Aussie Rules

Just ok

Really slow start. Not one of the author's best

Simply ... Erotic ! Haha .

This book was amazing. I never thought it was going to be good because the first couples of paragraphs were a little "duhh" (I test if I like books by reading the first sentences and see if it draws me in) but as it continues, it's gets better and better. The relationship between Bo and Mel turned me on. The way Shalvis described the scenes were simply amazing. I love this book. I'm sticking to this author.

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Candy

Loved this book, well more Bo! Great quick entertaining read.

Didn't quite live up to the excerpt.

I picked up this book, having never read the author before, solely on the excerpt I found in another book. It just didn't come together for me. The characters were interesting and lively - but I almost found myself rooting for the secondary characters more so than the main ones. The heroine's reasons for hiding the truth just got aggravating after awhile. Maybe this is just an "off" book, or maybe I wasn't in the mood to read it. I will certainly give Ms. Shalvis another shot...there was a lot of potential for me in this book, it just didn't come to fruition.

Aussie Rules

This was a good book from Jill Shalvis. Not one of my favorites but a good one.

Aussie Rules is great reading

AUSSIE RULES by Jill Shalvis is the endearing tale of a high-flying, independent woman and the Aussie who broke her young heart years before. Surprisingly, he might just be what she now needs to stay grounded. ***** Melanie Anderson¿s entire life has always revolved around flying, even if it is on occasion flying by the seat of her pants. At 26, she is the owner of Anderson Air, her very own charter service. Unfortunately, her business and the other businesses in the airport she manages are barely scraping by. Mel works extra hard to keep things running, because the handful of employees she has are like family to her. The woman who practically raised Mel and owner of the airport, Sally, has gone missing leaving Mel with huge responsibilities. Just when Mel doesn¿t think the situation could get worse, it does. Bo Black returns to town. He was the object of Mel¿s affection years earlier and then he broke her tender heart and left. As if Bo¿s return isn¿t bad enough, he brought with him the deed to the airport. He claims that Sally lost the airport to his late father in a bet making him the current owner.***** Bo doesn¿t waste time trying to track Sally down, he believes she may be in possession of some extremely valuable property of his father¿s. He is also quick in attempting to rekindle a relationship with Mel as the cute sixteen-year old girl he left ten years ago has grown into a beautiful, sensuous woman.***** Mel¿s nature is to protect her heart since it has been broken so many times by those she cared for she is very slow to trust and even slower to love. Bo is a determined man and eventually Mel¿s resolve begins to soften. Will Bo be able to convince her that he truly wants her and not just the secrets that are hidden at the airport?***** Jill Shalvis has the incredible talent of creating characters who are intelligent, quick-witted, and gorgeously sexy while giving them just the right amount of weakness to keep them from being unrealistically perfect. The secondary characters in AUSSIE RULES are strong enough to be requisite to the story, but they do not overpower Mel and Bo or the feelings that they are discovering for each other. Readers witness Mel¿s painfully damaged emotions soften and grow for Bo and will admire Bo¿s sweet sensitivity to Mel¿s feelings.***** AUSSIE RULES is a book that I will be rereading in the future it has all of the characteristics that earn Jill Shalvis her very own row on my keeper shelves.

Bo Black Attack

I have to admit that when I first began reading this book it reminded me of one of Jill¿s earlier works Love is in the Air from the Paris or Bust anthology, as they both take place in an airport with a spunky heroine and quick-witted hero, but I was soon assured that this was not a re-hash but a great story all on it¿s own. Bo Black, the sexiest hero to come along, arrives at the North Beach Airport looking for what he believes is rightfully his. Melanie Anderson, aka Mel, is the owner of Anderson Air and the custodian of not only the airport, but the caretaker of the group of people who work there. She believes that the airport belongs to Sally, the woman that took her under her wing and provided her with the unconditional love that she so sorely lacked in her home life. She also believes that Bo is a con artist just like his father and she is very suspicious of his motives for returning to town. Together they work to find the truth and along the way they fall I love. Aussie Rules is a wonderful book full of humor and romance. It¿s the kind of work that I have come to expect from Ms. Shalvis and she does not disappoint. Once again she gives us secondary characters and plotlines that enhances the main story instead of detracts, as happens in a lot of romances. It¿s an enjoyable journey down the rocky road to love ¿ get ready for a bumpy ride. If you want a good romantic comedy, then this is the book for you. Highly recommended.

fun contemporary romance

Melanie ¿Mel¿ Anderson manages more than just the North Beach Airport in California she helps her employees and her business partner with their scrambled lives. To Mel this is her family though she misses her surrogate mother the airport owner Sally, who disappeared a few years ago. --- Australian Bo Black owns the deed to the airport and plans to take control of it. He wants to find his father¿s missing plane and regain what should have been his except Sally conned his dad when they briefly married. However, his plan goes awry as he needs a revision because all he wants to do is sleep with the enemy who to his amazement he loves even more shocking is Mel reciprocates Bo¿s deepest regard while everyone else thinks they make strange bedfellows while wondering if it is AUSSIE RULES or Yankee control. --- The key to this fun contemporary filled with eccentric characters is the background North Beach Airport seems normal so anchors the delightful story line from veering to far from the tarmac. The war between Mel and Bo is fought on several fronts elating the audience as they skirmish in the skies, on the ground, and in the bedroom. Though the climax seems to gentle of a landing for such a zany soaring tale, Jill Shalvis rules with this fine battle of the sexes. --- Harriet Klausner

Aussie Rules----WOW

Aussie Rules by Jill Shalvis is a witty, fun and sexy book. __________ Melanie Anderson lived to fly, nothing gave her the rush, the control and the freedom that flying did. Flying gave her the security that she has lacked all of her life. Her coworkers are her family and she will do anything to protect them. Suddenly her neat and orderly world is turned upside down by the return of her youthful crush, Bo Black. ____________ Bo Black, pilot and plane restorer has come back to North Beach to claim his inheritance and clear his late fathers name. Bo is convinced the former owner Sally Wells stole from them and smeared his dad¿s good name. Only problem is convincing fiercely independent Mel of the truth and keeping his hands off the all grown up woman. ______________ Mel and Bo both want answers, each feels that they are in the right. As they search for the truth someone wants them to leave well enough alone. _____________ Aussie Rules, I feel is Jill Shalvis¿s best work to date. The characters are well written, flaws and all. Bo is a delightful Alpha male, he knows what he wants and goes for it. But he is willing to show his tender side to protect those he loves. Mel is a strong willed woman, her past has made her who she is today. She is so leery of Bo can he be for real? Once she lets go her whole world opens up. _________________ Jill Shalvis writes keepers. The chemistry between the characters burns up every page. The secondary characters add such depth to an already knock out book.

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