Book Reviews

Rulebreaker by Cathy Pegau at Carina Press

Genre Lesbian / Science Fiction / Other Planets / Erotic Romance
Reviewed by jj on 30-August-2013

Book Blurb

Liv Braxton's Felon Rule #1: Don't get emotionally involved.

 

Smash-and-grab thieving doesn't lend itself to getting chummy with the victims, and Liv hasn't met anyone on the mining colony of Nevarro worth knowing, anyway. So it's easy to follow her Rules.

 

Until her ex, Tonio, shows up with an invitation to join him on the job of a lifetime.

 

Until Zia Talbot, the woman she's supposed to deceive, turns Liv's expectations upside down in a way no woman ever has.

 

Until corporate secrets turn deadly.

 

But to make things work with Zia, Liv has to do more than break her Rules, and the stakes are higher than just a broken heart...

 

Book Review

I love a book with a smartass, quick on her feet, professional thief as the leading gal! Put this in the future and on another planet and I am in reader heaven. Additionally, the underlining science and science fiction that threads through this big payoff gig were extra plusses from my standpoint. Having the supporting female character be a knockout, takes-no-prisoners corporate VP only heightened the enjoyment and the intrigue.

Liv Braxton has a whole list of Rules that if followed make her felonious gigs generally turn out profitable and free from police-type hiccups. She also has lots of aliases and a mother who taught her everything she knew then turned her out at sixteen to fend for herself. She becomes Olivia Baines in this book’s main job, which allows her to be called Liv for short. Clever! Oh, by the way, Liv’s mother is one of best secondary characters as she continues to show up like the proverbial bad penny. 

R.J. Talbot is VP of Research and Development at Exeter and in need of an assistant. Being part of the team Liv has signed up with, makes it very easy for Liv to become RJ’s newest but Liv makes herself a truly indispensable assistant. Liv needs to procure some very critical information from RJ for her nefarious pals so they all can take home a big payoff. Liv may need to become intimate with RJ if the information is not readily procurable. That sets up a delish, delightful, and dangerous additional element.

Felon’s Rule Number One: Don’t get emotionally involved. Uh-oh! Oh, there are many uh-ohs in this totally engaging, thrilling, and tempestuous story. The supporting characters are wonderful both on the possibly slimy good gal's side and certainly on the felon’s side. This was a major treat and I heartily recommend it.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format ebook
Length Novel, 368 pages/89000 words
Heat Level
Publication Date 15-April-2013
Price $1.99 ebook
Buy Link https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-rulebreaker-578435-182.html