I’ll Just Date Myself by Lani Lynn Vale

Posted June 27, 2023 in review Tags: 4 stars, hate to love, single mom

I'll Just Date Myself by Lani Lynn Vale
Pages: 282

Series: Gator Bait MC #7
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Setting: Accident, FL
Source: ARC
Also in this series: Nobody Cares Unless You're Pretty, Good Trouble, Cute But Psycho, Annoyed At First Sight, The Voices Are Back, Special Kind of Twisted
Also by this author: Execution Style, Charlie Foxtrot, Coup de Grace, Right to my Wrong, Shock Advised, Hail No, Beard Mode, Lights To My Siren, Fear the Beard, I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie , I'm Only Here for the Beard, Dragons Need Love, Too , Oh, My Dragon, Kevlar To My Vest , Keys To My Cuffs, Life To My Flight , Hissy Fit, Talkin' Trash, Lord Have Mercy, Hide Your Crazy, How About No, I'd Rather Not, Make Me, Sinners are Winners, If You Say So, Just Kidding, Herd That, Fries Before Guys, Crazy Heifer, Maybe Swearing Will Help, Keep it Classy, Chute Yeah, Get Bucked, May Contain Wine, Jokes on You, Somethin' About That Boy, Join the Club, Any Day Now, Say It Ain't So, Officially Over It, Nobody Knows, Depends on Who's Asking, Repeat Offender, Conjugal Visits, Jailbait, Quit Bein' Ugly, Doin' a Dime, Kitty Kitty, No Rep, Gen Pop, Jerk It, Inmate of the Month , Chalk Dirty to Me, Shakedown , Always Someone's Monster, Make Me Your Villain , Rattle Some Cages , Get Tragic , Strange and Unusual, Suck This, Never Trust the Living, Nobody Cares Unless You're Pretty, Good Trouble, Cute But Psycho, Annoyed At First Sight, The Voices Are Back, Special Kind of Twisted, Fun House, Freak Show, Show Off, Clown Motel, Big Nick Energy, Sold to the Circus, Killing Booth, The Fool, No Cap, I Can't Even, Thirst Trap, Clap Back, Rent Free, Time To Bounce, Yolo

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Normally when you say, “I have a stalker,” you think bad thoughts. That wasn’t the kind of
stalker Folsom was when it came to Kobe Sano. Folsom liked to call herself a “guardian angel in
disguise.”

The first time he catches her attention, he’s been assigned to hunt her down and throw away the
key. All she did was steal someone else’s child. Well, embryo, that is. What Kobe doesn’t know,
though, is the man that hired him is up to no good, and she has no other choice but to run without
looking back.

From that moment on, she spends the rest of her spare time running away from him while also
digging into every nook and cranny of his personal life, finding every weakness he has and
utilizing it any way she needs to keep herself one step ahead of him.

Only one day, when she goes to do her usual snooping, she finds out that not only is her favorite
person in trouble, but he’s also in need of her help.

Too bad it takes her years to find that help.

Her next step is to break him out of the pokey prison-break style.

If she knew he’d go without question, she very well might have.

***

It didn’t take a genius to know when someone was stalking you. The signs were all there, and
they eventually pointed right at Folsom.

When he figures it out, he plans to confront her and maybe address the silent sexual tension
that’s been brewing between them for the last few years.

However, right when he’s ready to admit to himself that she might be the one—daughter who
intimidates the hell out of him or not—she up and disappears for a year.

In that year, he spends every waking moment searching for her.

And eventually he finds her, confronts her, and is hit in the face with the secrets she’s kept from
him for years.

One of which is a big one.

The daughter that she protects with everything she has—the one that he’s come to love with all
his heart, just like her mom—is the very abducted child from his one and only unsolved case.

It’s finally time for Folsom’s story in I’ll Just Date Myself! She has been such a mystery throughout the series. I always liked her because she was whip smart and a bit intrusive when it came to her friends. Her backstory is insane and I was glad to finally have all the details.

Kobe is one of those rock solid kind of guys. He went to prison because his sister is a horrible person and then cut ties with the family. He now has his own PI firm and does great work. Folsom annoys him to no end because she always seems to be pushing herself into his business. But, there is a thin line between love and hate, right?

When Folsom disappears, Kobe realizes how much he did love her. He is determined to find her and figure out what she is hiding. I liked their dynamic. They are a great couple, and her daughter is awesome as well. And now we understand who the upcoming series is about (Welcome to the Circus, coming August 15th) and I am really excited about it. It is going to be super interesting!

Kobe and Folsom’s story is the last in the Gator Bait MC series and I must say, I have really enjoyed it! This series has been really good and while I am sad it is over, I continue to devour everything Lani Lynn Vale writes!