Casee‘s review of How to Score by Robin Wells.
HER LIFE COACH
Museum curator Sammi Matthews isn’t just in a dating slump, she’s putting men on the injured list. After giving one date a black eye and cracking another’s rib, Sammi decides she needs professional help. Enter life coach Luke Jones, who advises Sammi on how to overcome her klutziness. And their phone sessions work! Sammi soon meets a sexy FBI agent who seems to know just what she needs.
IS CHANGING HER LIFE
When his brother Luke goes into federal protection, FBI Special Agent Chase Jones agrees to cover for him. Then Sammi’s hot voice sizzles down the line, and the usual “phone only” rule is out. With “Luke” coaching her by day, and Chase dating her by night, Sammi’s confidence soars, along with her appeal. Chase falls hard, but how will Sammi feel if and when he comes clean? Chase would rather she break all his bones than risk breaking her heart.
IN WAYS SHE’S NEVER IMAGINED!
FBI Agent Chase Jones agrees to take over his brother Luke’s clients while he is in witness protection. He would rather do anything that pretend to be a life coach, but since he’s the reason Luke is in the mess he’s in, Chase can’t refuse. Talking to Luke’s first few clients, he wonders how Luke stands it. All he hears is people whining about their lives and what they can’t do. As a go-getter, these people Luke talks to boggles his mind. Following Luke’s notes, he’s sure he’ll be fine. Then Sammi Matthews calls and changes everything.
Sammi is a big believer in fate. With the help of a life coach, she hopes to get back some of the self-confidence she lost when she walked in on her boyfriend in bed w/ another woman. She knows her ex is a scum sucking toad, but she can’t help but hear his voice tell her how inadequate she is. Taking a new job in a new city, renting a house that she loves, Sammi is determined to turn it around. With Luke’s help, she’s sure she can do that.
After Chase first talks to Sammi, he can’t resist seeing what she looks like. Having no intention of approaching her, he’s horrified when her dog basically attacks him. He’s no more horrified than Sammi, who can’t believe her luck. Ever since she left the toad, she’s been injuring men left and right. Now her dog is pulling down a stranger’s running shorts and eating his leather wallet.
As I was reading this part, I was cracking up. Just imagining this actually happening is beyond funny. Especially when the cop finds them.
Now that Chase has met Sammi, he finds it hard to stay away. He decides that he will help her get over her self-confidence issues. As Luke, he instructs her to go out with Chase (himself – very confusing) three times. If she makes it through three dates without injuring him, her confidence will be restored and Chase will be able to get out of her life.
Obviously you can see this train wreck coming from page one. Chase falls for Sammi even though she’s everything that he didn’t think he wanted. That’s one thing that I didn’t like about the book. Chase was obviously obsessive compulsive. Stemming from childhood when he had nothing but chaos, it makes sense. He just took it too far. Like his criteria for the woman he’s going to marry. He calls it operation SCABHOG. Smart, competent, active, beautiful, honest, organized, and goal-oriented. Now Sammi is almost everything he wants, except she brings chaos wherever she goes.
Some of the funniest parts of the book were when Sammi was talking to “Luke” on the phone about Chase. She would tell him about how it drives her crazy how Chase is with his lists and his organization. She thinks that nothing in life can be that controlled.
Eventually the secret comes out and Chase has major damage control to do. I really liked Sammi. She was a great heroine. I can’t even think about one thing that I didn’t like about her. And it’s not that she was perfect, b/c she was far from that. In the end, she and Chase were perfect for each other.
4 out of 5.
This book is available from Forever. You can buy it here or here in e-format.
