Review: LOVED IT
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
SUMMER'S BOOK BLOGEvangeline Andrews left New Jersey to escape the memories of a childhood gone wrong.  The memories that left her hiding under an appearance of disarray.  She ventured to Dublin, Ireland to start anew.  Taking a job at Ignite Technologies, a firm that was overrun by cliques, she was always weird girl who did put forth much effort to fit in.  That is until she receives an invitation to the company's annual ball. "MsEvangeline Andrews,You are cordially invited to an evening of splendour and extravagance.Reveal yourselfWaterside Stud FarmJuly 26th RVSP"Evangeline decides finding a scorching hot man to accompany her would help her break out of the weird girl persona she has adopted.  But where?  After a quick moral inventory and internet search she stumbles upon Julian Harte, escort millionaire extraordinaire.  He is perfect- incredibly sexy, incredibly well spoken and incredibly rich.  The problem was Julian Harte didn't want to be paid in money but wanted to play a game instead."Julian: Who said anything about money? That’s not what it’s about for me.-Eva135: It’s not?-‘Julian: Of course not. Why would you think that?’-Eva135: But why do you want to? I don’t get it. Who wakes up one morning and decides they want to be an escort?’-Julian: I did. I enjoy a challenge, Evangeline. I always have. I challenged myself to be a millionaire before I was thirty. And now I challenge myself to help women free their inhibitions.’"Being inexperienced in the men department, Evangeline is not sure she can handle such a game but perhaps it is exactly what she needs to break her out of her shell.  Besides, her mysterious boss, Mr. Doe, called her into his office specifically to tell her she must attend the ball.So the game begins, but soon Evangeline is sucked into a world where her inhibitions are lost but soon she finds herself falling for a man who only wants one thing from her?"You’re looking for a fairy-tale, Evangeline. I’m not Prince Charming. I’ve told you that.’  Eva snorted. If there was one thing she knew for certain; it was that Julian was as far from Prince Charming as they came. She tried to smile but the pain in her heart made it hard.  ‘I can’t be your booty call, Julian. It’s not who I am."Rules of Harte is Brooke Harris' debut novel and the first story in the Harte Series. Boy, she started off with a bang!  It is told from Evangeline's POV for most of the story but every now and then you get a quick look at what Julian in thinking and it makes the story even better!  This book captured every element you would want in a fantasy.  From the amazingly hott sex scenes that made me squirm to the soft and delicate romantic parts that made my heart swell, Brooke painted such a vivid picture of Evangeline and Julian that I felt like I was actually part of the story!Evangeline was an unlikely heroine in the beginning but as she shed her inhibitions at the hands of Julian she not only found pleasure, she also found strength.  By the end of the story she wasn't the girl with mousy brown hair that hid under her cardigan and blended into the wall but a strong, beautiful, well dressed woman who held her head high.  It was like watching the grown up version of the Ugly Duckling.Julian is pure sex in a suit!  He knows exactly what he wants and did not take no for an answer.  He is a self made millionaire with a dark pass that we don't learn much about.  It left me wanting more answers about my new book boyfriend!  He made it perfectly clear to Evangeline that he was not interested in a relationship and that "love was overrated" but he also could not get her out of his head.  It is almost like his actions and words are constantly contradicting themselves.I can not wait to see how the Evangeline and Julian story plays out since it did end with somewhat of a cliffhanger and can not wait for more from Brooke Harris.  She has dazzled me with Rules of Harte!!!