{"id":39565,"date":"2019-01-15T09:01:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=39565"},"modified":"2019-01-15T09:01:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:01:20","slug":"release-blitz-arc-review-fool-me-once-by-nicole-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=39565","title":{"rendered":"Release Blitz & ARC Review: Fool Me Once by Nicole Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Synopsis<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Second chances are for kids, diets, and shelter pets\u2014not for relationships. Especially not one like Chase and Emma\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Before he was writing chart-topping hits and smashing record sales, Chase Lawson was Emma\u2019s childhood friend and first love. They promised each other forever, but forever expired at eighteen, when he landed a major record deal and left Emma and their hometown behind.<\/p>\n

Ten years later, he shows up at their high school reunion with a proposition she can\u2019t refuse. Six months. Seven figures. He gets a chance to clean up his reputation, and she gets the means to restore the old family farmhouse. It\u2019s only for show\u2014hold hands in public, kiss for the cameras\u2014but boundaries blur behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t long before Emma feels her resolve slipping, crushed by the shadow of the boy she grew to love in the man selling out stadiums of present. Can Emma resist one of the most irresistible bachelors in the world? Or will she fall for the same man twice?<\/p>\n

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

\u201cWe all just take a leap of faith. Sometimes we fall. But we\u2019d never know what it felt like to fly if we didn\u2019t take the risk.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

A short, sweet, easy read with a fun set-up and a swoony second-chance-romance.<\/p>\n

Emma is at her ten year high school reunion when in saunters Chase Lawson, country music\u2019s hottest star \u2013 also her first love and the man who broke her heart. Chase and Emma were once everything to each other, but after promising each other forever, he left her at 18 to pursue his career, never looking back. He has since hit the big time, but he\u2019s also gotten into trouble and has been told to clean up his image. So he\u2019s back in his home town to make Emma an offer – $1million to join him on his six-month tour, pretending to be his girlfriend. There\u2019s nothing the tabloids love more than a reformed bad boy getting his act together by reuniting with his country-girl high-school sweetheart. It\u2019s an offer too good to refuse, that will set Emma up for life and allow her to achieve her dreams, so she agrees.<\/p>\n

This is a really predictable storyline, and it\u2019s no surprise where it\u2019s going to go, but I was surprised at how quickly it moved as Chase holds nothing back once Emma is back in his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo amount of fame was worth the cost of losing you.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cSix months,\u201d I whispered unevenly.
\nHis mouth lowered, floating just above my lips. \u201cI\u2019d take six seconds.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chase makes it clear from the very beginning that he still has feelings for Emma, and though she\u2019s never really gotten over him, she\u2019s determined to keep him at arm\u2019s length to protect her heart. But that doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t act on their wild attraction, and so for six months they agree to just let it happen, despite the deadline on their time together.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou left me in pieces when you disappeared.\u201d
\n\u201cI know.\u201d His hand ran through his wet hair as he stared at the floor, his forehead drawn. \u201cYou\u2019ll leave me in pieces this time when you leave.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s an unusual arrangement, with both of them following their hearts and embracing their second chance, with no plans beyond their six months together, but they are so sweet together, and I fell in love with Chase as he grabbed his second chance with both hands and just went for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big believer in second chances. Kind of an important policy to adopt when you\u2019re as big of a screw-up as I am.\u201d His hands wrapped around the back of his neck. \u201cI want a second chance with the first woman I ever loved.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s sexy and swoony with some really fun moments and a nice amount of emotion, and though it moves quickly, I could feel everything that was between them.\u00a0 But they have big decisions ahead of them, which leads to some drama towards the end and I must admit that I wasn\u2019t really satisfied with the ending. Yes, it\u2019s a happy ending, but it\u2019s not the ending that I wanted for them, and though it\u2019s romantic, it\u2019s abrupt and all felt a bit anti-climactic.

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I just didn\u2019t think it was fair that Chase had to give up his dream \u2013 his whole life \u2013 to get the girl. Surely they could have come to a compromise? And after Emma shattered his heart so spectacularly, I would have liked to have seen her make an effort in their happy ending rather than Chase having to be the one to put himself out there all the time. Throughout the book she never even says that she loves him!<\/div><\/div> But they get their happy ending, so I can\u2019t complain too much.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love you, Em. Always have. Always will.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m a fan of Nicole Williams, and though this book is lacking the substance and intensity that I\u2019m used to from her writing, it’s definitely a sweet read.<\/p>\n

3 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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About the Author\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Nicole Williams is the New York Times and USATODAY bestselling author of contemporary and young adult romance, including the Crash and Lost & Found series. Her books have been published by HarperTeen and Simon & Schuster in both domestic and foreign markets, while she continues to self-publish additional titles. She is working on a new YA series with Crown Books (a division of Random House) as well. She loves romance, from the sweet to the steamy, and writes stories about characters in search of their happily even after. She grew up surrounded by books and plans on writing until the day she dies, even if it\u2019s just for her own personal enjoyment. She still buys paperbacks because she\u2019s all nostalgic like that, but her kindle never goes neglected for too long. When not writing, she spends her time with her husband and daughter, and whatever time\u2019s left over she\u2019s forced to fit too many hobbies into too little time.<\/p>\n

Nicole is represented by Jane Dystel, of Dystel and Goderich Literary Agency.<\/p>\n

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