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Rules of Engagement

By: Stacey Abrams, Selena Montgomery
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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Love is a game of chance in this romantic suspense novel by New York Times best-selling author and American politician and activist Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name, Selena Montgomery.

Dr. Raleigh Foster, an operative for a top-secret intelligence organization, knows that her undercover work has its risks. So she doesn't hesitate when asked to infiltrate Scimitar, the terrorist group that has stolen lethal environmental technology. But when she's assigned a partner—brooding, sexy Adam Grayson—to pose as her lover, Raleigh discovers that the most dangerous risk of all...is falling in love.

Adam blames himself for the botched mission that got his best friend killed by Scimitar, and he believes that Raleigh may have contributed to the man's death. But the closer he works with his alluring partner, the more his suspicions turn to trust—and intense desire. Now, as he and Raleigh untangle a twisted web of secrets and lies, the tension mounts between them...until their masquerade as a couple proves too tempting to resist.

©2022 Selena Montgomery, Stacey Abrams (P)2022 Penguin Audio

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Good story line

Interesting and complex characters. Good story line. Great descriptions of locations. Interesting story line. Good.

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Dual novels

I enjoyed the book. There was new vocabulary to learn-you are never to old to learn. The story read as 2 separate stories to me: espionage and romance. They were both greatly detailed however I had a hard time blending them. I am looking forward to her next work. I also read and enjoyed’Stacey’s Extraordinary Words’ and ‘Lead From the Outside ‘ which I immensely enjoyed.

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Interesting combination of intrigue and romance

Stacey did a good job of combining an intriguing spy mystery with a very tense romance. Parts of the tense romance were pretty confusing… I felt like the store had a back story that I should have read beforehand.

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Too Cumbersome

Difficult to keep the many names with the many characters.
Hard to unravel the subplot from the primary plot. Wonderful word choice & fluent/varied sentence structure

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Great Listen

The underlying love story was predictable. I enjoyed the intrigue and trying to figure out who did what before the end.

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Love and Suspense

Excellent story with thrills! I did not want to stop listening as it was well written from start to finish.

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great romantic adventure

loved it. finished it very quickly. ready for another one. can't wait. thank you.

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Good story

Might have been a bit more”sexy” than I want from a novel like this. Love Stacy though!

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First time reader

This novel was intriguing and kept my interest until the end. The characters were interesting and believable… I look forward to reading additional books by Selena Montgomery.

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slightly corny

the narration was well done. I thought the storyline was very corny. The interaction intention between the two main characters were overdone, and the lines were cheesy. I think in in today's age, the scene of consent non-consent sexual interaction is triggering for some, especially with the main character disclosing sexual assault and then the male counterpart having thoughts of forcing himself on her that was triggering. and I don't think it's appropriate in today's day and age.. not impressed.

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