Can we talk about my love and adoration for @ashleywinsteadbooks a minute?? I swear everything she writes is absolute perfection. First we read IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A KNIFE last fall for #getthrilledbuddyreads, which was perfection. Then when I saw she had a romance coming out I will readily admit I was a little skeptical, because how hard must it be to go from a twisty, dark thriller to a rom-com?? But I never should've doubted her (I'm sorry Ashley!) -- because FOOL ME ONCE?! It's 💫perfection💫! The chemistry, the sexual tension, the steaminess, the banter -- all those normal rom-com bits are great. But then you add in the political setting (I'm a politics junkie) and the fact that our heroine, just like in IMDIHAK, is what folks often disparagingly call an "unlikeable female character" but which I affectionately call "f*cking reality because women, like all humans, are flawed" -- these things just lift it to the level of an *incredible* book for me. In case it's not clear, I HIGHLY recommend this book, as well as IMDIHAK -- AND I'm so excited that Ashley's third release, THE LAST HOUSEWIFE (out in August!), will be our September buddy read 👏🏼 And thus ends my love letter to Ashley Winstead 😂 RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #ashleywinsteadauthor #ashleywinsteadbooks #ashleywinstead #inmydreamsiholdaknife #foolmeonce #romcombooks #romcom #romances #romancebooks #steamyromance #steamybooks #steamybookrecs #romanticcomedy #politics #amreading #amreadingromance #getthrilled #thelasthousewife #buddyreads #buddyread #bookstagram #ncbookstagrammer #ncbooklovers #bookstagrammer #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookreviewers #BookKeepingBlog https://www.instagram.com/p/CeokrRyr8_q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=