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Playing by the Rules
RULE#1: POSITIVELY NO FALLING IN LOVE ALLOWED
Sam Case had a killer smile and a laid-back charm that had women swooning at his feet and crying their hearts out over his playboy ways. Suave on the outside, but vulnerable on the inside, Sam wanted out of the dating game…
But as a single mom, I, Mandy Hillman, had given up on Mr. Right, until my smooth-talking neighbor, Sam, proposed…something more than friendship. I agreed to his no-strings-attached affair, and my best friend became my lover. But then I ruined everything when I broke the rules and fell in love with Sam. Suddenly, anything less than happily-ever-after felt like losing….
And I always play to win!
Sam Case had a killer smile and a laid-back charm that had women swooning at his feet and crying their hearts out over his playboy ways. Suave on the outside, but vulnerable on the inside, Sam wanted out of the dating game…
But as a single mom, I, Mandy Hillman, had given up on Mr. Right, until my smooth-talking neighbor, Sam, proposed…something more than friendship. I agreed to his no-strings-attached affair, and my best friend became my lover. But then I ruined everything when I broke the rules and fell in love with Sam. Suddenly, anything less than happily-ever-after felt like losing….
And I always play to win!
- GenresRomance
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 2003
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About the author
Beverly Bird
49 books21 followersBeverly confesses to having been the prototype of the rebellious teenager. By the age of five — when she tried to rewrite the ending to The Wizard of Oz because it scared her — she knew she would be a writer.
Therefore, the high school regimen was obviously not for her, and childhood was just something to get through before she could make her mark on the world. On one memorable occasion, she stood up in chemistry class to inform her teacher that she did not need to understand the subject because in a few years she would be writing for a living anyway. She failed the class, of course. Then, some 20 years later, she had to face the teacher at a reunion and admit that when she had to research DNA for a recent book she still had no clue what it was about!
Since words are meant to be read and not eaten, Beverly turned seriously to writing when she was 22. The stars aligned for a time — she was single and her rent was astronomically low because she looked after the elderly lady who owned the building. She’d just gotten laid off from an advertising job with a newspaper due to budget cuts and therefore had an unemployment check coming in weekly. She decided that it was now or never — and Emeralds in the Dark was born, published by Silhouette to launch the Intimate Moments line in 1983.
Since then, Beverly has published 20 books with Silhouette as well as several romantic suspense and historical novels. She prefers strong heroines with hidden soft spots and a penchant for getting themselves into trouble, figuring that she has had some experience herself in that area.
Though she has lived in several places in the United States, Beverly returned to her roots to live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey with her son and a Chihuahua named Taco, where periodically she risks running into that chemistry teacher. But these days, she is much less rebellious and tends to tuck tail and run when she encounters someone she probably ticked off 25 years ago!
Beverly loves to hear from readers but admits that she is seriously negligent about actually traveling to the post office and snail-mailing her replies. She asks that anyone who would like to contact her please do so via email at Bvrlye@aol.com.
Therefore, the high school regimen was obviously not for her, and childhood was just something to get through before she could make her mark on the world. On one memorable occasion, she stood up in chemistry class to inform her teacher that she did not need to understand the subject because in a few years she would be writing for a living anyway. She failed the class, of course. Then, some 20 years later, she had to face the teacher at a reunion and admit that when she had to research DNA for a recent book she still had no clue what it was about!
Since words are meant to be read and not eaten, Beverly turned seriously to writing when she was 22. The stars aligned for a time — she was single and her rent was astronomically low because she looked after the elderly lady who owned the building. She’d just gotten laid off from an advertising job with a newspaper due to budget cuts and therefore had an unemployment check coming in weekly. She decided that it was now or never — and Emeralds in the Dark was born, published by Silhouette to launch the Intimate Moments line in 1983.
Since then, Beverly has published 20 books with Silhouette as well as several romantic suspense and historical novels. She prefers strong heroines with hidden soft spots and a penchant for getting themselves into trouble, figuring that she has had some experience herself in that area.
Though she has lived in several places in the United States, Beverly returned to her roots to live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey with her son and a Chihuahua named Taco, where periodically she risks running into that chemistry teacher. But these days, she is much less rebellious and tends to tuck tail and run when she encounters someone she probably ticked off 25 years ago!
Beverly loves to hear from readers but admits that she is seriously negligent about actually traveling to the post office and snail-mailing her replies. She asks that anyone who would like to contact her please do so via email at Bvrlye@aol.com.
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September 30, 2019
Typical romance novel, which I finished very quickly. Just passing the time.
February 19, 2021
Romance.
December 14, 2022
Nice story
April 30, 2017
Leído el 09/05/2011
ALGO MAS QUE AMISTAD - BEVERLY BIRD
Sólo había una regla: prohibido enamorarse
Sam Case tenía una sonrisa arrolladora y un encanto que volvía locas a las mujeres. Impecable por fuera y vulnerable por dentro, lo cierto era que Case deseaba una relación seria...
Pero como madre soltera, Mandy Hillman había desistido en la búsqueda del hombre perfecto... hasta que su seductor vecino Sam le propuso... algo más que amistad y comenzaron una aventura sin compromiso alguno. Pero no pasó mucho tiempo antes de que Mandy rompiera la regla del juego enamorándose de Sam. De pronto nada excepto el matrimonio le parecía suficiente.
Y no estaba dispuesta a conformarse con menos....
ALGO MAS QUE AMISTAD - BEVERLY BIRD
Sólo había una regla: prohibido enamorarse
Sam Case tenía una sonrisa arrolladora y un encanto que volvía locas a las mujeres. Impecable por fuera y vulnerable por dentro, lo cierto era que Case deseaba una relación seria...
Pero como madre soltera, Mandy Hillman había desistido en la búsqueda del hombre perfecto... hasta que su seductor vecino Sam le propuso... algo más que amistad y comenzaron una aventura sin compromiso alguno. Pero no pasó mucho tiempo antes de que Mandy rompiera la regla del juego enamorándose de Sam. De pronto nada excepto el matrimonio le parecía suficiente.
Y no estaba dispuesta a conformarse con menos....
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