whatbethreads8 's review for:

The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis
5.0

Note: I received an early reading copy of The Backup Plan via NetGalley, receipt of which does not impact my review.

The Backup Plan is book 3 in the Sunrise Cove series by Jill Shalvis. However, the books are not connected so this works great as a standalone.

““You make me want things. Things I don’t have any business wanting.”
“Everyone deserves to be loved. Even you.””

Alice Moore, Knox Rawlings, and Lauren Scott are all back in Sunrise Cove, CA, after being left equal shares of the Last Chance Inn, a Wild West themed Inn sorely in need of renovation. The catch? They need to renovate together - and need to get past their old baggage to make it work. Alice and Lauren are former best friends, who were torn apart by grief in their early 20’s. In their teens, Alice crushed hard on Knox but he barely knew she existed. And Knox has never dealt with old ghosts in the empty home he left years ago.

The Backup Plan is full of warmth and heart. Reading a Jill Shalvis book is like a cozy hug - she’s one of the authors that got me back into reading several years ago. Her Heartbreaker Bay series is one of my all-time favorites! I loved this book and recommend it to fans of Susan Mallery, Miranda Liasson, and Phoebe Mills.