Cupid Tricks

Michelle Dayton

Jan 2022 · Tech-nically Love Book 2 · Tule Publishing

About this ebook

The internet complicates everything—especially love.

Jo Harper isn’t always who men think she is. Every day she dons her psychology PhD and above-average computer skills like a super cape to right love’s wrongs. She and her team of four young women run an elite, undetectable online romance scam designed to trick married cheaters.

Jamie March, Bay Area royalty known as “The Conscience of Silicon Valley,” hates every aspect of online crime, especially those who defraud people. And when it appears that his brother is the victim of a sophisticated romance scam, he can’t stand idly by.

What’s weird, though, is that when Jo and Jamie meet, they don’t hate one another. Not at all. He makes her laugh and feel alive again. She challenges his intellect like no other. And their compatibility is off-the-charts sexy between the sheets. But enemies-to-lovers is only a fantasy.

Or is it?

Ratings and reviews

This is a very good book. Jo and Jamie made me chuckle as they got me all up in my feels. Heart and poignancy are blended well with humor and romance to create a fun romance that snuck right into my heart.

What can I say, well-written, cleverly plotted, engaging characters and a few twists along the way. Jo Harper was destitute after breaking up with her long-term boyfriend and snapping her Achilles heel. Homeless and broke, she resorted to online romance scamming; although she sits in a grey area because she only scams married men who are cheating. Now five years later she has a team of four women and a unique concept; her mark meets the girl, but once only in some kind of engineered meet-cute, designed to appeal specifically to the mark. Thereafter they engage via texts and emails, with maybe an occasional video chat - so the guys can't be being scammed because they met the girl right? She has some rules, no politicians or politics adjacent and no-one famous, but that still leaves lots of rich cheating guys who are happy to buy a girl a diamond ring or stump up her college tuition. Then on a mark fishing trip to California, Sloan, one of Jo's team, tries to use her initiative, picks on the son-in-law of a high-profile, relentless, tech billionaire and follows through rather clumsily, revealing true information about herself, instead of a carefully curated persona. Beyond peeved at Sloan's mistake, Jo goes to drown her sorrows at a local dive bar where she meets a cute guy. They get to talking and are really getting along, when Jo realises from some things he said that he is the mark's older brother, Jamie March, a famous campaigner for ethical internet behaviour. He saw his brother with Sloan and is mightily angry that his brother is risking his marriage. Sloan has put the entire operation in jeopardy, she's gone after a famous family of tech experts and she's been seen. Not only that, at the airport while discussing the disaster with the girls and how to rectify the issue Jo realises that Jamie has been watching and listening to their conversation. Now he knows its a scam and he's seen all the girls. But with righteous indignation warring with instant attraction can the grifter and the white knight find romance? Loved it, loved it, loved it. I was given a free copy of this book from the publisher Tule in return for an honest review.

Scammer Girl by Michelle Dayton is one of those books that is a pleasure to read. It is not very often that a scammer/cheat is taken down by another scammer. Jo has a team of four young women who scam the married cheaters. With not a lot of options, Jo has a PhD in psychology and above-average computer skills, she is hurt from a breakup and decides to start up her company to make ends meet, five years later she is successful. Then she meets Jamie March. Jamie despises anyone who is involved in online crime. His brother falls victim to an online romance scam. Turns out that he is in love with one of Jo's girls. Thus starts a love/hate relationship between Jo and Jamie, she does not trust him, but it is hard when her heart becomes involved. Written well, with a wonderful love story that blooms into a hardcore relationship, but there is always the trust angle. Jo does not trust easily, and Jamie has been hurt before. Can the two of them get together? You have to read the book! Scammer Girl is a fun enjoyable read, I don't often read romance stories, but this one sounded intriguing. I will have to go and read the first book in the Tech-nically series. I read it in a few sittings and really enjoyed it! I give it 4 stars!