Rules of Entanglement by Gina Maxwell

She has seven rules. He has seven days to break them.

District Attorney Vanessa MacGregor firmly believes that structure and order are the stuff that dreams are made of. Happiness can be planned—and it starts with the seven rules she’s laid out for her future. But as she’s organizing her best friend’s wedding in Hawaii, all of Vanessa’s best-laid plans are about to meet their match in a wickedly hot MMA fighter…

Jackson "Jax" Maris is focused on surfing, training, and fighting. That is, until he opens up his big mouth and finds himself having to pretend he’s engaged to his little sister’s best friend, Vanessa. When they’re forced to share a romantic bungalow, however, their little charade suddenly takes a turn for the seriously sexy. And while Jax is definitely not part of Vanessa’s long-term plan, he has seven days—and seven naughty nights—to turn her seven-rule plan upside down.- Rules of Entanglement summary from Goodreads

I loved Vanessa in Seducing Cinderella. I thought she was fun, quirky, and a total boss. When I saw that she was getting her own book with Lucie’s protective older brother I thought that they would be perfect. Some times she drove me a little crazy with how neurotic she was, but it all makes sense with her past and the people that have hurt her. I really liked her protectiveness of not just her friends, but of people in general. I think it meshed well with her profession and made her a more realistic character.

I also liked how substantial Jacksons character was. He wasn’t the type A everything has to be in order kind of guy I was picturing.. He surprised me, he was so laid back and charming on the surface but a sexy strong alpha male deep down. His plot twist, was kind of predictable but how Gina Maxwell carried it into the story and how he struggled with it made me like him all the more.

This was a really sweet read, it had a beautiful setting in Hawaii and that set the path to some super romantic scenes. I think the only reason I didn’t absolutely love it was because the concept was kind of way out of the realm of reality. Who has ever had to actually pretend to be their best friend for a week and plan their entire wedding for them? Sometimes that plays up to the romance story, it kind of helps the reader escape there day to day with something fantastical and It did it make for a lot of cute situations, but sometimes if also came off cheesy. i gave this book 3.5 Keos.

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