Breaking the Rules

Rules of the Game, Book 6

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Breaking the Rules

By: Brigham Vaughn

Narrated by: James Edward Jones

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Rule number one: Don't fall in love with your agent.

Trevor Underhill is a bottom D-pair grinder. A pest. The kind of player who makes it possible for the talent to score.

Off the ice, he looks out for himself and never trusts anyone but his sister to have his back.

Fresh off an ankle injury and annoyed that his endorsement deals keep falling through, he’s tired of his stuffy, boring agent telling him to clean up his act and grow up.

Love is the last thing he’s looking for with anyone.

Rule number two: Don’t give up on second chances.

Former player Wade Cannon spent years in the closet until his retirement.

Now with a successful career as an agent and an 11-year-old son, his priorities are work and his kid.

After the guy he was supposed to spend the rest of his life with bailed on them, he doesn’t trust anyone to stick around.

When members of the Evanston Otters team come to him for help, he and Trevor wind up working closely together.

Frustration leads to sizzling chemistry and an unexpected connection.

Falling in love with a client could jeopardize Wade’s career just as an explosive discovery threatens not only the Otters’ Cup win, but the very foundation of the team.

Trigger warning: Breaking the Rules includes talk of homophobia and homophobic slurs. It contains non-graphic mentions of sexual harassment and sexual assault and scenes of domestic violence.

Romance

Sports

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Just as much as I did the whole series! Loved Trevor and Wade , their banter is epic, as are their sweeter and vulnerable moments as they get to know each other! And, oh, are their encounters steamy!
Loved James Edward Jones’s performance, too!

Loved this last book in the series!

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Story: I was really curious how the author will approach Trevor and Wade's attraction and I am blown away!
The book is incredibly mature and well written, with realistic characters and believable progression of their relationship. I loved every little piece of their interactions, all the imperfections and little details the book contains! Such a great piece of writing!
Narration: Great job! Acting skills just right for the story and characters.

So love this book! So much!

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Wade and Trevor's story was an entertaining and fulfilling way to wrap up this series. I was excited about their potential from the first time I saw their snappy, annoyed interactions, and their hate-to-love journey was so satisfying. I'm a sucker for misunderstood, reformed characters, and that's exactly what Trevor felt like to me. I could see how hard he was trying to clean up his image and become the man and hockey player he wanted to be, and though he had his ups and downs, his heart was always in the right place. Wade was understandably skeptical about Trevor's commitment to changing his ways at first, but the more time the two of them spent together figuring out a way to get dirt on Jack Malone, the more their sharpness and arguments softened. Their physical chemistry snapped into place shortly after that, and boy were some of their nights together steamy. I'm such a romantic at heart, so I was sold on the idea of them together without much debate, but Trevor and Wade needed more time to decide if a romantic relationship was worth the risk. In the meantime the Malone situation was escalating in a particularly negative way, and I was really feeling the suspense as I waited to see if they would be able to expose this guy for some of his awful actions. The end of the story veered in a direction I was not expecting at all, but I'm so proud of the strength and integrity the whole team showed. I was already feeling emotional about Trevor and Wade's happy ending, but getting to see all the characters I've grown to love over the course of this series play fantastic hockey together and set off on the next chapters of their lives was a wonderful way to say goodbye.

**I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this book. This review expresses my honest thoughts and opinions.

Entertaining and satisfying

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M/M
Age gap
Single parent
Secret relationship
Sports romance
Hockey player and his rep

TW: domestic abuse

Story = 3.5 stars
Narration = 5 stars

This book focuses largely on a side character and prior storyline so I would highly suggest reading the previous books before reading this one.

I really liked Wade from the start but Trevor came off as a hothead who thought things should just be given to him despite his bad attitude. He really had to grow on me. He was nice to his sister and fan kids so it made it easy to give him a chance and luckily his bad mood changed quite quickly. The couple was great together and the story was really sweet without any real drama or angst involving the couple. It was a nice slow burn with a perfect amount of steam. Their relationship moved at a great pace. No instalove but not too drawn out.

The problem I had with enjoying this book was the fact that the whole story was about bringing down a side character. Don't get me wrong, I hate Malone and wanted forever for the author to get rid of him but I didn't want a whole story focused on him with no definite conclusion. I was hoping he'd just get hit by a bus or something lol. I really don't want to hear his name again but I doubt I'll get my wish. Even still I didn't hate the story. It kept my interest from start to finish. I liked the sweet couple moments, the moments with Wades son and the team coming together like a big found family. The ending was really sweet.

Charlie sounded so cute so I'm off to read the Husband Game.

James Edward Jones did a great performance. His voice is very enjoyable to listen to and he brought the story to life. He kept a good pace and expressed the emotions wonderfully. He gave all the characters distinct voices that suited them well and made it easy to follow the story. I absolutely would listen to this narrator again. Other than this authors previous books I havent heard his name before but his tone is very pleasant to listen to. i definitely recommend listening to him.

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What a great addition to the series. The rest of the books are just as fantastic... all emotional roller coasters... with some hot and steamy twists and turns. This one has everything in it. There's forbidden love, intrigue, romance and it's pretty hot to boot! The emotions written into the book are so beautifully real and well described. Neither Trevor or Wade are looking for love but that’s what they find, it was lovely to see the chemistry develop between them. It’s almost a book of two halves, what happens before they get together and what happens after. On one hand it's the perfect story of two unexpected people falling in love and just enjoying each other. However, there's also a darker side to the story, one involving domestic abuse. I loved Wade's and Trevor's resilience, in exposing the matter. Trevor's so brave, willing to put his reputation at stake, for the sake of others, he's a pretty strong character. I loved how confident he was and not particularly worried about other people's perception of him. He walked his own path, spoke his mind, and wasn't bothered about conforming or being popular. The ending was first class, probably unrealistic, as the author admits, but it would be nice if incidents like this could be solved like they were in the story. I've just listened to the audible version of this, and James Edward Jones does a fantastic job in his narration. He truly brings all of the tension, emotions and feelings to life. He portrays Wade and Trevor beautifully. Loved it. 5*s across the board.

Excellent Narration x

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