Out of This World

By Jill Shalvis

Book Overview

"Jill Shalvis is a total original It doesn't get any better." --Suzanne Forster "Shalvis breaks new ground with this sexy paranormal romance...told from both his and her perspectives." --Booklist I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN BED Three weeks ago I, Rachel Bond, inherited a bed-and-breakfast. In Alaska . Just this morning I was in my warm bed in LA but now here I am, up north--and this is, like, nosebleed north--sorting it all out. So: PROS: 1. Bears and wolves and moose can't be any worse than LA guys. 2. You've heard of "starving artists?" I'm about to faint. So it's probably time for a change. 3. My good friend Kellan--you'll like him, unlike me, he's cool under pressure--suddenly has this animal sexiness I've never even seen before. CONS: 1. ALASKA. 2. The house chef can't cook, and the guide can't read a map. 3. Kellan's sudden hotness is getting very hard to ignore. 4. I just got hit by lightning. And I'm not sure if this is a pro or a con just yet, but since that lightning bolt, I can see through everything. As in completely transparent. That was before things started to get really weird . . .

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0758214936
• ISBN13: 9780758214935
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.4" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Good, but different

First off, let me say that if you are wanting to read a romance novel then this book is not for you! It does have a lot of explicit sex in it, but the science fiction in it is crazy! I loved the book though because I like to think out of the box. It was really funny at times also, I found myself laughing out loud. Also, one thing I really liked about it was how quickly Rach and Kel hooked up, thats what got me more interested in the book. I tend to dislike romance novels that prolong two people getting together, its very frustrating. If you're wanting something different to read then for sure pick this book up! It is also a very easy read.

My first chick-lit

I was a bit shocked that the library carried a book with explicit sex scenes. And to think that before I knew about that I almost let my teenager read it! I would have probably enjoyed the book much more without all the XXX, but I don't want to be a hypocrite: the sex made the book real and sensual. Oh, I just loved Kellan's character. he is my dream guy: the best friend who always loved you faithfully but you never noticed (Ahem, blind??) and now... he's totally hot! Some people complained about the sci-fi parts of it not being... believable or something. WHO CARES? The story is great and it happens in Alaska! There. Read it if you like light chick-lit with lot's of sex.

Jill Shalvis RULES!

Ms. Shalvis was a new to me author; she'll be an auto-buy, now. OUT OF THIS WORLD is a delightful, campy, touch-of-paranormal contemp romance. I don't know how else to describe it. It's one heck of a good-time, sexy read. Shalvis has her finger on the pulse of setting, characterization, and dialogue. I loved the lighter storyline - sort of an X-(Wo)Men meet the Pirates of the Caribbean, with a delicious happy ending. ; ) I can't wait to read more of her books!

A keeper-- its hot and funny

Out Of This World by Jill Shalvis is a wonderfully funny and wickedly sexy tale. Artist Rachel Wood has inherited a B & B from a distant relative. Problem is the place is in Alaska of all places. Rachel enlists the help of her best friends brother Kellan McInty to go with her to check the inn out. Hideaway B & B is deep in no mans land and for a city girl like Rachel it's a shocker. Rachel and Kellan decide to explore around the place and something very strange happens. Rach can now see through things and Kel has gone all supermanish. Getting to the bottom of these bizarre goings on test their patience. Plus all of sudden these two friends can't keep their hands off each other. Out Of This World delivers a funny, quirky and hotter then hot romance. Both Rach and Kel give their take on things and that really made it an enjoyable read. Added to this mix are the employees, guests of the inn and some out of this world pirates that really up the laughs. This book was such a treat to read, made me laugh out loud so many times. The romance is top notch and it's a joy to watch friends become so much more.

More great fun from Jill Shalvis!

Rachel Wood has inherited a B & B from her Great Great Aunt Gertrude in, of all places, the Alaskan wilderness. Working as a muralist in LA and living paycheck to paycheck, Rachel decides she'll go to Alaska and check out the B & B, see what is has to offer maybe even sell it. Rachel thanks her lucky stars that her best friend's brother, Kellen McInty, was able to go with her. After a harrowing, white-knuckled arrival in a float plane, and being left in the middle of nowhere by a pilot who apparently believes that a successful flight means landing with both wings intact, Rachel and Kellen hike their way to the B & B. The strange characters and even more strange happenings eventually push Rachel and Kellen together, and once Rachel begins to see things as she never has before, she begins to wonder why she has never seen Kel for the man he truly is.***** Kellen has loved Rachel for what seems like forever, and being thrown together with her in such close quarters in the plane and later in her aunt's cottage, is almost more than he can resist. He is determined to keep her at arms' length, no easy feat given how she in all of her glorious girliness, is afraid of her own shadow and is constantly plastering her gorgeous self to him. Kel doesn't know what to think about the weird goings-on at the B & B, the two on-site caretakers and two visitors who put the s-t-r-a-n-g-e- in strange, but he's determined to get to the bottom of their bizarre behavior.***** Rachel and Kellen are so wonderful for each other that readers will be crossing their fingers for them to get together. The secondary characters and their motives are questionable to say the least, but you can't help but care for them and want them to all be happy. Excepting the bad guys that is - but with that being said, who would ever have expected pirates to show up in the middle of Alaska?***** Jill Shalvis has outdone herself with the humor in this book - and as for first person writing? I'm a full-fledged convert and will never reject another book written in this style.