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Romance · 2016 · PG-13

The Trouble with Mistletoe

by Jill Shalvis

A pet-store owner falls for the high-school classmate who doesn't remember her — until a stray cat brings them together.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis continues her fun, sexy new contemporary romance series with a tale of friends-to-lovers...just in time for Christmas. If she has her way . . . Willa Davis is wrangling puppies when Keane Winters stalks into her pet shop with frustration in his chocolate-brown eyes and a pink bedazzled cat carrier in his hand. He needs a kitty sitter, stat. But the last thing Willa needs is to rescue a guy who doesn’t even remember her . . . He’ll get nothing but coal in his stocking. Saddled with his great-aunt’s Feline from Hell, Keane is desperate

For14+GenreRomanceLength384 pagesRead time~7.5 hours

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Violence

None

None

Language

Barely any

Mild-to-moderate

Sexual Content

Some

Described by reviewers as moderately steamy ('vanilla sexy times') rather than extremely explicit

Substance Use

Barely any

Willa's mother struggled with alcoholism and neglect, landing Willa in and out of foster care as a child

Emotional Intensity

Some

Both leads carry difficult-childhood baggage — Keane's impatient, punishing parents and Willa's unstable foster upbringing — that surfaces through the romance

What this book is about

Willa Davis, who runs a San Francisco pet store, reluctantly cares for a noisy stray cat brought in by Keane Winters, an old classmate who left an impression on her that he doesn't recall, in the second Heartbreaker Bay holiday romance.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Childhood neglect and foster care backstory for the heroine

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