5 Smooches
Synopsis
Ex-model Paige McCarty is fed up with being just a pretty face. After her ex-husband’s gambling problem left her royally screwed and tragically shoeless, she started Fool Me Once Investigations with her best friends, Lorlei and Kennedy, to prevent other women from being similarly played and dismayed.
The job: act as bait for a cheating husband. The target: Matt Russo. The case should be as easy as getting a man’s attention—and Paige has never had trouble with that. The problem is Matt—in all his nerdy-hot glory—turns out to be not such a scumbag after all.
And when the case hits closer to home than Paige could ever have imagined—landing her in a face-off with the mob—she wonders if taking the job just to prove that she has a brain maybe wasn’t her best idea.
This second outing for the Fool Me Once team follows in the same fun, feisty footsteps as bestselling author Tara Sivec’s Shame on You.
Review
“Goddammit all to hell! I believe him. I believe him and now I want to help him. This is not good.”
Shame On Me by Tara Sivec is a fast and fun read about a divorced ex-model, Paige, turned private investigator and the man she is investigating, Matt. As always Tara delivered a story that both had me rolling with laughter and latching on to the characters. I fell for Paige and Matt and loved their story.
“Will you stop calling it ‘stalking’? That is such a harsh term. I prefer ‘anonymous following.'”
I cannot tell you how much I loved Paige. She was smart, funny and even though she was a world famous model turned private investigator she felt real because she still worried about being taken seriously. After being hired to catch Matt cheating, Paige finds herself torn between her job and the feelings she is developing for her “target.” Also, can we talk about how refreshing it was to have the sexy man be a little nerdy! Who doesn’t love a hot guy in some sexy nerd glasses. I for one am not immune!
“Did you just say your ex-husbands name while my penis is still inside you?”
This book had so much going for it. I loved the first book in the series, Shame On You, and this one was just as good! Not only was Shame On Me funny and sexy it was smart and had a bit of mystery and action to it too! I can always count on Tara to deliver a book that I will not be able to put down and will have me laughing so loudly the neighbors will worry.
“Sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs in life. Sometimes you have to marry frog and then learn how to be strong again after that frog turns into an ass.”
~miranda
