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...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044661842X
• ISBN13: 9780446618427
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Forever
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Cute, fast funny read!

I loved this book! So much fun and a fluffy feel good vibe throughout. This is not to say there was no action (beyond the romance action). When Sammi says she's a klutz, she's not embellishing at all. She burns Chase's man jewels on first meeting after her dog tears a hole in his rear pocket to take Chase's wallet. Later, there are head injuries. Still, both mains are infinitely lovable and I was rooting for them from the start. A secondary loveline unfolds nicely also even though those two are not so much on the likable side for me. Chase is also incredibly endearing as an FBI agent who saves the day while babysitting on a date with Sammi. Not to mention being his brother's stand in as life coach after he puts his brother in the witness protection program. Super adorable book! My only complaint is that it's mass market paperback. I love trade paperbacks, but I'm really reaching to find a complaint here : )

Scored with this one !

This book was a great read, Sammi and Chase made this book. I laughed, and I felt sad. The other people in the story Walter Landry, Arlene Arnette, I felt sad for them. Walter never made time for his wife, he felt it after she was gone. Arlene spent her whole life in love with a man who was married and did not lover her at all. He used her, and she let him. Walter and Arlene take their own problems and put them on Sammi. Chase is coaching her as he dates, which makes for some funny moments in this book.

A barrel of laughs

Samantha "Sammi" Matthews needs help desperately. At first glance you would have to stop and wonder why a beautiful woman would need any help but looks can be deceiving. Sammi is a walking tornado. In her wake, she has left bodies of men bruised and mangled from her klutziness. It is not like Sammi wants to hurt men but it just happens and that is why she needs help. She is hoping that by hiring a life coach that she can break this spell of bad luck. When FBI Special Agent Chase Jones's brother, Luke witnesses a shooting involving the mob, he is put in the Witness Protection Program for safekeeping till the trial. Luke can't leave his clients hanging, so Chase offers to pretend to be Luke, just until the trial is over. Besides how hard can it be to talk on the phone and give advice to people? That is till he hears Sammi's voice. One of my favorite characters has got to be Horace. Horace is a grown man, who still lives with his mother. He wants to move out but is afraid to. The one thing Horace has going for him is that he aspires to be the first rapping accordion player. I couldn't stop laughing between Horace's raps and Sammi's antics. The chemistry that Sammi and Chase shares is like a fire-cracker...they are pretty to look at but watch out if you get to close or they can be dangerous. You will have a hard time stopping. Robin Wells brings the roar-out-laughs in How to Score.

Score!

Author Robin Wells is an accomplished romance author, having written over a dozen titles for Harlequin and won the National Readers' Choice Award for her title, Baby, Oh Baby. She has also won the prestigious National Golden Heart Award from the Romance Writers of America, and her novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Before writing romance she was an advertising and public relations executive. Other titles include: Wild About You, Between the Sheets, Ooh La La, Babe Magnet, Plain Jane Gets Her Man, The Wedding Kiss, The Executive's Baby, and Nine to Five Bride. She resides just outside of New Orleans , Louisiana with her husband and two daughters. When his brother Luke goes into the witness protection program, FBI Special Agent Chase Jones agrees to take on his brother's life coach clients until he returns. Not al all thrilled with the idea, Chase listens and advises Luke's whiny and pathetic clients. But then, Sammi calls. Chase finds the phone only rule out the window when Sammi's sexy voice raises his body temp through the lines. Museum curator Sammi Matthews has decided she is in dire need of help. After giving one date a black eye and cracking another's ribs, Sammi calls upon the life coach for guidance, before she kills the next man! The phone sessions work, because soon she meets an FBI agent who seems to be everything she's ever desired. With "Luke" coaching her by day, and "Chase" dating her by night, this crazy combination is doomed to blow up in his face. But...how does Chase tell Sammi the truth without back-tracking all her progress, breaking all his bones, and worse yet, breaking her heart? Following along the lines of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Maid in Manhattan, this book would make an excellent film. From cover to cover you are completely engrossed in the characters and the wild scheme behind their meeting. The plot flowed smoothly and was well paced. The characters were relatable and endearing. I liked the sub-plot between Horace, Arlene, and Walter, too! What a phenomenal and memorable ending, as well. You won't be disappointed. I'm fully blaming Robin Wells for my dark circles, as I stayed up late two nights in a row reading this. Not that I'm complaining, (smile). How to Score will have you laughing out loud, forgoing your outside life to pursue reading, and rekindling your love of romance again. Kelly Moran Author and Reviewer

amusing madcap romance

For the safety of the Tulsa male population, museum curator Sammi Matthews knows she must stop dating; any man who goes out with her somehow gets injured due to her clumsiness. That is what has happened to her three victims. A desperate Sammi decides her lack of self-esteem when it comes to relationships has made her Ms Murphy's law. She seeks help so she hires life coach Luke Jones as an over the phone cheerleader building up her confidence. However, the FBI has the life coach in the witness protection program as he will soon testify against the mob. His brother Chase, an FBI agent, has filled in with Luke's clients, who are driving him crazy with their loser's attitude and self pity; he reaches the point of scorn that he fears for the future of the human race. That is until he meets Sammi. As Luke he coaches her; as Chase he dates her. He knows he owes her the truth, but fears her reaction as he pities himself ever since his L word mantra switched from logical to lovable. HOW TO SCORE is an amusing over the top of Black Mesa madcap romance filled with zany incidents and an eccentric cast including a former by the book FBI agent who finds love with Ms Klutz; if he can survive dating her. The story line is played totally for laughs so that secondary players have specific pigeon holed roles to enhance the comedy. Although readers should leave plausibly at the beginning, fans will relish this laugh out loud throwback to the 1930s screwball romantic comedies updated to twenty-first century Oklahoma. Harriet Klausner