{"id":67456,"date":"2022-11-26T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=67456"},"modified":"2022-11-23T20:08:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T01:08:06","slug":"audio-review-the-rules-of-dating-the-law-of-opposites-attract-1-by-vi-keeland-penelope-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=67456","title":{"rendered":"Audio Review: The Rules of Dating (The Law of Opposites Attract, #1) by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4.5 stars!<\/b><\/p>\n

Oh, what a gorgeous romance! Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward deliver another fun, chemistry-filled, functional, passionate, and swoony love story that completely captured my heart.<\/p>\n

Billie has just discovered that her boyfriend is cheating on her, and she\u2019s right in the middle of getting her epic revenge when a stranger walks into her tattoo shop and witnesses the shocking scene. It\u2019s not her best moment, and she\u2019s feeling pretty awful about the whole thing, and then she discovers that the handsome stranger is her new landlord. Awkward!<\/p>\n

Colby is a single dad to an adorable 3 year old and he and his best friends bought their building as an investment property. They live in it and maintain it themselves, but Colby also works as architect. He\u2019s a professional man with pretty much no time to socialise, but he\u2019s instantly smitten with the beautiful, bold, confident, tattooed, corset-wearing artist downstairs, and he\u2019s determined to get to know her.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s bad timing for Billie, who has not only just come out of a relationship, but she\u2019s determined to have a break from dating all together. But Colby is determined, so he proposes that they spend time together as friends, that they \u201cundate\u201d, doing the boring parts of life together as they get to know each other, and it\u2019s fun, flirty and so entertaining as they do just that.<\/p>\n

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Of course, with every moment they spent together, their wild attraction only grows in intensity. They want each other badly, and they both know it, but more than that, they are truly falling for each other, and I loved seeing Colby continuously put himself out there and fight for the woman he wants.<\/p>\n

Colby moved his head closer. We were practically nose to nose. \u201cYou know what I think? I think you\u2019re just as jealous as I am.\u201d
\n\u201cI am not.\u201d
\nThe heat between us sparked so hot, it felt like my entire body was on fire.
\n\u201cLiar.\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019m not lying.\u201d
\n\u201cBullshit, Billie! All I\u2019d have to do right now is move two inches closer. Once we touched, you\u2019d be begging me to fuck you, and you know it. Maybe I should do it. We\u2019d both get our rocks off and feel a hell of a lot better. But I won\u2019t do that to you. Do you know why?\u201d He moved still closer and spoke into my eyes. \u201cBecause I don\u2019t want your body without your heart.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The chemistry absolutely sizzles, and when Billie finally drops her walls it. Is. On! It\u2019s hot, passionate and so freaking intense. I loved these two together so much and relished in every moment of them together. Colby\u2019s daughter, Saylor, is a big part of their relationship, which I loved. It\u2019s realistic to Colby\u2019s role as a single father, and the relationship that he has with little Saylor, and the relationship that Billie builds with her, absolutely stole my heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese two little ladies were my entire world. I knew it was too soon to ask Billie to marry me, but she was going to be my wife someday. As corny as it sounded, I\u2019d met my soulmate.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But just when everything is going right, that\u2019s when the hammer drops. Drama comes, and it\u2019s full-on. It\u2019s terrifying and heartbreaking, and I ached for both of them and the situation they found themselves in. The way they handle it isn\u2019t the way I would have gone about it, but then who knows what you\u2019d do when you\u2019re faced with something like that. What I loved was how sensibly and functionally they managed together. They may have hated it, but they accepted the situation, they supported each other through it, and they never let it come between them, and I loved that!<\/p>\n

It all ends well, with a beautifully swoony ending that left me feeling super satisfied and grinning madly.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a great bunch of side characters in the book, and I particularly enjoyed getting to know Colby\u2019s friends. Each of them is set up to have their own story, and I\u2019m so excited at the prospect of reading more about this group. It looks like playboy Holden is up next, and I can\u2019t wait to see him brought to his knees!<\/p>\n

I loved this book. It\u2019s sweet, fun, flirty, sexy and functional with a beautiful, swoony romance.<\/p>\n

4.5 stars!<\/p>\n

I listened to this as an audiobook, narrated by Zachary Webber (who is perfect, and who does the most incredible voice for Saylor), and Maxine Mitchell. Definitely a great one to listen to!<\/p>\n

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The Law of Opposites Attract<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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The Rules of Dating<\/strong> (Colby & Billie)
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The Rules of Dating My Best Friend’s Sister <\/strong>(Holden & Laney)
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The Rules of Dating My One-Night Stand <\/strong>(Owen & Devyn)
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The Rules of Dating a Younger Man (#4)<\/strong>
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Check out our\u00a0Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward Author Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0f<\/strong>or more great co-writes from this duo<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Vi Keeland<\/strong>\u00a0is a #1\u00a0New York Times,<\/i>\u00a0#1\u00a0Wall Street Journal,<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0USA Today\u00a0<\/i>Bestselling author. \u00a0 With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. 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.<\/p>\n

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Check out our\u00a0Vi Keeland Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Penelope Ward<\/strong>\u00a0is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.<\/p>\n

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