Out Of This World (Paperback)

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When Rachel Wood, Los Angeles mural artist and self-proclaimed queen of impulsive actions, discovers a distant and extremely eccentric relative has bequeathed her a bed-and-breakfast in the wilds of Alaska, she immediately heads north to check it out, commandeering her best friend's geeky brother, Kel, for support. The B and B is deserted and unwelcoming, and weirdness appears to be the order of the day. The tour guide can't find his way, the cook produces inedible messes, and voices and thuds are heard in the supposedly empty inn. When Rachel is struck by lightning and discovers she can see through anything, and Kel acquires supernatural strength, they begin to consider more sinister explanations. The sudden, overwhelming mutual attraction that flares uncontrollably between them and has them engaging in love play at every possible opportunity (and sometimes at the worst possible moment) is just one more puzzling phenomenon for them to explore. Shalvis breaks new ground with this sexy paranormal romance with chick-lit undertones told from both his and her perspectives. Lynne Welch
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Three weeks ago Rachel Bond inherited a bed-and-breakfast. Too bad that it's in a remote part of Alaska, staffed by a house chef who can't cook and a guide who can't read a map. There's something distinctly strange going on...and that's not counting the fact that Rachel just got hit by lightning, and her good friend Kellan is suddenly possessed with animalistic sexiness she's never seen before. Turns out, Rachel's inheritance is not your regular bed-and-breakfast - it's the portal to an alternative universe where the people possess unique powers that they can transfer to humans. And things are only starting to get weired...

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Brava (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758214448
• ISBN-13: 978-0758214447
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,621 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More great fun from Jill Shalvis!, August 29, 2006

By	Laurie (OH - USA) - See all my reviews

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.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A keeper-- its hot and funny, September 17, 2006

By	Judy "book reader" (Cincinnati, ohio United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Out of this World was not out of this world at all!, March 2, 2009

By	Susie (Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

I usually enjoy Jill Shalvis books because they are funny and romantic reads that I can't put down. Out of this World was an exception. It was not worth the time or money. It had the potential to be really good based on the premise, but it failed to deliver the goods. It starts with the hero and heroine going to a remotely isolated place in Alaska because the heroine has inherited a bed and breakfast. This sounds great and very promising, but soon takes a dive. It is not titled Out of this World either because Alaska is so remote and so different from the heroine's city life, but for another entirely different reason. It has a paranormal equation which really surprised me and to which I could have done without. This book seems like a departure from other Jill Shalvis books that I've read and that I've really enjoyed. This one is mediocre at best. I was also very disappointed in how many times characters (the hero in particular) in the book said the word Jesus. It could have rivaled the Bible the number of times it was used, and personally, I found it to be distracting and offensive. Not a good read.