She can combine those romantic story elements and create something engaging for her readers. Even though I didn’t click with this book, I will talk about some things that were well done in this story.įirstly, Jill knows how to write an enjoyable small-town romance. I firmly believe every book has its readers maybe this book was just not meant for me. So I was excited to read this book but struggled to connect with the story and its characters. I loved the first book in this series I couldn’t put it down. It’s a well-written romance with authentic characters who have a lot of depth and a story that checks off all those romance boxes. I don’t know what it was about this book that didn’t click with me.

I have to admit this isn’t my favourite Jill Shalvis book.

Now Tae must decide whether she’s going to choose love … or walk away from her own happiness. On a hunt to unlock the past, the two of them find themselves on a wild ride and learn a shocking truth, while also reluctantly bonding in a way neither had seen coming. Hence their friendship pact.īut when April oddly refuses to help Tae track down her father, it’s Riggs who unexpectedly comes to her aid. She hasn’t seen the former Marine since their brief fling in high school, and while still intensely drawn to him, she likes her past burned and buried, thank you very much. Her first big fundraiser event falls flat, but what starts out as a terrible, horrible, no-good night turns into something else entirely when Tae finds herself face-to-face with Riggs Copeland. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with disabilities and wounded warriors. The Friendship Pact is a small-town romance about second chances and family secrets.Īlone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she’s never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. Tae Holmes was still badass, and for some reason that made him smile. When he met her gaze in the rearview mirror, her piercing whiskey-colored eyes were as cold as ice, and she had a tool in her hand that he recognized as one you’d see on an infomercial that promised to break a car window in case of emergencies.

The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis