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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Are romance publishers pushing a new theme these days? The theme of the adult male who blames his inability to commit to a defective gene. Do these editors and publishers have inside information to the map of the human genome? Let's get this straight: infideltiy is caused by defective jeans, NOT defective genes. To insinuate otherwise is to assume the reader does not know the difference. Cooper Wilde believes he has defective DNA. Maybe he does, but it certainly is not the cause of his commitment worries. Yes, his mother and uncle seem to have a problem with sticking to one significant other and based on this, Cooper decides his is also so-fated. Enter Carly Cassidy. Tired of being good, within the space of a couple of days, Carly's left her bridegroom at the alter, wandered into a strange bar, drunk herself senseless and 'falls in love' with the bar owner, Cooper Wilde, all in the name of making it on her own. I would have to question her common sense, given the danger she puts herself into. I found Cooper, with his "we'll have sex, but I can't commit" attitude and Carly with her frequently uttered, "Sweet Mary" to be irritating people. I thought that her attempt to mentally recite the Beatitudes with Cooper biting her ear was inappropriate, even though she's the daughter of a minister. When they finally do have sex, it's unprotected! At this point, I finished the book, but quit caring what, if anything, happened to them.
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Summary: Great Quick Read
Review: Back from RULES OF ENGAGEMENT is character Carly Cassidy. After leaving Dean standing at alter and a church full of family members, Carly's car breaks down in Chicago. It's late and the sound of a tavern attracts her. She decides to go in and call a wrecker. Once there, her life takes on a new turn. It's out with old, in with the new. All the rules she was once ruled by, the same rules that almost had her making a drastic mistake, are replaced by her own rules, and it's here that Carly learns what it's really like to have control of her own life, and what it's like to really experience love. Cooper Wilde runs The Wilde Side, a tavern. When a fairy princess dressed in a wedding dress walks into his bar, the sixth sense he gained as a Navy Seal tells him she's trouble with a capital T. One look into her unusual eyes and all those who meet her are captured by her innocence. Marty Davis, Coop's father figure, warns Coop of what he already knows, but it's too late for bikers Benny and Joe who have fallen hard and become her personal bodyguards. When Carly turns to Coop for help, she in turn tries to help him with his failing business by coming up with a wild idea. It's interesting to say the least. Carly also learns what happened after she left the wedding when her sister Brenda shows up. When Carly realizes there is a part of Coop she can't have, she's off again. I love the way Jamie Denton includes a familiar rule concerning how to be a lady at the top of each chapter, because as the story plays out the reader can see how Carly must make up her own rules in order to be happy. Will she end up happy or running from another failed relationship? Breaking The Rules is a bold, sizzling romance of a woman who, in a moment of sane panic, bravely steps out to find what life really has in story for her.
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Summary: Great Quick Read
Review: Back from RULES OF ENGAGEMENT is character Carly Cassidy. After leaving Dean standing at alter and a church full of family members, Carly's car breaks down in Chicago. It's late and the sound of a tavern attracts her. She decides to go in and call a wrecker. Once there, her life takes on a new turn. It's out with old, in with the new. All the rules she was once ruled by, the same rules that almost had her making a drastic mistake, are replaced by her own rules, and it's here that Carly learns what it's really like to have control of her own life, and what it's like to really experience love. Cooper Wilde runs The Wilde Side, a tavern. When a fairy princess dressed in a wedding dress walks into his bar, the sixth sense he gained as a Navy Seal tells him she's trouble with a capital T. One look into her unusual eyes and all those who meet her are captured by her innocence. Marty Davis, Coop's father figure, warns Coop of what he already knows, but it's too late for bikers Benny and Joe who have fallen hard and become her personal bodyguards. When Carly turns to Coop for help, she in turn tries to help him with his failing business by coming up with a wild idea. It's interesting to say the least. Carly also learns what happened after she left the wedding when her sister Brenda shows up. When Carly realizes there is a part of Coop she can't have, she's off again. I love the way Jamie Denton includes a familiar rule concerning how to be a lady at the top of each chapter, because as the story plays out the reader can see how Carly must make up her own rules in order to be happy. Will she end up happy or running from another failed relationship? Breaking The Rules is a bold, sizzling romance of a woman who, in a moment of sane panic, bravely steps out to find what life really has in story for her.
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Summary: Sizzling With Sensuality!
Review: Breaking The Rules is the sequel to Jamie Denton's Rules of Engagement. Like it's predecessor, Breaking The Rules is a fast paced page turner. The book sizzles with sensuality and is full of snappy dialogue, and a hero to end all romance heroes. Carly Cassidy is breaking rules left and right and developing her own laws of life along the way. Her goal, to break out and taste life on her own terms and for once in her life, stop living her life according to the dictates of her family and friends. Cooper Wilde, a former Navy SEAL is struggling to keep his runaway uncle's Chicago tavern from going bankrupt. The last thing he needs is a fairy princess with trouble on her mind in the bar, but trouble he gets and a whole lot more. Cooper likes his life orderly, Carly is a distraction he can't afford. He just might believe that argument if he could keep his hands to himself, but Carly is harder to resist than he imagined. What sets Breaking The Rules apart is the characterization. Despite the fun tone of the book, the underlying conflict between the hero and heroine adds depth and dimension to a story in a way that only Jamie Denton can write. Once again Ms. Denton gives readers a taste of real people in an outrageous situation and makes us believe anything is possible on our own terms if we're willing to work for it. You'll enjoy this walk on the "Wilde" side and will keep coming back for more. Breaking The Rules gets 5 Hearts on the Tuscadero Heart Rate Scale!
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Summary: Sizzling With Sensuality!
Review: Breaking The Rules is the sequel to Jamie Denton's Rules of Engagement. Like it's predecessor, Breaking The Rules is a fast paced page turner. The book sizzles with sensuality and is full of snappy dialogue, and a hero to end all romance heroes. Carly Cassidy is breaking rules left and right and developing her own laws of life along the way. Her goal, to break out and taste life on her own terms and for once in her life, stop living her life according to the dictates of her family and friends. Cooper Wilde, a former Navy SEAL is struggling to keep his runaway uncle's Chicago tavern from going bankrupt. The last thing he needs is a fairy princess with trouble on her mind in the bar, but trouble he gets and a whole lot more. Cooper likes his life orderly, Carly is a distraction he can't afford. He just might believe that argument if he could keep his hands to himself, but Carly is harder to resist than he imagined. What sets Breaking The Rules apart is the characterization. Despite the fun tone of the book, the underlying conflict between the hero and heroine adds depth and dimension to a story in a way that only Jamie Denton can write. Once again Ms. Denton gives readers a taste of real people in an outrageous situation and makes us believe anything is possible on our own terms if we're willing to work for it. You'll enjoy this walk on the "Wilde" side and will keep coming back for more. Breaking The Rules gets 5 Hearts on the Tuscadero Heart Rate Scale!
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Summary: A delightful read
Review: For twenty-four years, Carly Cassidy was the poster girl for the best-behaved person on the planet. The preacher's daughter never broke a rule until now. Tired of being prim and proper, the Homer, Illinois resident decides to nuke all the rules, starting with ditching her nice fiancé. Fleeing to Chicago, the new Carly enters unescorted, for the first time in her life, a bar, The Wilde Side. Inside Carly meets Cooper Wilde, who thinks a fairy princess wandered into his place by mistake instead of the nearby church. However, he cannot stop himself from protecting Carly from his own patrons and in spite of his wariness he begins to teach her how to break the rules as only a former Navy SEAL could. In turn, she somehow becomes the instructor, giving Cooper a lesson in love, but will he flunk the course? BREAKING THE RULES, the sequel to RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, is an exciting contemporary romance that pits two opposites amusingly struggle with one another and with their growing love for each other. The humorous story line is fun as the twosome reverse years of practice with Carly BREAKING ALL THE RULES and Cooper trying to keep her living by the rules. Jamie Denton provides her audience with an entertaining tale that will delight sub-genre fans. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A delightful read
Review: For twenty-four years, Carly Cassidy was the poster girl for the best-behaved person on the planet. The preacher's daughter never broke a rule until now. Tired of being prim and proper, the Homer, Illinois resident decides to nuke all the rules, starting with ditching her nice fiancé. Fleeing to Chicago, the new Carly enters unescorted, for the first time in her life, a bar, The Wilde Side. Inside Carly meets Cooper Wilde, who thinks a fairy princess wandered into his place by mistake instead of the nearby church. However, he cannot stop himself from protecting Carly from his own patrons and in spite of his wariness he begins to teach her how to break the rules as only a former Navy SEAL could. In turn, she somehow becomes the instructor, giving Cooper a lesson in love, but will he flunk the course? BREAKING THE RULES, the sequel to RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, is an exciting contemporary romance that pits two opposites amusingly struggle with one another and with their growing love for each other. The humorous story line is fun as the twosome reverse years of practice with Carly BREAKING ALL THE RULES and Cooper trying to keep her living by the rules. Jamie Denton provides her audience with an entertaining tale that will delight sub-genre fans. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Good Girls Don't...
Review: Have you ever wondered what would you would do if you suddenly found yourself completely free? Would you break every rule you'd ever learned and establish your own laws? Most of us wouldn't dream of doing anything quite so rash, but that's exactly what Carly Cassidy does when she runs away from her own wedding to a man she doesn't love. She runs right into The Wilde Side, a local Chicago tavern, and Cooper Wilde, a man convinced Carly has more brass than brains until she devises an outrageous plan to help him save his uncle's tavern from bankruptcy, and steals his heart in the process. I hope you enjoy Carly and Cooper's romance as much as I enjoyed writing it. I'd love to know what you think. You can write to me at P.O. Box 224, Mohall, ND 58761-0224, via e-mail jamie@jamiedenton.net or by visiting my website... Here's a sneak peak of BREAKING THE RULES: GOOD GIRL'S DON'T... #1 Ditch a loyal fiance! #2 Runaway from the wedding! #3 Move in with a sexy rescuer! In the space of twelve hours, Carly Cassidy does that...and more. Tired of being good and feeling trapped, she's going to start over. And if that means breaking a few rules...hey, how better than with bad boy Cooper Wilde? THIS GIRL DID! The ex-Navy SEAL is not sure he's ready for a walk on the wild side with the curvy blonde. Except soon Carly's taken possession of his bed...and his heart. Yet Cooper *knows* all this rule-breaking can only lead to heartbreak... OH BOY!
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Summary: What happened after Carly Cassidy left Dean at the altar
Review: Readers first met Carly Cassidy in Jamie Denton's "Rules of Engagement," where the focus was on older sister Jill, who had brought a faux fiancé home for Carly's wedding. However, the day of the wedding Carly ran away and it was Jill and Morgan who ended up taking their place. In "Breaking the Rules" we find out what happened to Carly after she left Dean at the alter. Her explanation is that they loved each other and were not in love with each other (i.e., they were missing the requisite "spark"). Marrying Dean would not have been right and this is clearly a concern for Carly, who knows the rules by which a lady is supposed to act, but also has been evolving her own set of laws that can lead to her eventual happiness. The conceit of Denton's romance is that each chapter begins with one of these rules (e.g., A lady never cries in public, Under no circumstances should a lady ever initiate advances), which comes into play during the ensuing narrative. Often the counter position comes into play as our heroine reminds herself of one of Carly's laws (e.g., If it feels good, do it!). When Carly runs away from her wedding in Homer, Illinois she ends up in an older section of Chicago in general and The Wilde Side, a bar owned by ex-Navy SEAL Cooper Wilde. He cannot believe a platinum blonde princess would walk into his dive and she is intent on breaking a few of those rules she has been obeying for 24 years. The initial set-up is a bit reminiscent of the pilot episode of "Cheers," with Carly ending up working for Coop in his bar because basically she has no where else to go. As long as she is indulging her whims, Carly decides she would like to take advantage of the good look Coop, but he lives by his own set of rules and insists on drawing lines. It is only when Carly figures out that there is nothing wrong with drawing lines as long as both parties agree on where they are being drawn does she find a way to temp him with more than her body. She also proves to be more demanding than he is when it comes to what she ultimately wants. The critique of the rules of being a lady is pretty implicit since it is left to the reader to draw their own conclusions given the turn of events in each chapter. What I like about "Breaking the Rules" is that it deals with the serious question of how these two people are going to live their lives together once they finally give in to their passions and consummate their relationship. This is something Denton did in "Rules of Engagement" and it is one of her strengths as a writer of romances, especially to some one like me who has this strong practical streak getting in the way of romantic intentions. The aforementioned "spark" ignites the steamy romantic scenes, but Denton also provides the other items necessary for a healthy fire.
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Summary: What happened after Carly Cassidy left Dean at the altar
Review: Readers first met Carly Cassidy in Jamie Denton's "Rules of Engagement," where the focus was on older sister Jill, who had brought a faux fianc? home for Carly's wedding. However, the day of the wedding Carly ran away and it was Jill and Morgan who ended up taking their place. In "Breaking the Rules" we find out what happened to Carly after she left Dean at the alter. Her explanation is that they loved each other and were not in love with each other (i.e., they were missing the requisite "spark"). Marrying Dean would not have been right and this is clearly a concern for Carly, who knows the rules by which a lady is supposed to act, but also has been evolving her own set of laws that can lead to her eventual happiness. The conceit of Denton's romance is that each chapter begins with one of these rules (e.g., A lady never cries in public, Under no circumstances should a lady ever initiate advances), which comes into play during the ensuing narrative. Often the counter position comes into play as our heroine reminds herself of one of Carly's laws (e.g., If it feels good, do it!). When Carly runs away from her wedding in Homer, Illinois she ends up in an older section of Chicago in general and The Wilde Side, a bar owned by ex-Navy SEAL Cooper Wilde. He cannot believe a platinum blonde princess would walk into his dive and she is intent on breaking a few of those rules she has been obeying for 24 years. The initial set-up is a bit reminiscent of the pilot episode of "Cheers," with Carly ending up working for Coop in his bar because basically she has no where else to go. As long as she is indulging her whims, Carly decides she would like to take advantage of the good look Coop, but he lives by his own set of rules and insists on drawing lines. It is only when Carly figures out that there is nothing wrong with drawing lines as long as both parties agree on where they are being drawn does she find a way to temp him with more than her body. She also proves to be more demanding than he is when it comes to what she ultimately wants. The critique of the rules of being a lady is pretty implicit since it is left to the reader to draw their own conclusions given the turn of events in each chapter. What I like about "Breaking the Rules" is that it deals with the serious question of how these two people are going to live their lives together once they finally give in to their passions and consummate their relationship. This is something Denton did in "Rules of Engagement" and it is one of her strengths as a writer of romances, especially to some one like me who has this strong practical streak getting in the way of romantic intentions. The aforementioned "spark" ignites the steamy romantic scenes, but Denton also provides the other items necessary for a healthy fire.
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