable and enjoyable. Its like youre there, living in a small town on the ocean, being part of the community, knowing everyone. Theres fun in that.

AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR:

The narrator Annie Greene was very good as a performer/narrator, but she says contractions in a way that jars me. Instead of couldnt, hadnt, etc., she says couldet and hadet. If speaking slowly she says couldunt, hadant, woulden. Every time she did this my mind went whats she doing? Im sorry for complaining, but I really prefer generic TV anchor speak.

Genre: contemporary romance

Sweet if not predictable

Sometimes when a series gets this drawn out the story lines become predictable. This story was just that, predictable. There were a couple of twists and a bit of excitement, but over all it was a sweet story.