Breaking All the Rules: An Erotic Novella

by Cynthia Sax

Overview

Nathan Lawford, Blaine Technologies' chief financial officer, is known as the Iceman. He conducts his personal and business affairs without emotion, never allowing himself to become involved with anyone. When Nate sees something or someone he wants, he negotiates, paying a simple, set monetary price.

Now he wants Camille, the company's green-haired intern.

Camille Joplin Trent never expected to be paid to pleasure the man of her dreams. She can't quite figure out why this is a bad thing. Nate is intelligent, handsome, sophisticated—everything she's ever wanted in a lover and never thought she could have. Their contract is for a month, thirty lust-filled days of making every sexual fantasy they've ever had come true. At the end of this month, the rules state that their relationship will end.

Of course, Camille has never been good at following rules.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062328212
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	333,817
File size:	781 KB

About the Author

Cynthia Sax lives in a world filled with magic and romance. Although her heroes may not always say, “I love you,” they will do anything for the women they adore. They live passionately. They play hard. They love the same women forever.

Cynthia has loved the same wonderful man forever. Her supportive hubby offers himself up to the joys and pains of research while they travel the world together, meeting fascinating people and finding inspiration in exotic places such as Istanbul, Bali, and Chicago.

Editorial Reviews

★ 03/15/2014
Camille Trent is anarchy incarnate: an edgy, green-haired hacker who believes in peace, love, and usurping authority at every opportunity. Then she falls for Nate Lawford, CFO of Blaine Technologies, the cutthroat company at which she is currently struggling to maintain her internship. Superficially, Nate appears to be the antithesis of Camille: cold, calculating, organized, obsessed with rules and routine. Yet when given the chance to succumb to their undeniable chemistry, the pair find that they are startlingly similar—two people who crave control and rely on their strong personalities to shield themselves from the outside world. What will happen when they embark on a monthlong "contract" of sex that threatens love with each new clause? Will either let their guard down? Hot, darkly funny, and slightly crass, Sax's novella stands out for its excellent character development and refreshingly different female protagonist. Camille is brassy, unprofessional, and far from perfect, but her eccentricities create a nevertheless likable figure who feels more relatable, more real than many of the "cookie cutter" female characters in erotica, who are sugary sweet with no discernible flaws or problematic coping mechanisms. The sex scenes are hot, with a fluid power dynamic that is refreshing for those feeling the "Fifty Shades" fatigue and who might be seeking more than consistent female submission to a dominant male figure. VERDICT Spunky Camille likes to test boundaries and push limits both inside and out of the bedroom; she is willing to give just as much as take, as is Nate. The ending, on the other hand, is sweet bordering on saccharine, but this portrayal of well-rounded, interesting characters who aren't just two sides of the same coin is well written enough to make it thoroughly enjoyable.

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