A STANDALONE, SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE“An amazingly written, heart-wrenching story of a man lost and the woman who helps him find himself—a second-chance romance unlike any other.” – Anna Zaires, New York Times bestselling authorIf a man tells you he’s no good for you, best heed the warning. I learned the hard way. I had Jake Basson’s baby. He left to chase his dream. Now he’s back, demanding a … back, demanding a second chance, but why should I give him anything after four years of nothing? No correspondence, no news. I finally have my life back on track. Jake has never been uncomplicated. He never follows the rules. I should’ve known he’d play dirty. He caught me once. I’m not going to let him catch me twice.
(Disclosure: This story contains cheating. HEA guaranteed.)
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A beautifully written love story.
Ms. Pauls has written an emotional book of love and life.
Not all love stories are perfect because life isn’t perfect.
Some love stories have pain and heartache.
And some lives are filled with difficulties and problems.
Life and love don’t come tied into a perfect bouquet with a beautiful ribbon.
I loved this book with all its ups and downs.
With the imperfect characters.
The dynamics between Jake and Kristi are explosive.
Their chemistry is undeniable.
I loved this messy emotional roller coaster ride of Ms. Pauls took me on.
This second chance story will be one I will carry under my skin for a long time. This is a difficult read at times. It’s about true love and promises. Promises that aren’t kept. This book does have cheating in it!! Cheating is one of those thing that in real life is a game changer, but in a book I just love the dynamic!! Of course it has to be done well and that isn’t easy. This author had a way of giving her readers a window into redemption and forgiveness, you will feel every minute. This is the story of Jake and Kristi. Jake runs off to chase his dreams and leaves Kristi home pregnant. I know!! What the heck!! It’s about thinking you can have it all. Dreams that can shatter so easily. After four years of no word Jake come home and wants a second chance. Yep. This book is beautiful and devastating all at the same time!! Must read!! If you don’t do cheating this book may change you mind. The writing is superb and the story brilliant!!
Catch Me Twice is an enticing new story by Charmaine Pauls. It is told in two parts. Jake and Kristi are your main characters. They both are broken in their own ways and manage to connect on a deeper level together. There is a lot that will happen to these two, can they survive the fall? I thought this book was sexy, intriguing, emotional, raw, and beautiful. It made my heart ache and believe in true love conquers all, at the same time. I relished Catch Me Twice and found it beguiling from the start to finish. The writing was elegant, the characters were stunning and the story itself was fantastic. This is a must read for romance lovers.
Catch Me Twice is a beautiful and emotional second chance to love. The story is set in a small town. The story has some triggers (cheating, and addiction), but this is so much more. Jake and Kristi are great characters, and they share a strong chemistry. Jake is a complex character, beautifully broken. His redemption is beautiful, and hopeful. Kristi is a lovely character. She is mature and responsible. The secondary characters are great. Noah is a cute boy! Kristi‘s mother is wonderful, caring and supportive. The storyline has drama, betrayal, unpredictable twists and turns, redemption, and true love. The ending is heartwarming. I enjoyed reading this beautifully written story.
My favorite quote/highlight:
”It’s not the betrayal. It’s knowing you’re not enough”
Catch Me Twice is a heart warming story of a young man’s search for redemption when he doesn’t deserve it and the woman who loves him in spite of it all. Kristi and Jake acted on their attraction too soon before Jake was to leave for Dubai. Jake leaves a good man, but that changes in Dubai and he quickly abandons Kristi because he doesn’t feel worthy of her. Coming back to South Africa awakens him to what he has done and what he has missed. Then the need for redemption begins. Charmaine Pauls always writes such poignant and emotional stories that I can’t put down. She really knows her characters and writes them with such feeling. You may not agree with the character’s actions, but it’s always spot on to making the story unforgettable.
This is a roller coaster of a ride for Jake and Kristi. They have known each other since grade school. Kristi has been pining for the rich bad boy Jake for years. When they graduate, Jake finally pays attention to Kristi. One night together leads to a huge life altering choice. They make a very hard decision, which leads to Jake leaving town to prove himself to his father. Four years pass with no word from Jake. Kristi writes letters that go unanswered. Until one letter has Jake running home to Kristi. Jake left to become successful, but managed the opposite. He despises himself. But he wants to make amends with Kristi. Will she accept Jake back in her life? Or did she find someone else and move on? This is a great second-chance romance. Charmaine Pauls writes heart wrenching love stories. I love her romances.
Loved reading the awesome and amazing romance story. After being gone for four years and finding out Kristi wants a divorce, Jake rushes home wanting another chance with Kristi and his son, Noah. Read the highly recommended, wonderfully written, and a second chance with the love of your life.
What an awesome read! I loved Kristie and Jake’s story from the beginning! Their story is full of emotional angst, heartbreak, and love. This story will really make you want to hate Jake due to the hurt he causes, but the author done an excellent job in turning that hate around.
I felt the author done a wonderful job in writing these characters and the emotional story that went with them. Their story does contain a cheating trigger, so if that is a hard limit, you may want to avoid, but if not or if you are borderline on reading, then take that chance and read Kristie and Jake’s journey!!!
Extremely entertaining, captivating and interesting sexy read. I could not put it down. Wonderfully written with strong, intriguing characters. I want to read more from this author.
Excellent second chance
Very hot, complex, and moving story, with great characters. Some scenes in addition to being very moving, can be hard to read, a bit raw in the first half of the book, but the second half is softer, about the reconstruction of the connection of the heroes.
I had a little trouble to not spoil the story by sayingtoo much about the oppositions of wealth, heart, the differences between family violence, and a romance which seemed at first to be a difficult challenge for Jack and Kristi, who married to have a medical care for their future child before Jack goes off to start his career abroad. But 4 years later, she asks for a divorce despite her feelings of their beginnings. Jack, is at the bottom of the hole and can not accept this divorce with this woman he has not seen for 4 years, nor his son he has never seen.
His return a few years later is not as easy for him because Kristi does not intend to be blind or manipulate.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book
Catch Me Twice by Charmaine Pauls is the story of Kristi and Jake.
Kristi always had a crush of Jake when a chance came up for her to act on her feelings she does so but it ends up leaving her with a child. Jake comes from a very well off family who didn’t want for anything but what they didn’t give to him was love, family emotional support and how to love truly. This book was broken down into two parts because there was the before and then the after when Jake started to come to his senses that he needed Kristi and Noah his son in his life and that they his true family.
Yes, the hero Jake didn’t stay true after his first encounter and his emotions with Kristi but again that was the building of their story for him to find what he really wanted and what was really important.
Catch Me Twice by Charmaine Pauls is a wonderful second chance romance; an emotional story that will tugged at your heartstring and keeps you turning the pages, a page turner! well done! I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book!
Catch Me Twice is a fascinating coming-of-age story that explores the compares the social maturity of two teenage lovers who come from very different socioeconomic backgrounds but have to grow up fast when a night of alcohol induced passionate sex leads to pregnancy. Kristi has grown up with a single mother who has raised her daughter with love, support and common sense, even when she comes home and announces she’s pregnant. Kristi becomes a wonderful mother to her child. On the other hand Jake is the son of the richest man in town but his parents are cold and cruel or indifferent which explains a lot of Jake’s juvenile behavior and his feelings of failure. I enjoyed the story and the characters, especially baby Noah who is a delightful child. I was also very impressed with Jake because when he understands that he’s going to lose everything that matters unless he changes his ways. I wasn’t his biggest fan in the beginning but he’s a very different man by the end of the book thanks to the heartfelt storytelling of this talented author. This book contains explicit sexual situations. I read an early copy of this book and all opinions expressed in my voluntary review are completely my own.
4.5 second chance stars.
First of all this stand alone reads as an entire movie. This book is so full of detail that you can actually picture yourself in South Africa and in Dubai with Kristi and Jake. It’s amazing really.
Let me start with all the bicker about cheating in this book… first of all it’s about the evolution of the characters. So cheating rarely bothers me unless it is used to humiliate. Second this isn’t cheating in my book, to be honest. And you will see why. So moving on from that I was so damn disappointed in Jake for his inability to love himself. Therefore so many bad decisions were made. But the end of the book redeemed this man. Oh do I love a good redemption.
The books is quite long but it doesn’t bore you. I enjoyed this. It didn’t repeat stuff as other books tend to when they are longer. The flow kept going and kept moving right along.
I enjoyed the primary characters and all of the secondary characters. I loved the redemption that happened for many in this book. I am really proud of Kristi and I freaking love the shit out of Gina!!
I did need to Wikipedia a few terms because I didn’t know the terminology of South Africa but I enjoyed it. This book touches on quite a few subjects and could be someone’s reality. I read on one of the authors Facebook group posts that this stemmed from a real story a man she friended once revealed to her. This is so beautiful. This is a definite MUST read!!
**I voluntarily reviewed an advance complimentary copy of this book.**
Jake and Kristi just broke my heart in this story. Jake seemingly had it all but his parents were awful people. He loved Kristi and he had to leave to find himself. After drugs, prostitutes and a downward spiral Jake comes back into town. He still has feelings for Kristi after all this time. Kristi was fine with the one night stand she had with Jake. The consequences from it will change her life forever. She wrote letters that Jake never opened, he’s never seen his son. Will the couple be able to work on a second chance after all the destruction and years between them?
Catch Me Twice Arc Review
Catch Me Twice starts with young love, both main characters living hard lives just different circumstances. When an unexpected surprise threatens both their futures they must decide what to do next and its a choice that changes everything. Catch Me Twice is about Jake a boy who has a big future and Kristi who had college plans but her future is nothing as bright as Jake’s. Jake leaves Kristi with a promise of coming back after completing his goals too bad things don’t turn out the way he had hoped after four long years away.
An emotional roller coaster filled with heartache but desire and hope for a better future. This was a quick read with great characters and a wonderful story about giving second chances, mending the past, building a new future, and whats most important.
A must read if second chance romance is your thing.
Jake who thinks he’s not worth of love, Kristi who waits faithfully for him and after 4 years of waiting decided to go for the 2nd best, but where is no love involved. WithJake getting back he finally sees he has to fight for what he is worth of, love and that road is tough and heart wrenching written, different than the other books I’ve read of Charmaine, but surely not less!
I was so excited to read this book!!! It was everything I hoped it would be!!!! Catch Me Twice was one of the best second chance romances I’ve read in a while!!!!! It’s easily 2019 Best Second Chance Romance!!!!
Catch me twice
Charmaine Pauls
I loved it !!
This story takes you on a ride !!
Very well written story. I loved the characters and the way it unfolds.
Jake makes my heart happy!! I just fell in love with him. There where times when I may have wanted to stab him in the face but he finally got his stuff together!!
I can’t wait for more.
Kristi and Jake’s tale is not an “easy peasy” kind of love story. Charmaine Pauls gives life to Kristi and Jake and presents their journey as only she can. You will feel every bit of the bumpy, jarring road that is their lives. Charmaine Pauls, thank you for sharing your gift of storytelling that can be enjoyed again and again.