A simmering slow burn bursting with banter… This is a romance for anyone who’s ever felt too messy to be loved. ROSIE DANAN, author of The Roommate In this fierce and funny battle of the exes, Ashley Winstead s Fool Me Once explores the chaos of wanting something you used to have. Lee Stone is a twenty-first-century woman: she kicks butt at her job as a communications director at a women-run electric car company (that’s better than Tesla, thank you), and after work she is Stoner , drinking guys under the table and never letting any of them get too comfortable in her bed... That’s because Lee’s learned one big lesson: never trust love. Four major heartbreaks set her straight, particularly grad-school boyfriend Ben Laderman – who wasn’t actually cheating, but she could have sworn he was, so she reciprocated in kind. Then Ben shows up five years later as a policy expert for the Texas governor, just as Lee is trying to get a clean-energy bill rolling. Tension builds as old sparks reignite when they re forced to work together, fanning the flames for a romantic dustup the size of Texas. Don t miss The Boyfriend Candidate, Ashley Winstead s next laugh-out-loud rom-com about learning to embrace living outside your comfort zone! A hilariously sharp-tongued romance with an unforgettable, unapologetic heroine. RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON A love story for every truly hot mess… A romance with bite, wit, and heart. KIRKUS Fool Me Once delivers a wild, sexy ride from start to finish! TRISH DOLLER Fresh, funny, and chaotically wonderful... Winstead weaves an undeniably sexy tale of will-they/won’t-they. KATE BROMLEY Sparks fly and laughs abound. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
