Breaking the Rules

This book is the recipient of a Heart Beat Award at Heart RateReviewsHaving followed the rules all her life, Carly Cassidy actstotally out of character when she leaves her childhood sweetheartpractically standing at the altar. Dressed in all her wedding finery,she keeps driving away from her hometown until her car dies inChicago. Left with no other recourse except to look for a pay phoneand call a tow truck, Carly marches into a nearby bar, The WildeSide.Cooper Wilde, an ex-Navy SEAL, has come home to help his unclerun the bar. The last thing he's looking for is trouble, butthat's exactly what he finds when a beautiful, platinum blonde,princess walks into the bar, wearing - of all things - a wedding gown!One look at that innocent face and those misery-stricken yet gorgeouseyes, and he knows it's trouble with a capital T. The attractionbetween the two is an open wire. Electrifying.No matter how hardhe tries to get Carly on her way and out of his bar, he doesn'tsucceed. Finally, when Carly talks him into letting her stay on tohelp out at the bar, Cooper reluctantly agrees because his tenderheart is already lassoed by Carly's playful spirit. He justhasn't realized it yet!BREAKING THE RULES has an original plotfollowed by a sizzling, romantic story line. Ms Denton displays herexceptional talent by giving her fans a wonderfully woven plot that issure to delight and satisfy. The story is well written; it is easy tostep into the pages and become one with the characters. Loaded withsexual tension, tender moments and sizzling passion, this romantictale is very easy to read.The characters are well depicted, livelyand full of spice. Cooper Wilde is sure to have readers drooling andmesmerized. His tender and caring personality, and his unfailinglyhuman quirk of orderliness, makes him a memorable character. Carlyhas enough sweetness and spunk to make the right match for a guy likeCooper; if only he can get her to be a bit more neat and organized.He spends his time constantly picking up after her, or trying to avoidtripping over her shoes!The dialogue is exceptional and fits thecharacters. They all speak and act true to their personalities, andthere's absolutely nothing predictable about them - especiallyCarly!BREAKING THE RULES, the sequel to RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, is anunforgettable romance. I enjoyed reading it and will no doubt want toread it again! Ms Denton has delivered an entertaining and memorablestory that is a pure delight to read. Fans of Ms Denton's willdefinitely want to add this one to their keeper's shelf!ElenaChanning for Heart Rate Reviews...

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.

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!

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