This post is part of the Blog Tour for Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis. This is book 9 in her Lucky Harbor - small-town contemporary romances. All the books can be read as standalones though go in groups of three focusing on one family or a group of friends. I haven't read all the previous books in the series but the ones I've read I enjoyed a lot. This one was a nice addition to the Lucky Harbor family and friends. 

Title: Once in a Lifetime (Lucky Harbor #9)

Author: Jill Shalvis 

Date of publication: February 18, 2014 

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Mass Market

Genre: Contemporary romance

Synopsis

SOMETIMES WRONG IS OH-SO-RIGHT

After a wrenching loss, Ben McDaniel tried to escape his grief by working in dangerous, war-torn places like Africa and the Middle East. Now he's back in his hometown and face-to-face with Aubrey Wellington, the hot-as-hell woman who is trouble with a capital T. Family and friends insist she's not the one to ease his pain, but Aubrey sparks an intense desire that gives Ben hope for the future.

Determined to right the wrongs of her past, Aubrey is working hard to make amends. But by far, the toughest challenge to her plan is sexy, brooding Ben - even though he has absolutely no idea what she's done . . .

Can this unlikely couple defy the odds and win over the little town of Lucky Harbor?

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Excerpt (short but hot!)

“You’re incredible, Ben, you know that? You’re an insensitive, first-class jerk, and–” 

He leaned in. “And what?” he asked, voice dangerously low. 

“And…” Stymied at her ridiculous and constant reaction to him, Aubrey put her hands to his chest to give him another shove, but somehow got her wires crossed and she fisted his shirt instead. 

“Dare me,” he said softly. 

Oh, how she hated how well he knew her. “I dare you to kiss me,” she whispered, and then to make sure he did, she put her mouth on his first…