FOOL ME ONCE (Foolproof Love #2) by Katee Robert-Review and Book Tour

FOOL ME ONCE
Foolproof Love #2
by Katee Robert
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 1, 2016

They say opposites attract, but this is just ridiculous.

Aubry Kaiser doesn’t like people—actually, that’s not right. She loathes people. With her crippling anxiety, there’s no way she can demo her favorite video game at a convention with five thousand other people. Maybe if she brings someone to act as a shield…

But the only person available is the sexy cowboy she can’t stand.

Quinn Baldwyn is in a mess of his own. He’s been dodging his wealthy family’s matchmaking attempts—and life advice—for years, but with his sister’s wedding on the horizon, he needs of a shield of his own.

He and Aubry can barely hold down a civil conversation, but in bed…fireworks. And the closer they get to Quinn’s sister’s wedding, the more he realizes that he might actually like Aubry.

Now it’s up to him to convince her she might actually like him, too

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REVIEW: FOOL ME ONCE is the second installment in Katee Robert’s contemporary, adult FOOLPROOF LOVE erotic, romance series. This is rancher Quinn Baldwyn, and gamer Aubry Kaiser’s story line. FOOL ME ONCE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but for backstory I recommend reading book one-FOOLPROOF LOVE-where we are introduced to our leading couple and learn first hand about some of Quinn’s past and Aubry’s quirks.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Aubry and Quinn) FOOL ME ONCE follows the tumultuous relationship between online gamer Aubry Kaiser-a tattooed, feisty, abrasive and emotionally distant woman-and rancher Quinn Baldwyn- a billionaire’s son whose relationship with his family has been non existent for close to twelve years. With the approach of Quinn’s sister’s wedding our hero is in desperate need of a date-one that will deflect his parent’s cruel comments and nasty personality, and Aubry Kaiser is perfect for the role. In exchange, Aubry needs her own bull dozer- someone who is able to push through the crowds and protect our heroine from the onslaught of outside stimuli when she is selected for a once in a lifetime video gaming demonstration. What ensues is the building relationship from enemies to friends to lovers that implodes when Aubry’s defenses against her crippling anxiety disorder are unable to handle the continuous emotional assaults.

The relationship between Aubry and Quinn is tempestuous at best. The back and forth is like a verbal foreplay between enemies who hold affection towards one another. Some readers will have a difficult time accepting Aubry’s attitude and personality: her comments and jabs are mean but never cruel and spiteful. Our heroine is a woman with a disabling emotional disorder where she has difficulty with the outside world. The $ex scenes are intimate and intense. The sexual energy is palpable.

All of the previous story line characters play secondary and supporting roles including Jules, Adam, and Dan. There is some backstory and history with regards to Adam, Dan, Quinn and their friend John lost to a horrific accident. We are quickly introduced to a woman named Hope who has a history with the friends, and a possible prior relationship with Dan.

FOOL ME ONCE is a story where ‘opposites attract’. The premise is entertaining and enjoyable; the characters are colorful and quirky; the romance struggles in the early stages but the attraction is present requiring a little push in the right direction.

Copy supplied by Netgalley

Reviewed by Sandy

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Katee Robert, learned to tell stories at her grandpa’s knee. Her favorites then were the rather epic adventures of The Three Bears, but at age twelve she discovered romance novels and never looked back.

Though she dabbled in writing, life got in the way—as it often does—and she spent a few years traveling, living in both Philadelphia and Germany. In between traveling and raising her two wee ones, she had the crazy idea that she’d like to write a book and try to get published.

Her first novel was an epic fantasy that, God willing, will never see the light of day. From there, she dabbled in YA and horror, before finally finding speculative romance. Because, really, who wouldn’t want to write entire books about the smoking-hot relationships between two people?

She now spends her time—when not lost in Far Reach worlds—playing imaginary games with her wee ones, writing, ogling men, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.

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