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Against the Rules
Against the Rules
Against the Rules
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Against the Rules

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“Readers who like their romances fueled with plenty of red-hot sexual chemistry . . . will love this early work,” from a New York Times–bestselling author (Booklist).
 
When Cathryn Donohue-Ashe returns to her Texas hometown, she wants nothing to do with the ranch she inherited—or the rugged foreman in charge. Rule Jackson may have been her first love, the man who brutally broke her heart, but he’s also the reason she plans on hightailing back to the life she has made for herself in Chicago. But once she encounters Rule again, she can’t deny the strong stir of desire she still feels. And there’s no mistaking the glimmer of heat in his eyes . . .
 
When Rule was a younger man, Cat’s father saved him from the collision course he was on. Then Rule paid him back by claiming his innocent daughter—and letting her walk away. Now Rule owes it to the memory of the Donohue patriarch to make sure Cat finds the happiness she deserves, the life she was meant to live: on the ranch that is her birthright, with Rule by her side . . . 
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 22, 2023
ISBN9781504087742
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Linda Howard

Linda S. Howington is a bestselling romance author writing under the pseudonym Linda Howard. She has written many New York Times bestsellers, including Up Close and Dangerous, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cover of Night, Killing Time, To Die For, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cry No More, and Dying to Please. She is a charter member of Romance Writers of America and in 2005 was awarded their Career Achievement Award. Linda lives in Gadsden, Alabama, with her husband and two golden retrievers. She has three grown stepchildren and three grandchildren.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Rule Jackson may be as politically incorrect as they come, but he is a powerful and fascinating hero for this charming romance. Rule is the foreman of the ranch inherited by Cathryn Ashe when she was a teenager. Cathryn fled the ranch years earlier after she and Rule had a passionate encounter. Rule has been obsessed by the memory of their brief romance, and when Cathryn finally returns to the ranch as a young widow, he is determined to have her and won't take no for an answer.

    This book grows on you. Although Rule is very Alpha he does actually want to change for Cathryn. They affect each other in many positive ways. This book is more complex than you first may think.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    One of Howard's weakest books. The story is outdated and a little cheesy, and the characters are occasionally annoying.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Really immature heroine, standard strong silent type hero. I read this as a palate cleanser after the awfulness that was ICE. As flawed as it is, it was far more engaging than Ice. I like Howard's westerns. This is a reprint of a much earlier book, and it reads like that. It's dated, there's no questions about it. But it still fills the 2 hours very nicely. Rule ostensibly works for Catherine, after she inherits the ranch from her dad. She worried about his intentions - does he want her or does he want the ranch that he has managed so well in her absence that people refer to it as Rule's spread. Cat needs to grow up, Rule needs to let go and they both need each other.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Just another cheesy romance novel. Maybe if I had read it in 1983, I would have liked it better beacuse it just doesn't work for today.

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