This book was scattered and hard to follow.....it had it’s funny points but over all I was disappointed.

This book worked for me, and here's what I liked:
1. The cover is cute and drew me in.
2. Funny dialogue, funny inner monologues, and lots of comedy. I was often smiling.
3. A theme of taking care of the underdog and being helpful.
4. The idea and importance of family.
5. The three main characters (Lillith, Delaney, and Rake).

Here are some considerations:
1. I would consider this a funny story (almost a caper) before a love story. It reminded me a bit of P.G. Wodehouse stories. The romance is there, but didn't seem like the main plot line. Very quirky characters and writing style.
2. Lots of inner monologue that might be hard to follow- I enjoyed it, but it's probably not for everyone.
3. This is an over-the-top story and not reality based at all; I am totally fine with that- this was a silly, sweet escape read for me. If you are looking for something that feels real-life, this is not it. IF you are looking for a feel-good laugh and a smile, this will fit the bill.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Griffin for an advance digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Challenging writing style that makes this a difficult read. Odd formatting, maybe in an attempt to denote the ongoing, somewhat confusing, inner dialogue. Almost felt like it was better suited to be a script than a book?

I could get into the story, I believe, if the above pieces were addressed. For now, it took WAY too much effort to stay on track with plot and characters.

This book is too confusing. I had to stop reading. I’m suprised considering her books are usually a good read. I give this book to two stars because there’s some humor in it, but I had to stop reading.


**** I received an ARC for my honest review.******

The other half of the story to Danger, Sweetheart. The 2 books takes place simultaneously, interesting plot lines that divide the set of rich twins brothers and set them each on their own humorous and adventure filled path.

I am incredibly lost with this book. I am five chapters in and I’m so frustrated with these characters and I don’t really know what’s going on. This back and forth with the timeline is incredibly difficult to follow and there are conversations between characters that I can’t follow because I don’t know whats going on. I can’t keep reading this book, I am flustered and it doesn’t make and sense. The short description is way better than the five chapters I have read. If I purchased this book I would be asking for my money back, just needs to have a better flow.

I received an advance copy of this book. The story had a lot of potential. It however jumped around a lot and was confusing at times. Parts of the book were drawn out it could of been shorter. I found it confusing that the twins in the story were Rake and Blake. The book had the foundation there for a excellent story but was very predictable and did not wrap up lose ends to various subplots in the story.

As I was reading this novel, I was thinking how much it would suit it to be turned into a movie!
Funny, quirky and very romantic!
Highly recommend!

So painful to read. The only reason I finished it is because I have a personal motto to finish every book i start. The book had promise but could not deliver. The characters of Rake, Delaney, and Lilith were funny and interesting but the constant inner dialogue was too much. The writing was too hard to follow at times and I just struggled to care about this book.

Add this book to your summer beach bag. The Love Scam was an everything you ever wanted kind of read: mystery, adventure, comedy,love, sex it has it all. The authors style made Love Scam hard to put down. Some descriptions where queasy-funny like when Rake is talking about vermouth being the devil’s urine or the taste of vermouth barf from drinking too much. Another was Rake’s hangover and not knowing if he had a headache or if his brain was trying to eject from his skull in self-defense. Lots of fun and a great read.

i received this ARC for an honest review. I thought this story was ok. I really didn’t connect with the characters. It took me a long time to finish because I kept stopping to read a different book.

I wanted to love this book but it just fell short for me. I got about 75% through and didn’t finish it. I thought the premise sounded super cute but I just didn’t connect with the characters

I’m sorry to say this book just didn’t hold my interest. The premise sounded so good. It sounded like a book I’d enjoy but I had a hard time finishing it. I think the skipping back and forth throughout the story was the problem for me. I have enjoyed other books by this author but this one just didn’t grab me.
Thank you to NetGallery, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read and review this book.

A playboy bachelor who is suffering from one of the worst hangover of his life finds himself in Venice penniless and he meets with her daughter. Wait a minute, how can he be father and who has no idea about it?

If there were four men, one of them is missing, one of them is singing “In the shallow shaaaalloww!”, other ones are crazy red head and dentist and if we also add a little baby, tiger into the equation at Caesar Place, an ex-boxer singing “In the Air Tonight”, I would say: Yay! I know this plot very well!

Nope, we have another plot with a good start and we only one Bradley Cooper kind of notorious bachelor (wow, Rake Tarbell and Bradley have something in common. They had both cutest daughters) as I mentioned his name at parenthesis found himself robbed, drunk at Venice, had short term amnesia about how the hell he flew there from California and yes, the sweetest kid Lillith (wrong choice of name) and Claire Delaney (why her name reminded me of Claire Daines and now I started to visualize our heroine as Homeland’s obsessed agent Carrie! Oh my goodness! The author might have chosen better names!) introduce themselves. Rake is a breathing example of train wreck, dumbfounded because somebody stole his ID, drained his millions from his bank account and now he has a sweet daughter and badass investigator Claire might know more than she tells about the mystery of him. So he has to know the truth and afterwards he has to show his true self to gain Claire’s heart! Let the games begin!

Even though the book has a promising start, it failed from romance parts. I didn’t get how those characters start to fall for each other because from the beginning Claire is so sure how she hates everything about Rake and Rake still thinks she has big feet! Then suddenly Claire starts to giggle like a half-witted teenager who recently bumped into Justin Bieber and fell in love with his yummy pink hair!

I also detested the reasonable, polar opposite twin brother of Rake, too. Only character I could truly attach was Lillith, even though she is named wrongly.

The story telling reminded me of a bumpy road. I just have to stop several times to take a break and force myself to read more. There were tooooo much inner monologues which could be edited just a little bit because sometimes I wasn’t sure they’ve been said aloud.

Overall there are so many entertaining parts and idea of the story seems like a great plot of romantic comedy. I couldn’t connect with the characters and I still believe that their romantic story is a little unreliable maybe Claire’s sarcastic tone was way too much louder and brought so much awkwardness to couple’s relationship dynamics and I still didn’t believe in their attraction. So it’s not a bad book and author’s previous “Undead” series were really entertaining books so it’s a big proof she is hell of a great writer. But I think the story progression and some inner monologues need more edits and characters need more chemistry.

So I gave 2.5 stars and rounded up to 3. Another in the middle, let’s stay in Switzerland, I didn’t hate it but I also didn’t enjoy it stars!

Special thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Griffin for sharing this romantic ARC COPY with me in exchange my honest review.

Like other readers, I was so disappointed in this book. The premise and description seemed so fun, but the book was such a letdown. The main issue with the book is that it's almost entirely (and at times incoherently) all dialogue between the characters and then the characters in their own heads. It was almost babble at some points.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC of this book.

DNF. The male characters were so outlandish that it kept pulling me out of the story, kind of like the comedy that is funny at first but them becomes cumbersome and annoying. Plus the whole Blake/Rake name thing became a hassle in scenes where I’d forget who was saying what.

Cute, far-fetched premise just not executed very well. Didn’t like that the heroine was scamming the hero over money (even if for a somewhat good cause). Not very plausible grounds for the basis of a relationship. Too much bouncing back and forth in the dialogue- felt like ADD episodes. There were plugs for other books and footnotes at the end of each chapter that were very distracting and interrupted the flow of reading. It was a struggle to finish with the things I pointed out. There were a few laughs and surprises that made this read not a total waste. In my honest opinion, if a few tweaks were made, this could be a good read.

I loved the back cover copy! This sounded so intriguing. This was my first time reading this author and her unique voice. I would have liked to see more action and more of the Venice setting in the story.

A fun story overall, but for some reason I had trouble keeping Rake and Blake separate. Twin brothers, with a strange family. Rake is in Europe, and wakes up in Venice, Italy, while his brother is in North Dakota with their mother. This is the 2nd in the series, so a lot of the parts I found confusing may be answered in the first one. This one is mostly with Rake, and Claire, who helps him after he falls into the canal. She has Lillith, who may be his daughter or his niece, but either way he falls for the girl. A lot of fun banter, which kept it lively, but at times I found it hard to follow. May just be me. The tone at times reminded me of the author of One for the Money, as it is that style of humor. Cute, but wasn't really my favorite. Would still recommend though if you are looking for a light quick read.

I've Been a Fan of MaryJanice Davidson since I read The Undead series (which is a top favorite of mine) so I was excited to see she was writing something new. For the most part, I enjoyed this book. It's perfect for a lazy day, and would be great for those this summer who need a beach read. However, I felt the book was a little too rushed for me. Things happened way to quickly especially considering how big a deal the concept was. That's not to say I didn't like it because I did. I just didn't like how rushed it felt.