The Forever Rule

The Cage Family, Book 1

De: Carrie Ann Ryan

Narrado por: Jason Clarke, Emma Wilder

What happens when the man you’d thought could be the one turns out to be your new boss?

Blakely

The moment I met Aston Cage, I knew my life had changed. A single dance later, we’re both all in. Until he ghosted me.

Then my boss fires me for dancing with the enemy.

Three months later, working for the Cages is my last resort. Now I’ll work beside him day by day, trying not to let my feelings take control. It’s heaven and hell. Except I’m starting to think there’s a part of this story I’m missing…

Aston

I made myself walk away from Blakely after my family’s dirty laundry hit the news. My father’s secret family complicates everything. In order to keep our inheritance intact, we’re forced to do monthly dinners with both sides of the family—the brothers I grew up with and the new set of siblings we never knew about.

An additional obstacle: Blakely is my new sister’s best friend.

Meaning the moment I give into temptation, I not only risk the woman I’m falling for, but the family legacy just starting to reveal itself.

But Blakley is worth it. I just have to prove I am as well.

**The Forever Rule is a missed connection, workplace, big city meets small town romance featuring Aston and Blakely. Each book can be enjoyed as a complete standalone. An HEA is guaranteed!**

©2024 Carrie Ann Ryan (P)2024 Carrie Ann Ryan

Just the Beginning

The Cage Family, Book one by Carrie Ann Ryan.

Narrators Jason Clarke and Emma Wilder do a great job on these 2 characters! They both pull you into the story and are not just a voice you are listening to.

Absolutely amazing beginning for a new series! The Cage Family promises to bring us lots of entertainment. Aston and Blakely are our first book and we met them briefly in the prequel, “before I knew,” when Blakely accidentally got caught up in a family text chat and their relationship just grew from there.

Blakely shared a dance with Aston at an event they both were attending, not knowing just how big of a mistake she had just made. She didn’t expect to lose her job over a simple dance but she did, according to her boss she was dancing with the enemy. Now, here she is without a job over something so far-fetched!

Aston and his siblings didn’t realize just how messed up their lives could be until they find out their parent’s have been hiding a life changing secret. This secret had a major complication for not only Aston but Blakely as well.

I can’t really say much more here without taking away from the book so let me just say that, this is just the first book, I can’t wait to see what is next!!!

Amazing

I received this as an arc/alc from the author and I’m voluntarily leaving my honest review.

This was an amazing way to start a series. The story had absolutely everything I wanted it to have. There was a lot of family drama, and I’m already in love with all the Cages and their very special family dynamic. The story also had a really wonderful love story with characters that seemed so real. I just couldn’t get enough of Aston and Blakely’s story.

Audiobook review: This was one of the best audiobooks I’ve heard in a long time. I loved the way the narrators made the characters come alive and I was just able to completely get lost in the story.

A quick feel good read

Ashton and Blakely's story is a feel good HEA. The rollercoaster makes the story intriguing.
Their relationship starts when Blakely is added to a Cage Brothers Group message. Deciding to meet Ashton for coffee starts a series of events that eventually land Blakely at the Cage Family business.
Ashton reeling from the death of his father and all the lies, deceit and surprises at the will reading he steps away from Blakely even though he really wants her.
In order to have her and keep her he has to deal with his feelings of inadequacy stemming from his father's betrayal and the letter that comes after.
Blakely wants to be with Ashton but how much can she put up with from him?

Decent intro to this series; great narration

I picked this up as a free listen from the Audible Plus catalog. It was a good opportunity to check out the author, who is a new one for me.

I felt the story was good and especially loved the family dynamic between all the Cage siblings. However, the whole "THE Cage" moniker was a bit silly/overdone and became a bit of a cringe for me as the story progressed. That caused me to knock down my rating of the story from 4 to 3.5 stars. I rounded up to 4 stars for the sake of this review.

The narration was excellent, as one would expect from pros the likes of Emma Wilder and Jason Clarke. Emma's male voice is arguably the best in the biz and Jason Clarke always brings the swoon.

While the story fell a bit short on a couple of things for me, I liked it enough that intend to continue on to the next book in the series, which also happens to be a free listen through the Audible Plus catalog. Definitely give this one a shot if you can pick it up through Audible Plus.

Great new series

The Cage Family promises to be a great series. It's about two large families who find out at the reading of their father's will that he fathered all of them. The will stipulates that a majority of the siblings from each family have to have dinner monthly or every 3 weeks (it was confusing to me which) and document it to the lawyer. Astin Cage and Blakely meet at a work dinner and have an attraction to each other but because of misunderstandings, she's fired for meeting with the rival company and can't get another job because of that. Astin doesn't call as he said he would. Now she has an interview with his company. He's shocked to find out what's happened with her. They talk things out but still have other things thrown in their path. I thought the narration by Jason Clarke and Emma Wilder was wonderful. I'm looking forward to the rest of the siblings' stories.