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How to Score

Robin Wells
Forever (2009)
ISBN 9780446618427


Reviewed by Leslie Storey for RebeccasReads (4/09)

Robin Wells wasn’t always a writer of witty romance novels.  In a prior life she was in advertising and PR, but always dreamed of writing and was inspired by her grandmother who told “hot tales” and her parents that were librarians.  Robin has won the RWA Golden Heart Award, two National Readers’ Choice Awards, the Holt Medallion and CRW’s Award of Excellence. 

In ‘How to Score’, Sammi Matthews has moved to Tulsa to act as the interim curator for an Art Deco Museum.  Chase Jones is a FBI agent that inadvertently puts his brother, Luke, into jeopardy just by sending him out for pizza.  Because Luke has witnessed a major crime by the local mob he is put into the witness protection program and is not able to counsel his clients as their life coach, Chase volunteers to take his place.  After all, how hard could it be?  At least that is what Chase thinks until he starts talking to these clients on the phone and wants to include his own no-nonsense approach, which goes against the instructions that Luke left for him to follow.

What ensues is a comedy of errors with an emphasis on comedy.  From an encounter while jogging that involves a police officer, to an accident at a flea market that leads to Sammi and Chase spending the night together, there are no shortages of laugh out loud moments.  And let’s not forget Horace, the 40-something that still lives at home with his mother and creates rap songs to go along with his accordion.

There is also a minor story involving Sammi’s boss Arlene and her landlord Walter.  Arlene doesn’t want to retire and resents Sammi’s presence in the museum.  Walter doesn’t want to deal with the memories of the house that Sammi rents and just wants to sell the property and move on to Arizona.  Surprisingly, Arlene and Walter hit it off and they realize what they are missing in life.

This is the first book that I have read by Robin Wells and I will say that if the rest are like this book I will be seeking out more.  I laughed out loud in several places in the book and to me that is a good sign.  They say that opposites attract and they definitely do in this book.

I would recommend this book to anyone that like romance, humor and a small amount of suspense.


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