Title: The Rule Maker
(The Rule Breakers #2)
Author: Jennifer Blackwood
Publication Date: January 16th, 2017
Category/Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Entangled (Embrace)
Publisher: Entangled (Embrace)
Ten Steps to Surviving a New Job:
1. Don’t sleep with the client. It’ll get you fired. (Sounds easy enough.)
2. Don’t blink when new client turns out to be former one-night stand.
3. Don’t call same client a jerk for never texting you back.
4. Don’t believe client when he says he really, really wanted to call.
5. Remember, the client is always right—so you can’t junk punch him when he demands new design after new design.
6. Ignore accelerated heartbeat every time sexy client walks into room.
7. Definitely ignore client’s large hands. They just mean he wears big gloves.
8. Don’t let client’s charm wear you down. Be strong.
9. Whatever you do, don’t fall for the client. You’ll lose more than your job—maybe even your heart.
10. If all else fails, see rule number one again.
1. Don’t sleep with the client. It’ll get you fired. (Sounds easy enough.)
2. Don’t blink when new client turns out to be former one-night stand.
3. Don’t call same client a jerk for never texting you back.
4. Don’t believe client when he says he really, really wanted to call.
5. Remember, the client is always right—so you can’t junk punch him when he demands new design after new design.
6. Ignore accelerated heartbeat every time sexy client walks into room.
7. Definitely ignore client’s large hands. They just mean he wears big gloves.
8. Don’t let client’s charm wear you down. Be strong.
9. Whatever you do, don’t fall for the client. You’ll lose more than your job—maybe even your heart.
10. If all else fails, see rule number one again.
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3.5 “Break a leg, a wall and some rules while you're at it” Stars
ARC via NetGalley.
Thank you, Entangled (Embrace)!!
I’ll start with this: the second book in The Rule Breakers series is steamier than the first one, so hurray
for that!
As I learned by reading The Rule
Book, my first Jennifer Blackwood title, this author knows how to write
sexual tension and chemistry extremely well. Lanny and Brogan had tons of that,
and the new main characters in the series didn’t stay behind.
We met Zoey and Ryder (although I don’t remember if I knew his name
then) in the first book, but we got to really care for these two characters
now.
Zoey is now more than Lanny’s BFF. She’s a successful, funny and strong
young woman who can’t get over the man who turned her life upside down when he
slept with her. Too bad he was a jerk and left without a good-bye.
Ryder is a professional athlete who’s going through a tough time with
his injury and a situation with his brother. He has no time for relationships,
but he’s still thinking about Zoey, the girl he slept with and had to leave in
the middle of the night.
Months later, a work project forces Zoey and Ryder to work together, and
you can imagine how it goes from there, right?
Out of the two, Zoey was definitely my favorite character. Her voice was
really strong and even funnier than Lanny’s. She sounded young and fresh while
still showing traits of a mature woman. I liked how she cared about her job and
had ambitions. In fact, young, smart and ambitious women seem to be the theme
with female main characters in this series, and I LOVE that.
The fact that I loved Zoey more doesn’t mean I didn’t like Ryder. He was
a good love interest. He was funny, sexy and you could really tell that he
cared for his brother, which is always a plus. I only wished there’d been a
little more of his personality. There was room to develop his character
further, especially with all the family drama going on. His grandparents were
awful people, and I thought that could’ve played a bigger part in Ryder’s
story.
The romance developed nicely. It was slow burn and there was heat from
the very beginning. The fact that Zoey and Ryder had slept together previously,
but waited so long to do it again only made the chemistry between them
stronger.
In a way, The Rule Maker had similar
elements from the first book, which is perfect for a title in a series, but it
still managed to be fresh and unique. Plus, it was sexier. If you liked The Rule Book, then I bet you’ll enjoy
this one, too.
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