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Rules of Engagement
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Love is a game of chance in this romantic suspense novel by New York Times bestselling author and American politician and activist Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name, Selena Montgomery.
Dr. Raleigh Foster, an operative for a top-secret intelligence organization, knows that her undercover work has its risks. So she doesn't hesitate when asked to infiltrate Scimitar, the terrorist group that has stolen lethal environmental technology. But when she's assigned a partner--brooding, sexy Adam Grayson--to pose as her lover, Raleigh discovers that the most dangerous risk of all...is falling in love.
Adam blames himself for the botched mission that got his best friend killed by Scimitar, and he believes that Raleigh may have contributed to the man's death. But the closer he works with his alluring partner, the more his suspicions turn to trust--and intense desire. Now, as he and Raleigh untangle a twisted web of secrets and lies, the tension mounts between them...until their masquerade as a couple proves too tempting to resist.
Dr. Raleigh Foster, an operative for a top-secret intelligence organization, knows that her undercover work has its risks. So she doesn't hesitate when asked to infiltrate Scimitar, the terrorist group that has stolen lethal environmental technology. But when she's assigned a partner--brooding, sexy Adam Grayson--to pose as her lover, Raleigh discovers that the most dangerous risk of all...is falling in love.
Adam blames himself for the botched mission that got his best friend killed by Scimitar, and he believes that Raleigh may have contributed to the man's death. But the closer he works with his alluring partner, the more his suspicions turn to trust--and intense desire. Now, as he and Raleigh untangle a twisted web of secrets and lies, the tension mounts between them...until their masquerade as a couple proves too tempting to resist.
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“I have to be honest: the driving force behind me finishing this book was strictly because a friend recommended it to me and I HAD to know what she saw in this book. I still can't find whatever it is she saw. Now I'm trying to be kind because this was originally published in 2001 AND I listened to the audiobook version, but STILL my goodness. I saw some of the turns coming, the characters were absolutely deplorable and some of these plot holes are just... unforgivable.
First I have to acknowledge how Abrams made the point of using these FIVE POINT SAT words ALL throughout this God forsaken book, even in the characters dialogue (who may I remind you are between 25 and 35), but when describing a humongous and elaborate diamond the best word she could give was "fat". Please stop playing with me. The words didn't even mean anything to the story, they were just there to make the characters sound smarter and jumbled up the writing style and flow.
And these characters God help us. I don't even wanna get into how Adam is basically a manipulative asshole since he's THIRTY-FIVE preying on a TWENTY-FIVE year old, calling her a baby and naive then proceeding to try to sleep with her and destroy her self esteem all in the same chapters. But Rayleigh (who's name I absolutely hate, I never would've guessed her name is pronounced "rollie") is this self loathing, naive rule follower. Like I really wish Alex would've stuck with her comment of calling Rayleigh a bad friend, BECAUSE SHE IS. She has absolutely no social skills and though she claims to hate what she does SHE WON'T LEAVE LIKE SHE HAS NO OTHER OPTIONS, GIRL PLEASE. Don't even get me started on Atlas, I won't even touch that flat character analysis. The only saving grace for this was Philip. Sweet, sweet Philip. I knew we would get a comedic relief somewhere, I KNEW IT. And only having Philip for the last couple chapters was better than having our main cast for the majority of the book.
I really wanted to like this book but I just couldn't do it, and though I'm sure I might just be a bit critical, I just feel like this was kind of a let down.”
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