The Off-Limits Rule

Name: The Off-Limits Rule
Brand: Hachette New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781035419326
Price: 27.99 NZD
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An EXTENDED edition rom-com from the author of the TikTok sensation THE CHEAT SHEET!

By Sarah Adams

Series: It Happened in Nashville

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cheat Sheet and Practice Makes Perfect comes an expanded edition of The Off-Limits Rule - a heartwarming romance about new love and fresh beginnings, with a never-before-seen chapter. Rules are made to be broken - especially for... Read More

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cheat Sheet and Practice Makes Perfect comes an expanded edition of The Off-Limits Rule - a heartwarming romance about new love and fresh beginnings, with a never-before-seen chapter.

Rules are made to be broken - especially for love, right?

Lucy Marshall has found rock bottom. After failing to succeed as a single mum in Atlanta, she's back home and moving in with her older brother Drew. Reconnecting with her support system is the right thing to do, but Lucy can't help but feel like a failure. Her four-year-old son deserves the world, and all she can give him is a spare bedroom. But Drew is the sweetest uncle, and some quality time might be exactly what they need to start fresh. That is until she meets Cooper, her brother's incredibly hot best friend.

When Drew senses something between the two of them, he puts his foot down on any shenanigans. According to him, Cooper is everything Lucy should stay away from: flirtatious, adventurous, and especially non-committal. But Lucy has been getting the opposite impression so far; Cooper is a genuinely great guy, and she's starting to catch real feelings.

Her whole life, Lucy has tried to do everything right, and look where that's gotten her—so what if she were to try something wrong?

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The Off-Limits Rule

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cheat Sheet and Practice Makes Perfect comes an expanded edition of The Off-Limits Rule - a heartwarming romance about new love and fresh beginnings, with a never-before-seen chapter. Rules are made to be broken - especially for love, right? Lucy Marshall has found rock bottom. After failing to succeed as a...

By Sarah Adams

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035419326

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Headline Eternal

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 336

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Contemporary Romance Fiction General Fiction Romance Sarah Adams Series: It Happened in Nashville

About the Author

Sarah Adams was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. She loves her family, warm days, and making people smile. Sarah has dreamed of being a writer since she was a girl, but she finally wrote her first novel when her daughters were napping and she no longer had any excuses to put it off. Sarah is a coffee addict, a British history nerd, a mom of two daughters, married to her best friend, and an indecisive introvert. Her hope is to always write stories that make readers laugh, maybe even cry - but always leave them happier than when they started reading.

To learn more, visit: www.authorsarahadams.com or follow Sarah on Facebook and Instagram: @authorsarahadams.

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