Risk
It
Rule Breakers # 4
Rule Breakers # 4
By: Jennifer Chance
Releasing June 2nd, 2015
Loveswept
Blurb
Jennifer
Chance’s Rule Breakers series turns up the heat as a wealthy playboy and a
beautiful con artist engage in a high-stakes game of seduction.
As
dominating in business as he is in bed, Rand Sterling Winston IV always gets
what he wants. And even before he realizes that she’s scammed him into paying
triple the cost for her friend’s painting, he wants Dani Michaels. To catch her
alone, Rand demands that she personally deliver his purchase. The attraction
between them is immediate and electric, and he knows she feels it, too. So when
the part-time petty thief rebuffs his advances, he gives her a choice: a night
in jail or an evening with him.
Despite
her checkered past, Dani has never met someone like Rand: brooding, intense,
and oh so tempting. Only a man with a broken soul could make control feel this
dangerous. Still, when Rand proposes a no-strings, no-holds-barred affair,
Dani’s more than a little intrigued. It’ll be the trickiest con she’s ever run
and a chance to indulge her steamiest fantasies—nothing more. But as their
encounters grow increasingly intimate, Dani uncovers a vulnerable side to
Rand’s steely exterior and opens her heart to the ultimate risk.
Review- 3 Stars
I really enjoyed the book before this one in the series, so I
was excited to read this one. It was good, but it didn’t live up to Want It.
This author
gives her characters a good amount of depth. She creates a backstory that holds
up the personality traits they exhibit in the book. Dani and Rand both
experienced dark and damaging childhoods. As a result, they have both developed
a hard exterior, a determination to rise above and always win, to never be hurt
because you’re always three steps ahead.
Put these
two similar personalities together, add to it a raging attraction, and things
get crazy. To be completely honest, it took me some time to like both of these
characters, but I never truly fell for Rand. His need to win against Dani by
breaking down all of her walls, came off as pretty heartless at times. There
were little moments where I could see the better man shining through the tough
veneer and I was just getting to like him when the book ended.
Dani grabs
the reader’s sympathy incredibly fast. She’s very strong and you can see that
there is a deep capacity for love from her relationship with her foster
brother. Her need to win is definitely a defense mechanism and while in some
books it might have annoyed me after a while, it was necessary when going up
against Rand and his nefarious plans. She’s got a lot of spunk and is very
witty. I warmed up to her and ended liking her character.
There is
definitely some off the charts hot scenes in this book. The author took them in
some interesting directions at times and others were more conventional. But, no
matter which, the room was filling up with steam from the pages of my book.
The plot is
a great premise for a story, but it wasn’t executed all that well. Here’s the
thing, I was starting to really enjoy the book…and then it ended. The ending is
very abrupt and I felt almost like the author was on a deadline and just needed
to finish the book. We turn the page and all of the sudden, Rand is in love,
whereas just a few pages ago, he was still determined to break Dani and walk
away. It also didn’t resolve for me. While we learn many details of Dani’s childhood,
Rand’s remains a little vague. Also, Dani is talking about how it won’t last
forever until the very last page. So, I shut the book asking, “Where is the
rest?” If the author had continued, I would have absolutely turned the pages
and kept reading. I feel like there is more to their story and I’d really,
really like to know what it is. If the author wrote a companion novel to this
one, I’d be all over it.
I have
enjoyed the books in this series, so I would recommend this one if you are
going to go through them all. I always prefer to read all the books in a
series. However, as a standalone, I’d recommend a petition to the author to
write a second installment.
Author Info
Jennifer Chance is
the award-winning author of the new adult Rule Breakers series. A lover of
books, romance, and happily-ever-afters, she lives and writes in Ohio.
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