Posey Osterhagen can't complain. She owns a successful architectural salvaging company, she's surrounded by her loveable, if off-center, family and she has a boyfriend—sort of. Still, something's missing. Something tall, brooding and criminally good-looking...something like Liam Murphy.
When Posey was sixteen, the bad boy of Bellsford New Hampshire, broke her heart. But now he's back, sending Posey's traitorous schoolgirl heart into overdrive once again. She should be giving him a wide berth, but it seems fate has other ideas...
"One of the six best romances of 2011" — Barnes & Noble
"…Charm, laugh-out-loud humor and, most of all, Higgins's genius-level EQ about people and love." — USA TODAY
“(Higgins is) the master of small town romance.” — Romantic Times
“Higgins has a knack for sweet but not syrupy romances peppered with humor and populated with colorful characters.” — Booklist
“A beautifully crafted story filled with intriguing characters whose personalities just jumped off the page...Reminds me why I am such a fan.”
— Fresh Fiction
“Kristan Higgins's stories are the stuff of legend, and this one is no different: a one in a million love story.” — The Reading Frenzy
“A passionate telling of a romance that takes twenty years to evolve. I'll be honest; I don't typically cry over a book, but I was wiping away tears while reading this one. It is definitely a feel-good romance worth reading.” — The Romance Reviews
“This delightful novel has it all...Loved this book and absolutely love this talented author.” — Romance Readers Connection. ««««1/2
Just when she thought she had life and love all figured out, divorce attorney Harper James can’t catch a break. Bad enough that she runs into her ex-hubby, Nick, at her sister’s destination wedding, but now, by a cruel twist of fate, she’s being forced to make a cross-country road trip with him. And her boyfriend back home is not likely to be sympathetic. read more...
Praise for My One and Only
Best book of 2011, hands down…This book is so complex in its storytelling, so realistic in its depiction of the realities of marriage, and so uplifting in its message…that it still resonates with me months after I turned the last page. — Barnes & Noble, Romance Reads
“Ms. Higgins has put out some of the most memorable novels I’ve ever read, but she’s even outdone herself with this. It’s the best romance I’ve read in years, maybe ever...Be prepared to be awed, to be stunned, to be delighted and to read the best romance of the year, maybe the decade...I only found one thing disappointing in this novel— that it ended.” — The Reading Frenzy
“...Higgins will charm readers once again with love and laughs.” — Booklist
“Humor and heartfelt emotion make this story a pleasure to read.” — Romantic Times “A host of wonderfully bizarre but eerily familiar family characters ties this story into a perfect package about love, marriage, divorce, and happily-ever-after. Some situations are absurdly funny, while others are emotionally charged. The setting details place you there, and the story is one you will not be able to leave. All of this earns MY ONE AND ONLY a Perfect 10.” — Romance Reviews Today
“Love lost and love found at its best…this story doesn’t disappoint.” —Fresh Fiction
“One of the best books I have read, My One and Only had me literally in tears as I flipped the pages, engrossed in this realistic yet funny love story.” —Coffee Time Romance«««««
“[Higgins's] writing is everything you want in a story: the chemistry between the characters is electric, the support characters leave you wanting to know more of their story, the ups and downs in the characters’ lives take you with them...just perfect!” —Romancing the Book«««««
“I read this book far into the night turning page after page of hot romance, hilarious scenes, and delightful character descriptions of two people who never totally stopped loving each other...Loved this book!” —The Romance Readers Connection«««« ½
“The author’s sense of humor is priceless. You’ll laugh all the way through the book, which is as witty as it is satisfying. Complete with a wonderful cast of primary and secondary characters, this book is full of surprises...If you want a great romance about love the second time around, you won’t want to miss My One and Only.” —Petits Fours and Hot Tamales«««««
And no sign of any forthcoming babies to rock in ol’ Georgebury, Vermont. For Callie Grey, turning thirty means coming to grips with the fact that her boss (and five-week fling) is way overdue in his marriage proposal. And way off track, because Mark has suddenly announced his engagement to the company’s new Miss Perfect. If that isn’t bad enough, her mom decides to throw her a 3-0 birthday bash in the family funeral home.
Bad goes to worse when she stirs up a relationship with the town’s most eligible — yet not so warm and fuzzy — veterinarian, Ian McFarland, in order to flag Mark’s attention. So Ian’s more comfortable with animals… So he’s formal, orderly and just a bit tense. The ever-friendly, fun-loving and spontaneous Callie decides it’s time for Ian to get a personality makeover. But, dang — if he doesn’t shock the heck out of her, she might actually fall for Vermont’s unlikeliest eligible bachelor… read more...
Praise for All I Ever Wanted
Finalist, Australian Readers Romance Award, Best Contemporary Romance
½ “Higgins has a special talent for creating characters readers love... Fun, charming and heartfelt.” — Romantic Times
“Higgins deftly doles out a generous batch of laughs and a few well earned tears in her latest charmingly quirky and sweetly endearing contemporary romance.” — Chicago Tribune
½ “ALL I EVER WANTED is just what I wanted and needed in a contemporary romance. This book has it all...Kristan Higgins is simply a master at conveying a multitude of emotions through the mundane moments of life.” — Romance Junkies
½ “...a complete charmer...I have read every book by this talented author, and this is her best so far. Not to be missed.” — Romance Readers Connection
“Kristan Higgins has a delightful writing style that is entertaining and engaging. Snappy dialogue, caustic wit, and smart-alecky comebacks keep All I Ever Wanted moving at a brisk (and hysterical) pace. Ms. Higgins’s clever use of Callie’s slightly dysfunctional family is a stoke of brilliance that provides valuable insight into her character and keeps the reader laughing.” — Long & Short Romance Reviews
A- “Kristan Higgins has a gift for creating realistic, relatable heroines....I wholeheartedly recommend this book. Get it. Read it. Love it.” — All About Romance
½ “All I Ever Wanted is flat out wonderful!…As usual, Higgins outdoes herself once again with a spectacular cast of secondary characters…All I Ever Wanted is exemplary storytelling and truly powerful romance.” — A Romance Review
½ Top Pick “...laugh out loud funny.” — Night Owl Reviews
“...a delightfully romantic tale filled with humor.” —Fresh Fiction
“...when so many authors seem to be writing with their word processors stuck on autopilot...Higgins is a unique voice among the crowd. (She) will grab you from the first page of her novels and not let you go until the very end...She delivers must-read romantic fiction with every publication.” — Examiner.com
“From peals of laughter to tears of loss, there is never a dull moment.” —Coffee Time Romance
She's looking for a nice, decent man. Someone who'll mow the lawn, flip chicken on the barbeque, teach their future children to play soccer. But most important... someone who won't inspire the slightest stirring in her heart...or anywhere else. A young widow, Lucy can't risk that kind of loss again. But sharing her life with a cat named Fat Mikey and the Black Widows at the family bakery isn't enough either. So it's goodbye to Ethan, her hot but entirely inappropriate "friend with privileges" and hello to a man she can marry.
Too bad Ethan Mirabelli isn't going anywhere. As far as he's concerned, what she needs might be right under her nose. But can he convince her that the next best thing can really be forever? read more...
Praise for The Next Best Thing
Finalist, Australian Readers Romance Award, Best Contemporary Romance
“Kristan Higgins provides her audience with a warm contemporary romance filled with pathos and humor as a strong cast make for a wonderful tale.” — Harriett Klausner
“The Next Best Thing was so much more than I could have hoped for…Higgins has once again outdone herself. Filled with heart, heartbreak, family, loss and love, Higgins shows women of all ages yet again that life, love and happiness have to be gained from within before we can truly appreciate them.” — Novel Reads
½ “Ms. Higgins makes the reader believe in love and second chances.” — Romance Readers Connection
“I felt all of the emotions and was drawn into the story as if I was there.” — Publishers Weekly Beyond the Book
The Next Best Thing is certainly not one to miss…It made me remember why I love contemporary romance and why there should be more of them. — All About Romance
“Fast and humorous…definitely heart-rending in all the best ways. So, so good!” — Michelle Buonfiglio, Romance B(u)y the Book.
“…books with a lot of heart and a lot of humor.” — Melanie Murray, Barnes & Noble Romantic Reads
When Grace Emerson's ex-fiancé starts dating her younger sister, extreme measures are called for. To keep everyone from obsessing about her love life, Grace announces that she's seeing someone. Someone wonderful. Someone handsome. Someone completely made up. Who is this Mr. Right? Someone...exactly unlike her renegade neighbor, Callahan O'Shea. Well, someone with his looks, maybe. His hot body. His knife-sharp sense of humor. His smarts and big heart.
Whoa. No. Callahan O'Shea is not her perfect man! Not with his unsavory past. So why does Mr. Wrong feel so...right? read more...
Praise for Too Good To Be True
From Romantic Times Higgins has a unique and fresh writing style that captures your heart and imagination from the first page. Her characters' antics bring to mind the neurotic family members we all have and adore. Higgins is truly an engaging storyteller.
From Booklist Three weeks before her wedding, Grace’s fiancé calls it off to date her younger, prettier sister. Grace is a history teacher, and the only males she meets are her teenage students, elderly men at the dance class her friend teaches at the nursing home, and guys at her Civil War reenactment-society battles, where it’s hard to flirt when they have to play dead. Sick of being pitied, she tells everyone that she’s happily involved with a pediatric surgeon. Cheeky, cute, and satisfying, Higgins’ romance is perfect entertainment for a girl’s night in.
From Romance Junkies TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE is another heartfelt and hilarious romance from Kristan Higgins. What did I like about this book? Well, just about everything! The premise is set up with flair but there is definitely depth to this funny situation. Kristan Higgins proves that she is emerging as one of the most creative and honest voices in contemporary romance. TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE is simply delightful storytelling!
From Tracy Vest, Amazon Top 500 Reviewer
No other author is as consistently good as Higgins. She has filled the romantic comedy niche left by Jennifer Crusie.
From Manic Readers Rita award winner Kristan Higgins has done it again. Too Good To Be True is well written and will keep you laughing from start to finish.
Being one of the guys isn’t all it’s cracked up to be…
So when journalist Chastity O’Neill returns to her hometown, she decides it’s time to start working on some of those feminine wiles. Two tiny problems: #1 — she’s five-foot-eleven of rock-solid girl power, and #2 — she’s cursed with four alpha male older brothers.
While doing a story on local heroes, she meets a hunky doctor, and things start to look up. Now there’s only one problem: Trevor Meade, her first love and the one man she’s never quite gotten over — although he seems to have gotten over her just fine.
Yet the more time she spends with Dr. Perfect, the better Trevor looks. But even with the in-your-face competition, the irresistible Trevor just can’t seem to see Chastity as anything more than just one of the guys… read more...
Praise for Just One Of The Guys
Best Book of 2008, Reviewers' Choice Abi Bishop & Rachel Potter, All About Romance
Best Women's Fiction/Chick Lit, Readers' Poll All About Romance
Romantic Times
Just One of the Guys is a true masterpiece. — Dee's Book Dish
Just One of The Guys is hilarious. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much while reading a romance...I connected with Chas. I liked her...I wished she were my friend. Yes, I lost touch with reality... In Just One Of The Guys a damned good story got told. —All About Romance
Higgins provides an amiable romp that ends with a satisfying lump in the throat.— Publishers Weekly
Kristan Higgins has a writing voice that is very genuine, robust, and amusing. She keeps the heart in romance without losing focus of her characters or the stories they have to tell. Just One of the Guys abounds with charm and the true joys and pratfalls of falling in love. — RomanceJunkies
Sparks will fly, but this catch of the day could be the dish of a lifetime!
First Date a la Maggie
Take one lovelorn diner owner (me) A generous helping of nosy local gossips A dollop of envy at married sister's perfect life A splash of divine intervention (my matchmaking priest)
Combine ingredients and add one strong-but-silent lobsterman with a hidden heart of gold. read more...
Praise for Catch of the Day
Winner, 2008 RITA Award, Romance Writers of America
1/2and Top Pick Romantic Times Higgins has crafted a touching story brimming with smart dialogue, sympathetic characters, an engaging narrative and the amusing, often self-deprecating observations of the heroine. It's a novel with depth and a great deal of heart. — Marilyn Weigel
BOOKLIST Maggie’s misadventures have entertained the gossips of Gideon’s Cove for years, but at 32 she’s getting frustrated with her lack of marital prospects. Accordingly, she embarks on a determined campaign, aided by the new priest in town, who is embarrassed by the crush she has developed on him, and by the members of her family, including her identical twin sister, who are only too eager to see her happily married. Fans of Janet Chapman’s and Marcia Evanick’s Maine-set contemporary romances featuring working-class people with complex lives and family issues will find many of the same elements in Higgins’ second romantic comedy, starring a protagonist narrator who is a charmingly muddled, good-hearted, but impulsive and outspoken woman wanting desperately to settle down with Mr. Right. But since he is nowhere to be seen, she lavishes her attention on good works, her restaurant, her family, and her faithful golden retriever, while ignoring the one man who may just be her perfect match. — Lynne Welch
NOVELIST Kristan Higgins writes about the Far North coast of Maine and the rugged but caring people who inhabit it in such a way that I feel I'm there. Catch of the Day is the emotional, wryly self-deprecating first-person narrative of a woman who sees others — including her perfect twin sister — finding love and building families of their own, and wants the same for herself. Unfortunately, Maggie's life never seems to go smoothly — especially where men are involved. In fact, she's pretty much clueless, but she's also very likeable and good-hearted, always volunteering around town to fill her empty hours when she's not hard at work in the diner she took over from her grandfather. She's also engagingly upfront about her motives, and some of the blind dates she recounts are just hilarious. Of course, her perfect match is right in front of her nose all the while, and half the fun for the reader is spotting him before Maggie does and cheering him on as he bumbles his own way through their courtship. — Lynne Welch, NoveList, 12/2007
Catch of the Day had me grinning from ear to ear, crying, and enjoying Maggie's adventures in dating and life. Don't miss out, pick up this book today!
— ARomanceReview.com
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2007 Dee & Dee Dish.com
Higgins’s books are the perfect mix of women's fiction and romance. With flawed and incredibly funny heroines and a cast of characters that are so real you practically know them. Higgins will have you laughing, crying, laughing again, and smiling so hard your face hurts for the rest of the day.
When your heart needs a smile, when you want to believe in falling in love again, or when you just want to read a great book, grab one by Higgins. You can't go wrong. — Dee & Dee Dish on Books
FOOLS RUSH IN Millie Barnes is this close to finally achieving her perfect life… Rewarding job as a local doctor on Cape Cod? Check. Cute cottage of her very own? Check. Adorable puppy suitable for walks past attractive locals? Check! All she needs is for golden boy and former crush Joe Carpenter to notice her, and Millie will be set.
But perfection isn’t as easy as it looks—especially when Sam Nickerson, a local police officer, is so distracting. Sure, he needs a friend after being dumped by Millie’s fortune-hunting sister, but does she really need to enjoy his company that much? He is definitely not part of her master plan. But maybe it’s time for Millie to start a new list… read more...
Praise for Fools Rush In
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2006 Dee & Dee Dish.com
If you have not yet read this book, you are missing out! There are very few authors that can pen a debut novel that grabs your heart and won't let go, Higgins is - without a doubt - such an author. Millie's story is one of the best told in contemporary fiction. You will laugh with Millie and you will cry with Millie and you will most definitely cheer for Millie. Every insecurity a woman can have is wrapped up in this amazing woman and her life - a GREAT life - but like most of us, Millie has much to learn about herself before she can see it. Higgins helped me to see my inner Canada Goose, and I will forever be thankful. There are times when a feel good read is what we all need, and this, my dear lovelies, is most definitely a feel good read. Higgins reached deep into every woman's soul and showed some heavy truths in a fantastically funny and touching tale. This book is on my keeper shelf and will remain there for eternity. It will be re-read and loved for years to come. — Dee & Dee Dish on Books
Where has Kristan Higgins been all my life? FOOLS RUSH IN is a spectacular debut, both funny and poignant, filled with the author’s wry wit and a voice that’s delightfully distinctive and fresh. I laughed and cried right along with heroine Millie Barnes in her search for love, and sighed with contentment when she finally found it in the last place she’d thought to look. Higgins brings the color and character (and characters) of Cape Cod to vivid life, making me feel as if I’ve just enjoyed a week at the shore. FOOLS RUSH IN is a wonderful read.— Elizabeth Bevarly, New York Times best-selling author
This is a fantastic story of forbidden love that will pull at your heart strings wondering if Millie will ever find happiness. Higgins is a talented writer that will make you want to search high and low for anything that she has written. — Chicklit Romance Writers
Outstanding! Great Read This author takes a lighthearted look at what one woman thinks she wants in a man. However, what reality shows has Millie reevaluating her beliefs. Sometimes what we really want is right there under our noses, yet we are too blind to see. If we reach out and take that blind le of faith, we just might grab on to something wonderful. This is a story well worth reading. — Coffee Time Romance
