Review of Rules of Protection by Alison Bliss

It’s rule breaker Emily Foster’s birthday, and like everyone at The Jungle Room, she just wants to get some action. Unfortunately, she stumbles on the wrong kind, witnessing a mob hit. To protect her, she’s entered into the Witness Protection Program with by-the-book Special Agent Jake Ward as her chaperone.

When the location of their safe house is compromised, Jake stashes Emily deep in the Texas backwoods. The city-girl might be safe from the Mafia, but she has to contend with a psychotic rooster, a narcoleptic dog, crazy cowboys, and the danger of losing her heart to the one man she can’t have.

Jake’s as hot as he is infuriating, and she can’t help but push all his buttons to loosen him up. Their mutual, sizzling sexual attraction poses a dilemma: Jake’s determined to keep her safe and out of the wrong hands; she’s determined to get into the right ones—his.

As the youngest of five girls, Alison Bliss has never turned down a challenge…or been called by the right name. Her writing career may have started out as a dare by one of her sisters, but Alison hasn’t put her pen down since.

She grew up on a small island off the Texas Gulf Coast, where most of her childhood vacations consisted of camping or hunting trips to the deer lease. Although she’ll always be a Texan at heart, Alison currently resides in the Midwest with her Iowa farm-boy husband and their two sons. With so much testosterone in her home, it’s no wonder she writes “girl books.”

She’s an animal lover, a closet video game enthusiast, and believes the best way to know if someone is your soul mate is by canoeing with them because if you both make it back alive, it’s obviously meant to be. Alison’s an avid romance reader who enjoys penning the type of books she loves to read most: fun, steamy love stories with heart, heat, laughter, and usually a cowboy or two. As she calls it, “Romance…with a sense of humor.”

Carla’s Review:  

5 stars for Rules of Protection by Alison Bliss.  This book has it-romance, humor, mystery and suspense.

 

After witnessing a murder and being placed in the witness protection program, the heroine of this story receives a new identity-Emily Foster.  The federal agent in charge of her protection is the sexy and oh so handsome Jake Ward.  Emily and Jake are complete opposites.  While Jake likes to follow the rules, Emily is spontaneous which lands her in trouble more times than not.

 

I absolutely loved Emily.  She is snarky and has a very dry sense of humor.  She does and says things that had me laughing out loud.  However, much like Jake, she has suffered tremendous loss in her life.  Because of this, she and Jake have each built walls around their hearts to protect themselves from future heartache.

 

This was a really great read.  The story progressed at a steady pace and kept me interested from beginning to end.  I would highly recommend this book! * I was given a copy of this book as a gift from Stephanie’s Book Reports in exchange for an honest review.