Jill Shalvis, Back in the Bedroom

Back in the Bedroom

Jill Shalvis

Harlequin Temptation, Feb 2004, $4.25, 219 pp.

ISBN: 0373691629

In La Canada, California, she was doing a favor for her boss when she agreed to house sit his posh abode. However, no one warned Tessa Delacantro how dangerous house sitting can become. Armed robbers invade the home leaving a frightened Tessa stuck in a frozen room with her only potential warmth being the other prisoner, her employer's son CPA Reilly Ledger. Sharing a small bed and a need for warmth leads to the most passionate evening either ever had.

Former CIA agent Reilly manages to get Tessa out of the potential hostage mess. Afterward, both agree the cold and the moment brought the heat to equatorial levels, but that was last night in the wrong bed and this is freedom and the morning after. Still, neither can forget the best night of their respective lives in spite of the danger, but Reilly believes that a good woman like Tessa deserves a more grounded and safer person than someone like him guarding her heart and still trying to mentally come in from the cold.

BACK IN THE BEDROOM is a heated humorous romance with some early suspense that readers will fully enjoy and be tempted to search for Jill Shalvis' back list (worth the effort). The story line is fast-paced as the enchanting duo sing "I'm Not In Love", but cannot get enough of the other. Torrid funny fun for contemporary fans.

Harriet Klausner