"April Fools"

FOOL FOR LOVE is a fun anthology with April Fools Day as the central theme.

In Vicki Lewis Thompson's Fooling Around, Every year Lena Walsh gets together with two of her friends and they issue each other a challenge to break out of the mold they are in and do something daring. This year Lena's task is to ask a guy out on a date. Andre Dumont has been attracted to Lena for months so he is happy when Lena asks him out on a date. She says it will be dinner and dancing. But she didnt say what kind of dinner and she didn't say what kind of dancing.

In Nobody's Fool by Stephanie Bond, Eric Daniels is known as the office practical joker. His jokes have become legendary around the office. His next victim is Kate Randall, his new boss. Kate gets the shock of her life when she turns on her computer and sees an email from a secret admirer. Each email gets more interesting. But will her secret admirer be the love of her life?

In Judith Arnold's Fools Rush In, Mark Lavin is ready to fire his morning DeeJay, Rex Crandall, when he announces that Mark is engaged to Claire O'Connor. It's not that there is anything wrong with Claire. It's just that he has no idea who she is. Claire gets the shock of her life when her coworkers come in to her office bearing balloons and congratulating her. She is doubly shocked to find out that she is supposedly engaged to a guy she has never met. Mark and Claire keep telling everyone that they are not engaged, but they soon end up meeting each other's families and finding out that being together may not be a bad thing.

FOOL IN LOVE is a wonderful, funny anthology, perfect for April Fools Day. Vicki Lewis Thompson, Stephanie Bond and Judith Arnold come up with interesting plots surrounding the annual day of jokes and creating three couples who are fun, sexy and will have good reasons to celebrate April Fools Day.

Barb Hicks

Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted March 10, 2004

Summary

Fooling Around by Vicki Lewis Thompson
When Lena Walsh is handed a challenge to find the hottest guy she knows and take him out for an unusual date, she sets her sights on the office Adonis, Andre Dumont. But when silly turns to steamy, she doesn't know whether to laugh—or cry out his name....

Nobody's Fool by Stephanie Bond
Eric McDaniels hatches up a prank he's sure will thaw boss Kate Randall's icy-cool exterior—inventing a secret admirer. That is, until Kate's frosty facade melts just enough to reveal way more heat than Eric can handle....

Fools Rush In by Judith Arnold
Thanks to a radio gag, Mark Lavin and Claire O'Connor find themselves "engaged"—even though they don't know eachother! But when Mark and Claire try to prove otherwise, they find that the chemistry between them is far from funny....