Title: The Rules of Dating My Best Friend's Sister
Authors: Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 2, 2023
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From New York Times bestselling authors Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward comes a new standalone romance.
Rule number one for dating your best friend’s sister: Don’t.
Just don’t do it.
Especially when your best friend is dead and the last thing he made you promise him was that you’d keep an eye on his little sister, but not too good of an eye.
As a musician whose longest committed relationship was six weeks, I, Holden Catalano, was the last guy on Earth who should’ve been messing around with Laney Ellison.
The super smart girl whom I affectionately dubbed Lala since childhood was always off limits.
Though that didn’t stop me from thinking about her over the years, especially those times when the two of us would sneak out onto the roof and talk for hours after my buddy fell asleep. It was innocent, but I’d always held a torch for her.
After Ryan passed away, I vowed to always protect Lala. That included protecting her—from me.
Now all grown up and a scientist, Lala needed a place to stay when she accepted a temporary research position in New York. I thought I did the right thing by offering her an apartment in the building I co-owned with my three friends.
Except having her close by reignited all of those old feelings.
And things started to get complicated.
Especially since she was engaged.
And especially since, lately, I’d noticed something more in her eyes. Desire.
Lala didn’t exactly look at me like the platonic brother figure I was trying so desperately to be, even though I wanted her more than I’d ever wanted anything.
Yet, I was being good—on my very best behavior.
But you know what they say…all good things must come to an end, right?
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
My review:
The Rules of Dating My Best Friend’s Sister is the second book in The Laws of Opposites Attract series. I read the book as a stand-alone and had no trouble with it. It was fast-paced, well-written, and had likable characters. The series is based on three guys who lost one of their childhood friends to cancer. They are still friends with his sister, Laney, so when she needs a place to stay, they all agree to let her stay in one of their building’s apartments.
Playboy Holden Catalano has loved Laney for years but respects the promise he made to her brother to stay away from her. But that promise becomes hard to keep when she is in the apartment across from him and he sees her daily.
Laney Ellison has had a childhood crush on Holden but knows he is a player, so she has never acted on her crush. She has a nice reliable fiancé who shares her passion for science. Staying temporarily in the apartment across from Holden has brought that young girl crush back.
I always enjoy dating my best friend’s sibling storylines and this one checked all the boxes. It was entertaining and the chemistry between Holden and Laney was hot. This is a perfect book if you are looking for a low-angst and easy book to read.
I received an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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VI KEELAND
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.
PENELOPE WARD
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.
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