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The Rulebreakers #3
Thirty-Day Fiancé
THE MAN OF HER DREAMS...
The moment young Nick Nolan had rescued her from her bully brother, Olivia Polnecek knew he was destined to be a true-blue hero--and the man she would always love. But over the years Nick's knight-in-shining-armor nature never seemed to include whisking her away to become his wife.
Instead, he asked her to be his pretend-fiancee--for a month.
Olivia knew that simply a taste of being Nick's betrothed would never be enough. She wanted to melt his defenses, find the hot-blooded man behind the reserved protector...and turn their temporary engagement into a forever marriage....
THE RULEBREAKERS: A millionaire, a bad boy, a protector. Three strong, sexy men who take on the ultimate challenge--love!
The moment young Nick Nolan had rescued her from her bully brother, Olivia Polnecek knew he was destined to be a true-blue hero--and the man she would always love. But over the years Nick's knight-in-shining-armor nature never seemed to include whisking her away to become his wife.
Instead, he asked her to be his pretend-fiancee--for a month.
Olivia knew that simply a taste of being Nick's betrothed would never be enough. She wanted to melt his defenses, find the hot-blooded man behind the reserved protector...and turn their temporary engagement into a forever marriage....
THE RULEBREAKERS: A millionaire, a bad boy, a protector. Three strong, sexy men who take on the ultimate challenge--love!
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 24, 1998
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About the author
Leanne Banks
520 books289 followersLeanne Banks was born on 14 May 1959 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. She holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology, which she claims she can only use on fictional characters. When her first book was published in 1991, she used the money from her advance to take her family to Disney World.
Leanne is known for telling a story with strong emotion, characters with whom everyone can relate, a kick of hot sensuality, and a feel-good ending that lingers. She believes in creating stories for her readers that will allow them to escape into a place filled fun, emotion and sensuality. She believes that she has the best readers in the world because they understand that love is the greatest miracle of all.
Leanne is the recipient of Romantic Times Magazine's career-achievement awards in Series Sensuality and Love and Laughter, and her books have been recognized by the Award of Excellence Contest, the Romance Writers of America RITA Award contest and the National Readers' Choice Awards. She is grateful for awards and reviews and was particularly moved by a letter from a reader remarking that Leanne's book got her through a chemotherapy session. The reader's letter inspired a favorite turn of phrase: Never underestimate the power of a romance novel.
Leanne lives in her native Virginia with her husband, two teenage children and a Pomeranian. She also has a little condo in South Carolina where she writes in the off-season. She loves music, chocolate, quotes, and new adventures.
Leanne is known for telling a story with strong emotion, characters with whom everyone can relate, a kick of hot sensuality, and a feel-good ending that lingers. She believes in creating stories for her readers that will allow them to escape into a place filled fun, emotion and sensuality. She believes that she has the best readers in the world because they understand that love is the greatest miracle of all.
Leanne is the recipient of Romantic Times Magazine's career-achievement awards in Series Sensuality and Love and Laughter, and her books have been recognized by the Award of Excellence Contest, the Romance Writers of America RITA Award contest and the National Readers' Choice Awards. She is grateful for awards and reviews and was particularly moved by a letter from a reader remarking that Leanne's book got her through a chemotherapy session. The reader's letter inspired a favorite turn of phrase: Never underestimate the power of a romance novel.
Leanne lives in her native Virginia with her husband, two teenage children and a Pomeranian. She also has a little condo in South Carolina where she writes in the off-season. She loves music, chocolate, quotes, and new adventures.
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April 8, 2012
Olivia Polnecek is a twenty-six year old college freshman who seems to like stripping naked in front of her open window to apply oil after her showers. When her apartment catches on fire one evening, she is rescued by her sexy neighbour, Nick Nolan. Nick is a member of the Bad Boys Club which we met in "The You-Can't-Make-Me-Bride". He also happens to be Olivia's childhood saviour who sustained a broken nose protecting her and her barbie dolls from her bullying brother, Butch. Nick suggests Olivia move in with him until she can find a new place to stay. One day a society reporter decides to announce in a newspaper that Nick and Olivia are engaged.
The way Nick and Olivia handle the erroneous engagement announcement is simply ludicrous. For some reason, Nick decides that they must now pretend to be madly in love with each other and engaged to each other for a month before they can pretend to break up. I tried not to think too deeply about this and just accept it in the spirit of enjoying a trashy romance, but I really couldn't understand why Olivia feels pressured to act like she loves him in public. If they're going to break up in a month's time, it would actually make more sense for them to be a little cool with each other. Anyway, they obviously end up falling in love and into bed, even though Olivia was determined not to get involved with anyone for her first semester of college and Nick is a confirmed bachelor. Nick suggests they continue with their current living arrangement and fake engagement for longer than the thirty days, to which Olivia realises that she is in love with him and must therefore behave in the typical non-sensical romance heroine way by packing her bags and running away whilst Nick is at work. This sort of thing just annoys me. She doesn't try to talk to Nick. She doesn't give him any chance at all to respond to her feelings. Olivia just packs her bags with no warning and leaves a pathetic terse note on the kitchen table. This wasn't a bad book, but I don't like characters who make absolutely no effort to fight for their love. Nick's a nice enough guy but I just couldn't make myself like Olivia.
The way Nick and Olivia handle the erroneous engagement announcement is simply ludicrous. For some reason, Nick decides that they must now pretend to be madly in love with each other and engaged to each other for a month before they can pretend to break up. I tried not to think too deeply about this and just accept it in the spirit of enjoying a trashy romance, but I really couldn't understand why Olivia feels pressured to act like she loves him in public. If they're going to break up in a month's time, it would actually make more sense for them to be a little cool with each other. Anyway, they obviously end up falling in love and into bed, even though Olivia was determined not to get involved with anyone for her first semester of college and Nick is a confirmed bachelor. Nick suggests they continue with their current living arrangement and fake engagement for longer than the thirty days, to which Olivia realises that she is in love with him and must therefore behave in the typical non-sensical romance heroine way by packing her bags and running away whilst Nick is at work. This sort of thing just annoys me. She doesn't try to talk to Nick. She doesn't give him any chance at all to respond to her feelings. Olivia just packs her bags with no warning and leaves a pathetic terse note on the kitchen table. This wasn't a bad book, but I don't like characters who make absolutely no effort to fight for their love. Nick's a nice enough guy but I just couldn't make myself like Olivia.
May 26, 2018
I loved this one !! They start of as childhood mates, not sweethearts. The guy gets his nose broken trying to protect the girl and her Barbie dolls. This is when he is a lanky 11 year old and she is a shy little 7 year old !!
She thinks he is awesome and he thinks she is special. End of a sweet memory from the past.
Now the guy is a hard hitting attorney, and a solid hunk at that !! She is 26 but still carries around an insecurity about her career and worthiness., thanks to years of subtle put downs by family over the growing years. Nothing malicious, just confidence sapping. After being a hair stylist, she has just begun college.
How do they meet ? A fantasy coincidence, she rents the flat next door to him. And has a rather well positioned window through which the guy can see her, errr ... see all of her !!
Her room catches fire due to a short circuit and there he is, playing the hero once again. He burns his hands, her room is burned down. So she moves in next door, mutual convenience you see.
His heroic savior act puts them in the media limelight. He gets a brain wave to fake an engagement to put off female admirers.
Living together and enacting a fake engagement. Enough reasons to have sweet flirty, then hot passionate scenes. The author makes the most of her premise. Finger licking good scenes, they were.
No triangle, no villain, no snooty relatives. No convenient props to build drama in the story. Just their inherent mental blocks, and how they over come them. Almost lifelike.
The HEA is followed by an epilogue which brings a fairy tale to a sweet close.
Endearing story, nothing extravagant, just sweet realism. Errr, if you can discount the magic window from where guys get to ogle at naked girls rubbing oil on their bodies !!!
She thinks he is awesome and he thinks she is special. End of a sweet memory from the past.
Now the guy is a hard hitting attorney, and a solid hunk at that !! She is 26 but still carries around an insecurity about her career and worthiness., thanks to years of subtle put downs by family over the growing years. Nothing malicious, just confidence sapping. After being a hair stylist, she has just begun college.
How do they meet ? A fantasy coincidence, she rents the flat next door to him. And has a rather well positioned window through which the guy can see her, errr ... see all of her !!
Her room catches fire due to a short circuit and there he is, playing the hero once again. He burns his hands, her room is burned down. So she moves in next door, mutual convenience you see.
His heroic savior act puts them in the media limelight. He gets a brain wave to fake an engagement to put off female admirers.
Living together and enacting a fake engagement. Enough reasons to have sweet flirty, then hot passionate scenes. The author makes the most of her premise. Finger licking good scenes, they were.
No triangle, no villain, no snooty relatives. No convenient props to build drama in the story. Just their inherent mental blocks, and how they over come them. Almost lifelike.
The HEA is followed by an epilogue which brings a fairy tale to a sweet close.
Endearing story, nothing extravagant, just sweet realism. Errr, if you can discount the magic window from where guys get to ogle at naked girls rubbing oil on their bodies !!!
May 4, 2017
Leído el 10/09/2011
Amor desesperado
Argumento:
Un millonario... un chico malo... un protector. Tres fuertes y apuestos hombres están a punto de enfrentarse a su último desafío. ¡el amor!
Desde el momento en que Nick Nolan la rescató de su hermano, Olivia supo que estaba destinado a ser su auténtico héroe, el hombre al que siempre amaría. Pero pasaron los años y Nick, caballero de brillante armadura, quedó como un recuerdo de infancia.
Y de pronto, le pidió que simulara ser su prometida durante un mes. Olivia descubrió que eso no era suficiente. Quería derretir sus defensas, llegar hasta el hombre pasional que había tras su frío afecto… y convertir su compromiso temporal en un matrimonio para toda la vida.
Amor desesperado
Argumento:
Un millonario... un chico malo... un protector. Tres fuertes y apuestos hombres están a punto de enfrentarse a su último desafío. ¡el amor!
Desde el momento en que Nick Nolan la rescató de su hermano, Olivia supo que estaba destinado a ser su auténtico héroe, el hombre al que siempre amaría. Pero pasaron los años y Nick, caballero de brillante armadura, quedó como un recuerdo de infancia.
Y de pronto, le pidió que simulara ser su prometida durante un mes. Olivia descubrió que eso no era suficiente. Quería derretir sus defensas, llegar hasta el hombre pasional que había tras su frío afecto… y convertir su compromiso temporal en un matrimonio para toda la vida.
July 25, 2018
Convoluted beginning, dog walker sans coffee, wet from forgetting the umbrella, homeowner home, surprisingly, dog frantic, homeowner chasing him in just a towel and wayward engagement ring.
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November 17, 2011
Me caso con Nick Nolan *.* aww es un amor con patas! desde el principio se vio que seria un cuerisimo :3 & awww la forma en que se enojaba cuando era un escuincle!
Me encanto la historia;porque muchas han tenido un niño el cual las defendia de pequeñas & terminaron admirandolo siempre! ame lo de Super Comando Guerrero :3 hermoso libro con una hermosa historia de amor!
Nick; si te gustan las raritas; yo soy rarita :))))'♥
Me encanto la historia;porque muchas han tenido un niño el cual las defendia de pequeñas & terminaron admirandolo siempre! ame lo de Super Comando Guerrero :3 hermoso libro con una hermosa historia de amor!
Nick; si te gustan las raritas; yo soy rarita :))))'♥
January 1, 2017
"Olivia si considerava un uccello con le ali spezzate. Per un qualche motivo, la sua famiglia e la gente attorno a lei l’avevano convinta che non potesse realizzare i suoi sogni. «Volerai» le disse lui, lottando contro il desiderio di dare a Olivia tutto ciò che non aveva avuto. «Se qualcuno è mai stato destinato a volare, quella sei tu.» Olivia lo guardò negli occhi, poi scoppiò a piangere"
Il più bello e romantico della serie! <3
Il più bello e romantico della serie! <3
May 8, 2015
Tender and humorous.Two people who knew each other as children are reluctant to fall in love when they unexpectedly meet years later.
I am the process of reading - or reread -my books by Leanne Banks. This one stays in my keeper pile.
I am the process of reading - or reread -my books by Leanne Banks. This one stays in my keeper pile.
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