Some lines shouldn’t be crossed.
Some rules shouldn’t be broken.
June is one of them, and I know it.
Break the Rules, an
all-new hilarious,
~ SUMMARY ~
As a forest ranger, I believe in the simple life. I prefer cabins to apartments, trails to freeways, and trees to people. My life is orderly, predictable, and quiet.
Until it’s hit by a woman I never saw coming — Hurricane June.
She’s fierce. She’s feisty. She has a laugh like the first day of spring, and she’s so pretty that I can’t breathe when I look at her. June will only be in town for a few months — just while job-hunting. She won’t last until winter, but how can I resist?
Except I have to. She’s my best, oldest, and most loyal friend’s baby sister.
Betraying him would be the worst thing I’ve ever done. Not betraying him might be the hardest.
Especially once we start working together on a secret project. All this spending time together, sneaking around at night, and lying to her brother about what we’re doing sure feels like more than friendship.
June might break my heart. Her brother might break my nose.
But I guess some things were made to be broken.
~ BOOK REVIEW for Break the Rules ~
~ BOOK REVIEW for Break the Rules ~
*****(5) out of 5 Stars!
This is another delightful tale in the Loveless Brothers series! Levi has been one of my favorite characters since the first book; a position that was even more solidified in the last installment (coincidentally - or not! - in a scene involving June). He's the quietest of the bunch, laid back, easy-going, methodical, purposeful. And he's absolutely head-over-heels in love with June! So much so that he often finds himself lost for words around her. Which just adds to his whole silent and broody persona.
He was the odd one out, because no one but me had a crush on Levi...
But then again, Levi was... weird.
In a school that emptied out the first day of deer hunting season every year, he was a vegetarian. He carried a book everywhere he went...
June has had a crush on Levi for as long as she can remember. He has been (rather unexplainably) her older brother's best friend for years, so she's been around him much of her life. Still, he makes her nervous, and she's never sure what he's thinking. Which is too bad, really, because they probably could have gotten together much sooner, if they'd been privy to each others' thoughts. Other than the biggest obstacle, which is her over protective big brother Silas.
I remind myself of Silas, drinking beers at my brothers' brewery, telling us how June's ex showed up at her window with a boombox, proposed, and wouldn't leave when June asked him to. I remind myself that he claimed he knew how to hide a body so well no one would ever find it, and he's probably right.
Some lines simply shouldn't be crossed. Some rules simply shouldn't be broken.
June is one of them, and I know it.
For about forty percent of the book, Levi and June are still fighting their attraction to one another, telling themselves that it is one-sided, that a relationship between them couldn't work for various reasons. But at the same time, they are working together on a secret project (which gives us something else to get caught up in and focus on when they are being extremeley frustrating), and they are really getting to know each other and becoming true friends. It was lovely to see the relationship that developed between them before they had any romantic interactions. I adored how much Levi wanted to protect June; his stealing the pen for her was probably my favorite scene in the whole book. Although the whole nightcap situation was pretty great too. (On a side note, I love that the whole "ma'am" scene from the last novel was brought up! I just wish that Levi had actually discussed it with June. LOL!)
"I knew it," he finally says... "You remember that time at the Mountain Grind when you two were talking about a wireless router?"
"She was annoyed that my house didn't have wifi," I explain.
"I've never seen you look at anyone like that," he says. "I should have known then. God, it was obvious."
As usual, the author's writing is smooth and sensual, the dialogue witty and fun, the love scenes hot and steamy. The secondary characters are all a delight, from the rest of the extended Loveless clan to Levi's adopted dog. It was great to catch up with the other brothers, especially the couples from the first too books, not to mention Rusty! I really enjoyed the addition of June's parents, especially her mom, who definitely did not have the wool pulled over her eyes about what was going on. I did not at all enjoy the section towards the end where most of the angst and drama comes in to play. I thought both Levi and June acted like idiots and I just wanted to smack some sense into both of them. Luckily, they both did finally come to their senses at least.
"Have fun," my mom says. "And be safe!"
..."Is this a trap?" I ask...
"Nope," she says. "You're grown, just don't come home pregnant."
Then she looks up at me.
"Or do, I'd love grandchildren and your brother sure doesn't seem to be getting me any," she says thoughtfully.
I believe there are two more books in this series (one for each of the remaining brothers who still need to find their HEA) and I can't wait to read both of them! This is definitely a book and a series that I recommend for lovers of contemporary romance.
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Excerpt:
I like this side of Levi. It’s a side I’ve only ever seen glimpses of before in the past two weeks — sweet, slightly goofy, teasing and funny, different from the serious, quiet man I thought he was. It’s a strange revelation, but a good one, even if I wish I liked it less.
"One minute,” I tell him, and pull back from the window.
I shut it. I pull the curtains closed. I wonder what I’m doing and why on earth Levi has shown up beneath my bedroom window at twelve-thirty in the morning. I wish that the sight of him down there had made me feel differently, that I was indifferent and vaguely curious instead of suddenly buzzing and feeling like I’m being lifted aloft by several large birds.
I tiptoe down the stairs and through the living room, still wondering. I haven’t heard from him at all since we ate pizza in the back of his truck two nights ago, and I wish that didn’t bother me. I wish I thought less about him sitting there, as night fell, laughing and showing me his cell phone or telling me that he’s an alien.
I wish I thought less about him, period.
When I get outside, Levi’s leaning against his truck, his shoulder-length hair out of its usual knot.
I’m not sure I remember seeing him with his hair down before. He looks different. Relaxed. Like himself.
“I named the dog,” he says as I walk up to him.
I don’t know what I was expecting him to say, but that wasn’t it.
“You do know that the last time a man came to my window, I called my brother to get rid of him,” I say. “I’m sure he told you about that.”
“He certainly did,” Levi said. “And if I were in my right mind, it might have deterred me.”
“You’re in your wrong mind, then?” I ask, tilting my head slightly, keeping my voice down.
“You didn’t ask what I named the dog,” he says.
“Did you come here at twelve-thirty in the morning to tell me you named your dog?” I ask.
Levi smiles, holds out one hand. I step forward and take it, his skin warm and he enfolds my fingers in his.
“No,” he says. “I came here to say that I think you should come back to my place for a nightcap.”
“A nightcap?”
“Yes,” he says. “I’d like to take you home, fix you a drink, and seduce you, and I’d like to do it without thinking even once of your brother.”
"One minute,” I tell him, and pull back from the window.
I shut it. I pull the curtains closed. I wonder what I’m doing and why on earth Levi has shown up beneath my bedroom window at twelve-thirty in the morning. I wish that the sight of him down there had made me feel differently, that I was indifferent and vaguely curious instead of suddenly buzzing and feeling like I’m being lifted aloft by several large birds.
I tiptoe down the stairs and through the living room, still wondering. I haven’t heard from him at all since we ate pizza in the back of his truck two nights ago, and I wish that didn’t bother me. I wish I thought less about him sitting there, as night fell, laughing and showing me his cell phone or telling me that he’s an alien.
I wish I thought less about him, period.
When I get outside, Levi’s leaning against his truck, his shoulder-length hair out of its usual knot.
I’m not sure I remember seeing him with his hair down before. He looks different. Relaxed. Like himself.
“I named the dog,” he says as I walk up to him.
I don’t know what I was expecting him to say, but that wasn’t it.
“You do know that the last time a man came to my window, I called my brother to get rid of him,” I say. “I’m sure he told you about that.”
“He certainly did,” Levi said. “And if I were in my right mind, it might have deterred me.”
“You’re in your wrong mind, then?” I ask, tilting my head slightly, keeping my voice down.
“You didn’t ask what I named the dog,” he says.
“Did you come here at twelve-thirty in the morning to tell me you named your dog?” I ask.
Levi smiles, holds out one hand. I step forward and take it, his skin warm and he enfolds my fingers in his.
“No,” he says. “I came here to say that I think you should come back to my place for a nightcap.”
“A nightcap?”
“Yes,” he says. “I’d like to take you home, fix you a drink, and seduce you, and I’d like to do it without thinking even once of your brother.”
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