Room Service

by Jill Shalvis

Book Overview

Room Service by Jill Shalvis released on Jan 31, 2006 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373792360
• ISBN13: 9780373792368
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Harlequin Blaze
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Room Service never sounded better!

Room Service by Jill Shalvis is a steamy read featuring Jacob and Em. Jacob is a sous chef at a restaurant in a hotel in New York that caters to indulgences, specifically erotic ones. Em is a Hollywood producer looking for the next big reality show or her job is in jeopardy. Her boss tells her to go to New York and seek out Jacob about staring in a new cooking show. Along with Em come her two assistants and friends, Eric and Liza. There is an interesting secondary story involving them, as well as, a not so interesting secondary storyline involving two of Eric's friends. Em meets Jacob in a chance encounter in the elevator of the hotel which results a hot steamy kiss between them. It doesn't take long for her to figure out that the man she kissed is Jacob. Sparks start flying. Jacob is a one night stand man, but Em is a commitment type girl. Plus, Em has to tell Jacob why she is really in New York, knowing that he won't be happy when she does. Can Em have both, Jacob and her job? Room Service is a 5 star read with a different feel in comparison to other Jill Shalvis stories. Her stories are steamy, but this one has a slight erotic undertone to it given the nature of the hotel. Jill Shalvis is just one of my favorite authors no matter what she writes and Room Service proves again why her books are on my automatic buys list.

Jill Shalvis at her best.

Room Service by Jill Shalvis is a delightful sexy, spicy read. Emmaline "Em" Harris's TV producing career is hanging by its last thread. She is giving one more chance to get a hit show on her hands. Em sets her sites on hot chef Jacob Hill. She has heard nothing but rave things about his ability in the kitchen. But Em wasn't prepared for Jacob's ability to heat things up outside of his work place. Furthermore Jacob's restaurant is located in the sex themed hotel Hush, no wonder she can't keep her mind on her mission to nab Jacob for her show. Jacob Hill has risen from his humble beginnings to become a world-class chef. He wants no part of a reality TV cooking show. His first meeting with Em is highly charged. They stumble into a sex filled relationship. But they connect on a deeper level that has both of them running for the hills. Room Service is a treat. Its characters are likeable and well written. You find yourself falling in love right along with them. Jill Shalvis can really pen the hot and sassy story.

This Room Service definitely delivers!

When TV producer Emmaline "Em" Harris is sent to the exclusively seductive Hush Hotel in Manhattan to recruit their famously successful chef, Jacob Hill, to host a new cooking show, it is her last chance to salvage the disaster that her career had turned into. Em and Jacob embark on a red-hot affair, with Jacob showing Em NYC spots that the average sightseer would never even realize exist in the city. Each is entranced by the other and they are combustible when together. Secondary characters are crucial to the story and their stories, while not given the same amount of attention as Em and Jacob, of course, are a very pleasing bonus. When Jacob refuses to do Em's show and her time at Hush comes to an end, she reluctantly returns to L.A., putting thousands of miles between them and their broken hearts. Jill Shalvis never fails to deliver exceptionally well-written characters and settings, clever, witty dialogue and rich emotion. ROOM SERVICE has all of those things; you will regret reaching the end of this book, despite the warm satisfaction it delivers.

ROOM SERVICE by Jill Shalvis

Courtesy of Romance Junkies by Connie Spears The heat in kitchen reaches boiling temperatures. Jacob and Em never cool off. Throw some water on their fires. Emmaline Harris is a TV producer from Hollywood sent on a mission. She was on her last leg but her boss, Nathan, decided he would give her another chance. They wanted to do a cooking show. Em was to hire a crew, fly to New York, and contact the chef from Amuse Bouche, Jacob Hill. She had one month to accomplish the assignment. As Em looked around at her surroundings, the colors, patterns, and artwork, she was amazed at the beauty of the Hush Hotel. She was hoping to convince the chef to leave Hush and host his own cooking show back in Hollywood. She got on the elevator punched the button to go to her room, the elevator made a stop on the second floor where a gorgeous man got on. He walked towards Em, took her in his arms, and deeply kissed her. Two women behind him gasped. Em could only think how his lips felt against hers. Delicious, soft, and his tongue was thoroughly inspecting her mouth. His hand held her head in place. The kiss left her weak in the knees. The man thanked her and departed the elevator. Em needed to get a grip on her thoughts, but she just realized the women had called him chef. ROOM SERVICE has all the ingredients of a good recipe: spicy flirting, delicious touching, and heavy on the aroma of sex. Jill Shalvis is an author who always produces the right amount of spark into the relationships of her characters, and even the secondary ones. This is an author and book to watch out for! I highly recommend ROOM SERVICE to all romance readers.

A hot, satisfying read

Em Harris has one mission, to hire chef Jacob Hill to front her new television show or get fired. Except Jacob doesn't want a job in television. He's quite happy where he is right now, as the head chef at Amuse Bouche for the sex-themed hotel Hush. But Em's got a bigger problem. Jacob tastes as delicious as he looks, and he's just as addicting. Jill Shalvis brings realistic, modern characters to life in this novel. Em comes to us with ambition and a belief in herself, as well as morals she won't compromise. This makes her a loveable character, and one with very real vulnerabilities. Jacob has brought himself to the status of the best chef in New York from very humble beginnings. He knows what it's like to perform like a circus act, and he sees television work as going back to those painful times. He refuses. Em brings with her friends who are just as mixed up about love as she is, and Jacob also has those in which he confides who also find their own happiness. Together, this makes for an enjoyable read. However, I've noticed a trend in Blaze novels where secondary characters also have to get their own happily ever afters, and in this novel, no less than three couples find true love. This leaves the reader feeling as if the two secondary couples were jilted for time, as I would have loved to have watched their stories play out just as vibrantly as Em's and Jacob's story did. There are a few questions with this book, such as why did Jacob fly all the way to Los Angeles in the end, and why it took them so long to find Jacob's replacement on the show, but frankly, when I finished reading this book it was with a smile on my face and a feeling that the author delivered the hot, emotional love story I expected. The questions didn't come until afterwards. So to me, this makes Room Service an excellent read and a great addition to the already wonderful "Do Not Disturb" series featuring the Hush hotel.