Rocco is number twenty-one in the Reed Security series, and it is suggested they be read in order.Rocco has his world all wrapped up in a neat package. He has a job that he loves and his daughter, the best thing that’s ever happened to him. And he has his rules. These rules keep the order and balance in his life and the women where they should be. But he never counted on Brooke, and she’s about … and she’s about to turn his world upside down.
Brooke never had the typical love life. She tried to have it all, but there was always something that held her back from committing. Until Gary. Gary was…not really important. But being with him led her to Rocco in the most unusual way, and now she’s about to find out all about his rulebook.
Rules for Sexual Encounters:
“You were serious? You actually have a rulebook?”
“I don’t joke around about stuff like this. I think it’s best for both of us to go in with guidelines laid out about what we want out of this. This is for the occasional fck. If we decide to take it beyond that, I have a revised version of this.”
I looked down at the paper and read through the rules that he laid out.
1. Condoms will be used during all sexual encounters, regardless of the fact that the woman may be on birth control. No exceptions.
2. The woman does not have bed rights after sexual encounters and will leave within ten minutes of sexual encounter ending.
“You kick your women out of bed ten minutes after you finish fcking them?”
“What’s wrong with that? We both got what we wanted. There’s no point in dragging it out. That just confuses the situation. Besides, I work early in the morning. I need my sleep.”
“Right, and a half hour would make all the difference in the world,” I said sarcastically.
“Are you telling me that you’ve never screwed someone and then wondered why the hell they were hanging around?”
“Well, no. I mean, of course there are times that you just want the other person to leave. It’s just that it’s hard to kick someone out.”
“That’s why they agree to this. If I want her to stick around, I’ll ask her to. But by doing this, I’ve eliminated the awkwardness of the goodbye.”
“No, you’ve eliminated having to ask her to leave. If anything, the goodbye is going to be even more f*cking awkward because you’re putting such tight time constraints on her leaving.”
He shrugged. “It gets the job done.”
This guy had some serious issues that I didn’t even want to get into. I looked back at the paper and continued reading.
3. The woman does not have washing rights after sexual encounters.
“What the hell are washing rights? Like, I’m not allowed to clean up afterward?”
“You are, just not with me. I will not be washing you in any way. I won’t bring you a washcloth or wipe you down like they do in those stupid romance novels.”
“And you read many of those?”
“No, but some of the women do. Believe me, I’ve been informed what men in those novels do, and they aren’t men. Bunch of pu$$ies.”
“Okay, so, no washing rights. Got it.”
4. If asked to stay longer, the woman does not automatically gain bed rights, washing rights, coffee rights, or house rights.
“Okay, this may seem like a stupid question, but what are coffee rights and house rights?”
“Well, that part needs some adjustment since we’re living together. Basically, it means that if I do ask you to stay the night, you don’t automatically get to help yourself to coffee in the morning. Nor do you get to wander around my house and look at all my stuff.”
“Wow,” I said, not wanting to touch that with a ten foot pole.
“Hey, I just like there to be boundaries.”
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We’re coming to the end of the Reed Security series, and I’m going to miss these guys! If you remember, Rocco recently found out he was a father & now has sole custody of his two year old daughter, Evie. I laughed at the way this story started-Brooke acts before she thinks & ends up spending a lot of time with Rocco, whether either of them like it. What I loved about this book: the author had a great balance between the romance & action in the plot, a bit of the humorous banter the guys are known for (without it being over the top silly, as it can sometimes get), and the characters. Rocco is a devoted dad & will always do the best for Evie; he’s already changed, so he has hope for his relationship with Brooke. My favourite of the series.
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Oh my god. This one was so good. Let me tell you how good it was. So I was in a metro on a long trip- 2 hours , so I was reading this awesome book standing on my feet,and when I was at the part when Rocco fell and… (no spoilers for you ) some idiot snatch my phone from my hand and started running. It was a long tube so basically he didn’t have anywhere else to go until the next station. But did I think that? No.!I was so desperate to read what happened with Rocco that I started screaming after him to give me back my book! Yeah, my book, instead of my phone. I stared running after him, screaming until some good samariteans stopped him. I, like a crazy woman that I’ve never been, jumped the guy taking my “book” back.I didn”t think that all my info is in that phone, I didn’t think that i could”ve read the book on my laptop or tablet or that the guy was bigger than me, I’ve just jumped him telling him that “I was reading some f*cking awesome book, you du*b a*s idiot!”
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4 1/2 Stars
Rocco was a mass of contradictions with his rigid rule book for women to keep him from forming any attachments and feelings for them.
He met his match in feisty Brooke as she burst into his life in a pseudo kidnapping attempt. Hilarious in many ways as their weird meet cute had him interested in her wild desire to escape her cheating ex. ( I loved her cray cray scenes when she caught her fiancée by the way)
I’m not sure I liked the way he and his Reed Security cohorts discussed his intimate moments with Brooke as he tried to resist his attraction to her, but it made for entertaining ribbing and banter as the rest of the gang made their appearance in this story.
Brooke’s standoffish attitude towards children, especially Evie was as disturbing as Rocco’s rule book. I appreciated the way the author slowly but surely showed them softening in their stance because of their growing relationship with each other.
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Wow! This one was emotional rollercoaster.
She is fun, doesn’t sweat small stuff and doesn’t like children. She also used bat to destroy house and car hers ex- boyfriend.
Well, he was cheating on her with a man. Now she is on run and kidnapped Rocco!
Can a girl capture Alpha man from Red Security? She definitely captured his heart.
It was quite a journey for both of them as they denied,denied and more…denied.
The others men are making appearance and typical mess as only them can do.
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Amazing as always!!! Loved this story about Rocco and Brooke! Some of the favorites from Read security make an appearance to add humor to the situation as always!!
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