Thursday, February 5, 2026

Book Review for Free Falling by Jill Shalvis

 Colburn Brothers #2

Free Falling by Jill Shalvis

Published:   February 3, 2026 by Sourcebooks Casablanca

Genre:   Contemporary Romance, Enemies to Lovers

Taken from Goodreads:  College rivals become workplace frenemies-turned-lovers in this warm, sexy contemporary romance from New York Times bestseller Jill Shalvis. First, they were rivals… Now they're stuck with each other…

Retired hockey player Caleb Colburn needs this construction project to prove himself in the family business, but he also needs to recover from the injury that ended his pro career. Too bad Emma Sumner, architect liaison and Caleb's college nemesis, is back in town and assigned to the project. They're going to have to see each other almost every day. Which means once again she'll make his life a living hell.

As for Emma, her job is on the line with this big project, made all the more challenging by the project manager. Caleb was the one who had snagged the scholarship she'd desperately needed to stay in college. She's been living hand to mouth ever since and has no intention of ever forgiving the man.

But the beautiful historic building they're renovating is exactly the kind of project that they both love best. Their surprising common ground and a burning mutual attraction start bringing them closer and closer to a potentially explosive mistake. And that's even before the secrets come out…

My Thoughts:  Hockey romance is my jam. While Caleb is a retired hockey player, this is still a hockey romance.   Jill Shalvis wrote an amazing book with fun characters and a flirty story.  I love that there is history between the two main characters and that history plays such a large part of their present and their future.

Emma is a strong female character, which I really like.   She worked hard to get where she is now and was not willing to let it go.   She knew this was her chance to get ahead in life and nothing was going to get in her way.  I liked that she took the hits and figured out how to make them strong, more sure of herself, and more successful. 

Free Falling is book two of the Colburn Brothers series.   They are both stand alone books, with the same small town setting, and characters that are found in both books.    Nothing was missed if you have not read book one.  I did read book one and it was fun catching up with that couple.

Thank you Hambright PR for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.


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Meet the author(taken from her website):  Jill Shalvis is a New York TimesUSA Today, and Amazon Top 100 bestselling author of more than 20 million books sold worldwide. Known for writing sexy, funny, and full-of-heart romances, her stories are filled with small-town charm, adventures, shenanigans, and swoony moments that keep readers coming back for more. When she isn’t writing, Jill can usually be found with iced tea in hnd, chocolate within reach, and new happily-ever-afters on her mind. She lives in a quirky little mountain town near Lake Tahoe, surrounded by colorful characters (though any resemblance to the ones in her books are totally “coincidental)

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