Title - Rules of Harte
Author - Brooke Harris
Author - Brooke Harris
Synopsis
Evangeline Andrews doesn’t want him, but she needs him. Julian Harte doesn’t need anyone, but he wants her.
Eva has been passed over her whole life. A happy home, men, fashion sense…it all eludes her. She’s run away from New Jersey to find sanctuary in Dublin. But the office bitch, a nymphomaniac best friend and the nice-guy-she’s-just-not-sure-about all threaten to complicate things.
The company social event of the year is looming. Everyone who’s anyone in the office will be at the masquerade ball. Eva has been invited, well, instructed to attend by her mysterious boss - or else. But she can’t go alone.
Enter Julian Harte, a sexy escort with a fascination for games. Eva is about to learn the rules are complicated and Julian doesn’t do losing.
Will Eva’s thick skin be enough to protect her when all the masks come down? Or will she discover she’s not the only one wearing more than one mask?
Let the games begin.
Evangeline Andrews doesn’t want him, but she needs him. Julian Harte doesn’t need anyone, but he wants her.
Eva has been passed over her whole life. A happy home, men, fashion sense…it all eludes her. She’s run away from New Jersey to find sanctuary in Dublin. But the office bitch, a nymphomaniac best friend and the nice-guy-she’s-just-not-sure-about all threaten to complicate things.
The company social event of the year is looming. Everyone who’s anyone in the office will be at the masquerade ball. Eva has been invited, well, instructed to attend by her mysterious boss - or else. But she can’t go alone.
Enter Julian Harte, a sexy escort with a fascination for games. Eva is about to learn the rules are complicated and Julian doesn’t do losing.
Will Eva’s thick skin be enough to protect her when all the masks come down? Or will she discover she’s not the only one wearing more than one mask?
Let the games begin.
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Excerpt:
Eva took Julian’s, still
full, glass out of his hand and rested it on the table. She threw her leg over
his, straddling him - wobbly.
‘So you think you’re the
boss,’ she said.
‘I’m not? Julian replied
casually.
‘Let’s just see about that.’
Eva unbuttoned his
shirt, two and three buttons at a time, stopping to rub sweet kisses against
his chest. Julian took a deep breath and eased his back further against the
soft cushions behind. The last buttons were stubborn but Eva won and tugged his
shirt aggressively off and tossed it to the floor. The force left faint red
marks on his wrists, and Eva dotted her lips along the pinched lines and slowly
kissed them better.
He liked it, Eva knew.
She could feel him grow beneath her. She pushed her weight harder onto him and
ground her ass slowly against his throbbing cock.
‘Don’t
tease, Evangeline,’ Julian warned.
‘Who’s
teasing?’ She smiled, grinding just a little more.
‘I
can’t,’ Julian whispered softly. ‘You’re not ready.’
‘I am. I
really am.’
Julian caught Eva’s
wrist and flipped her on to the sheepskin rug on the floor. She landed roughly
and looked up at him, uncertain. She worried he was angry, maybe she was too
assertive. Some men don’t like that, a friend had warned her about it once when
she was in high school.
Eva lay
still, her mind racing in anticipation of Julian’s next move. A mild, summer
wind had picked up outside and it distracted her for a moment and she felt a
chill as it whispered against the window. Goosebumps lined her body as the cold
of the timber floor penetrated the rug beneath her. She shivered a little but
she never took her eyes off Julian.
Julian kneeled between
her legs. He was steady and moving slowly. Lustfully slow, and it took Eva a
moment to realise her mouth was open. She shut it again but the anticipation
didn’t disappear. Fuck he was hot.
She’d never seen anyone with such a perfect face before. She’d always been so
sure of her type. The sweet and baby faced, be your best friend type. But
Julian didn’t fit the bill. In fact, he was so far the opposite, it was scary.
He was a man’s man, and, even though it shocked the hell out of her, she liked
it, she liked him - a lot.
She couldn’t take her
eyes off his strong and toned body hiding behind his impeccable, tailored suit.
A small scar above his left eyebrow and a five o’clock shadow along his firm
jawline offered him an alluring ruggedness that was hard to resist. His dark
skin contrasted against her peaches and cream complexion like the perfect
compliment. She ran the tip of her finger over the simple, black horseshoe
tattooed on his left peek.
‘What’s this?’ she asked
softly, aware that she was prying.
‘A
tattoo.’ Julian smirked.
‘Ha ha,
very funny. I know that. I mean, what is it?’
‘It’s a
horseshoe, Evangeline.’
Eva shook
her head and smiled. ‘I mean, what does it symbolise? Or is it just that you
like horses, or something?’
Julian
exhaled slowly and his dark chocolate eyes glistened as he stared into Eva’s.
He cupped her hand in the palm of his and pressed his moist lips softly against
her wrist leaving a single kiss.
‘You’re the first person
to ever ask me that,’ Julian said, still holding her hand. ‘I do like horses
but that’s not what it’s about.’
Eva
chewed her bottom lip and held her breath. He was actually about to tell her
something about himself, she hoped she didn’t look too shocked.
‘You can
start up here.’ Julian placed his finger against her wrist and began to trace a
shape on her skin. ‘And in the blink of an eye, without warning, you can drop
to the bottom.’ His finger slowly ran down her skin. ‘But that doesn’t define
who you are, Evangeline. It’s the climb back to the top, that defines who you
are. And how high you climb is up to you.’ His finger completed the pattern of
an invisible horseshoe as he softly spoke out his action. ‘Down, around and
back up…understand?’
Eva pushed her lips
tight together and forced an uncomfortable bubble of air down her throat. She’d
been climbing for a long time but, she was no closer to the top. She sniffled
and looked up to meet his stare. She didn’t want him to notice her getting
upset, but she wasn’t hiding it as well as she’d like to.
He pulled
her closer to him and Eskimo kissed her playfully. ‘The past doesn’t define
you.’
The lump of air in Eva’s
throat hurt. Was he telling her something about himself or something about her?
Damn, he was as smart as he was gorgeous. And my God was he gorgeous, Eva thought, beginning to undress
him with her eyes, but Julian noticed the naughty gleam in her eye.
‘Something I can help
you with, Evangeline?’ he asked.
How do I express the love I have for this book? When I signed up for the tour, I didn't even read the synopsis. I went in totally blind and sometimes this is the best way to go into a book. So I started reading Rules of Harte and right away I was hooked.
We are introduced to Evangeline Andrews as she gets an invitation to a work party. Eva doesn't think too much of it though, so she rushes off to a meeting. During the meeting Mia(the office bitch) calls her out as being new. Eva is very socially awkward and becomes embarrassed easily. So she wants to impress her fellow co-workers so she looks up an escort service for her date to the company ball.
On the website she gets instant messages from a man named Julian. When he asks why she needed a male escort she retorts back with "I'm not sure I do." Julian doesn't respond and suddenly goes offline. Eva decides its fate's way of saying "don't go to the ball" so she sends out an email to Mia that she won't be able to attend the ball. Problem solved. Or is it?
Upon arrival at work, she is met with a pissed off Mia, who informs her that Mr. Doe(the boss) would like to see her in his office. When Eva arrives she talks to the secretary and we learn he sleeps with the female employees. After talking to Mr. Doe he informs her that she will indeed be going to the ball. So her only option for a date is to try to reach Julian again. Once she reaches him and tells him she needs his service they exchange numbers. And this where you need to fasten your seat belt ladies and gentleman because the ride gets bumpy from here until the end.
We get little bits and pieces of the story in Julian's POV and I would love to have more in his POV. The sex scenes were hot, but I have 1 complaint. Some of the terminology was bad. Seriously, I cringed on 2 of the word choices. But it wasn't used repeatedly so I didn't factor that into my rating at all. As soon as I finished the book, I logged onto my Facebook blog page and ran a contest for 3 e-copies. When I start gifting out copies of a book, you know I loved the story so much I had to share it with somebody else.
Kudos to Brooke for her debut novel, she is one to watch out for! I predict great things for her future writing career. And I will be (im)patiently waiting for book 2 to get more Julian and Eva.
We are introduced to Evangeline Andrews as she gets an invitation to a work party. Eva doesn't think too much of it though, so she rushes off to a meeting. During the meeting Mia(the office bitch) calls her out as being new. Eva is very socially awkward and becomes embarrassed easily. So she wants to impress her fellow co-workers so she looks up an escort service for her date to the company ball.
On the website she gets instant messages from a man named Julian. When he asks why she needed a male escort she retorts back with "I'm not sure I do." Julian doesn't respond and suddenly goes offline. Eva decides its fate's way of saying "don't go to the ball" so she sends out an email to Mia that she won't be able to attend the ball. Problem solved. Or is it?
Upon arrival at work, she is met with a pissed off Mia, who informs her that Mr. Doe(the boss) would like to see her in his office. When Eva arrives she talks to the secretary and we learn he sleeps with the female employees. After talking to Mr. Doe he informs her that she will indeed be going to the ball. So her only option for a date is to try to reach Julian again. Once she reaches him and tells him she needs his service they exchange numbers. And this where you need to fasten your seat belt ladies and gentleman because the ride gets bumpy from here until the end.
We get little bits and pieces of the story in Julian's POV and I would love to have more in his POV. The sex scenes were hot, but I have 1 complaint. Some of the terminology was bad. Seriously, I cringed on 2 of the word choices. But it wasn't used repeatedly so I didn't factor that into my rating at all. As soon as I finished the book, I logged onto my Facebook blog page and ran a contest for 3 e-copies. When I start gifting out copies of a book, you know I loved the story so much I had to share it with somebody else.
Kudos to Brooke for her debut novel, she is one to watch out for! I predict great things for her future writing career. And I will be (im)patiently waiting for book 2 to get more Julian and Eva.
Author
bio and links:
Brooke has too many of a lot of things; shoes, books, and kids. Luckily she loves them all to pieces. She never has too much wine, if you believe that.
Rules of Harte is her debut into the steamy stuff and she's currently working on the second book in the series.
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