I completely connected with this funny, done-with-the-rat-race book!

Wow, could I empathize with Bea!! I've run that wheel of a rat race, tried to impress bosses, co-workers, everyone around me for years, only to reach my stress limits just like Bea. I LOVED joining her in Credence while she veged on her bed binging shows she's missed that everyone's talked about, day drinking, not showering, and completely checking out of life while she just needed to recharge on life. This is something so completely relatable and I loved her for being herself.

Then the story just got better....

Bea has a major meltdown and this is the point when she meets the yummy, delicious Austin, who-yes, he's a decade younger-you go girl!!, who is a cop in town, but even after her meltdown he still manages to knock those dirty socks off her feet!! Well...it takes a few dates, but you get my drift.

In a nutshell, Bea has a wonderful journey back to discovering herself and who she wanted to be after giving up all of those rats. This book is fun, dirty, and a little life affirming. Plus, I always love returning to the town of Credence, but this book is a complete standalone and can be read without previously sampling any of Annie's pies.

Beatrice is going through it, She quit her job and finds herself with a man much younger than her who is absolutely smitten with her, Austin the cop. He is so sweet. The characters had a great chemistry throughout the book that made me root for them easily. I love the fact that she threw a dart and ended up in this small town. So 2000s vibes and so cool. I really adore small town romances and this one did not disappoint!

This book made me feel a lot. I laughed, I cried. I enjoyed. Reading about Bea's issues through her mind was just so interesting and honestly relatable. I didn't know that this was part of a series, and I'm excited to read the other one! This had good steam as well for those who like some spice with their romance.

This was a fun read! The insta-love initially put me off of it, but im glad I continued. Bea was such a fun character, and watching her burn every inhibition was exhilarating. I did get a bit tired of her drama with Austin, as it got repetitive, but they were still a cute couple. I'd recommend this!

Thanks to Netgalley for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review!

Firstly, I would like to say I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Secondly, thank you to Netgallery and Entangled Publishing.

If you are looking for a cute, funny, and steamy romcom this definitely would be the book. Beatrice reflects how a lot of us feel with just wanting to lay around in sweatpants, eat pie, and watch Supernatural. Adding Austin, the cute young cop who helps her have fun and realize there is more to life than advertising, makes it better.

I never got bored while reading Breaking All the Rules and I felt like I was always feeling some sort of an emotion.

I feel like it’s been forever since I read an Amy Andrews book and this was the perfect reminder of why she is a great writer. I loved visiting Credence, Colorado again through Austin and Beatrice.

Austin is a 25 year old Deputy in Credence who spent 5 years as a Denver cop but always dreamed of the small town cop life. He lives on his family’s ranch and loves his community. Beatrice is a 35 year old ex-ad-exec who just quit her job because she was passed over for a promotion yet again in favor of a male coworker. She dart helped her choose Credence and she is living the life of luxury to the max.

When they meet Beatrice is immediately stubborn to the idea of getting involved with a man so much younger than her. However Austin is immediately smitten with her and ready to help her find her joy again no matter what it takes. I personally found Austin to be adorable and perfect! He was so supportive and put Beatrice first in every way. I would love my own Austin! 😍 Austin helped mellow Beatrice out while Beatrice showed Austin what it meant to have it all through the simplest of things.

Now I just need Arlo and Winona to get it together!
Thank you @netgalley and @amyandrewsbooks for the ARC!
Release date: January 24, 2023
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🔥 Scene: First Time

This is a five-star read that breaks many things, but not the rules. Beatrice does everything you ever wish you could, she says no, no to being told what to do any more. Then she does what many of us dream, as pops a pin in a map and runs to Credence then living in sweatpants and drinking beer and doing just generally living life how she wants, by divining the Winchester brother and having a blast, as well as more than a handful of what sounds like the best pie in the world. Then we get the Credence police department and well it all just starts to come together, especially in the form of Austin Cooper, who is just so much more than an officer of the law. But its Bea’s journey that shook me, for a while there I was so hopeful, but wondering then well you need to read the story to find out.

A vibrant, funny and entertaining story about the complexity of new beginnings, “Breaking All the Rules”, by Amy Andrews (Entangled: Amara), features two fresh, well developed main characters and addresses an age difference trope without dramatizing it too much.
I loved how Austin and Beatrice were apparently so different, even opposite, but fit so well together and are a perfect match. The tenderness, sexiness, humor and craziness in this relationship is something amusing to watch in the inimitable Amy Andrews fashion.
The sexy scenes, sometimes involving an almost decrepit cat, are punctuated with humor, fondness and an easy intimacy.
The story is focused on the heroine’s very personal process of “breaking all the rules” after a painful eye-opening event at her demanding job. Beatrice embarks in a hedonist journey and also begins testing her limits and neglected professional skills and talent.
She really seems “slightly nutty” in the beginning, a radical change from the controlled image she projected in the corporate world.
Paradoxically, Austin often is the more stable and mature partner. I always love to have a smitten hero.
I liked the laid back personality of the handsome, confident cop, the grins, the thoughtfulness and attentiveness with Bea.
The way he falls so instantly and completely for the heroine and the epithets he’s branded with by Bea are fun in itself and in what they show of the heroine’s thinking process.
The dialogue is vivid and fun, sometimes full of sexual innuendo. The puns in the scene with Austin’s family are exhilarating.
The fact the age difference (older woman/younger man) isn’t too much of an issue is interesting, too; I felt the author handled the subject in a smart way.
I enjoyed visiting Credence again and meeting characters from other stories and also watching the love, affection and friendship in Austin’s family and community.
I hope Arlo and Winona will have their story soon.

Breaking All The Rules by Amy Andrews kept me so engaged from start to finish!
My first time ever reading Andrews work and I'm head over heels in love.
She gives us an enjoyable rom-com with great characters and a really good storyline.
This was a sweet and cute read. I truly enjoyed the characters Bea and Austin were super cute and really likable.
They had wonderful chemistry and a sweet, heart throbbing romance.
It was a true page turner. And very well written and a wonderful storyline.
In will definitely pick up another book written by Amy in the future!

"I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."

Entangled/Amara,
Thank You for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this eARC!

I wish to thank NetGalley and Entangled Publishers for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book. I have voluntarily read and reviewed it. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

If you are looking for a delightfully funny, steamy romance novel with great characters then you should look no further than this book. I read this one with a huge smile on my face for most of it. Beatrice is faced with beginning her professional life again when her job as advertising executive ends abruptly. She does not know where to go and throws a dart at a map and it lands on Cadence a small Montana town so; off she goes for her pity party. The small town does what small towns do and one by one the characters are introduced in wonderfully descriptive ways. You need no further introduction to this book. There are some really explicit romance scenes but the overall story is sweet. I do recommend it. I might even move to Cadence myself. I love pies!!!

I absolutely love this book! The characters are easy to relate to and I felt like I was reading about a female character I could be friends with. Bea and Austin have a great story that came together on its own without it feeling pushed. I will absolutely be recommending this book to my friends and colleagues. B

Breaking All the Rules is fun read with a message. When her career hopes in advertising were destroyed Bea left her old life behind for a tiny town chosen by a dart thrown at a map. A sugar craving finally causes her to actually leave the apartment where she has been hiding. Once outside Bea learns that the residents of Credence not knowing her story have created some interesting ones for her. Is she in witness protection, a crazy cat lady, hiding from the law, etc.? The more she interacts with new friends, the more she realizes just how constricted her life has become and life changes begin as Bea becomes determined to try new things. Amy Andrews tells the story with humor, HEAT, and heart. Characters are defined and the pace is very good. I voluntarily reviewed an advance copy of this book from NetGalley. Most highly recommend.

i voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. all thoughts and opinions are my own. thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing.

i was not prepared to have loved this book as much as i did, wow. i laughed way too hard, i cried (only a little but the near-the-end-of-the-book-will-they-won’t-they always gets to me), i contemplated my own life choices - mainly why i don’t just move to a random small town in the middle of the US in hopes of possibly coming across the hottest deputy to ever exist. and having only just come across Amy, i had nothing to go off but i can now safely say after reading this that she writes spice so well!!

Austin freaking Cooper. ooooh damn. that man knew exactly what he was doing. he had me hot under the collar in 0.00005 seconds i swear… IT WAS ALL THE MA’AMS.

and Bea was fantastic! m/c’s can be hit or miss - but Bea was definitely a hit. her internal monologue was hilarious. her struggles were real without her coming across as annoying or whiny. and i too would risk it all if i met someone like Austin.

long story short, i really enjoyed this. and now that i know there’s more books set in Credence… i’ll be back.

Any book published by Entangled is a good read, but this one was exceptional!

I loved our character Bea and her love interest Austin Her story made me take a look at my own life and examine the why if the decisions I have made and continue to make. Am I living my life based on what other expect or am I making decisions based on what I wants and desires? Are my life goals my own or based on societies expectations and standards/rules?

A great read!

Highly recommend.

Thanks you to NetGalley and the publisher, Entangled Publishing for an
granting me an advance copy of this book in return for my honest opinions.

This book has amazing story building we are introduced to different characters with very interesting stories. But before getting ahead let's talk about Bea and Austin. Bea is a corporate slave who frees herself from being shunned because she is a woman, and ends up in a small town wanting to break all societal rules like going out in sweatpants, not wearing a bra, eating carbs *gasps* and getting arrested by a cop 10 years younger than her. Austin is instantly attracted to Bea and becomes her friend before becoming something more.
The romance could be better the smut has so much potential since the characters have so much chemistry.
Overall it is a funny book, Easy to read and with an interesting storyline for the first 100 pages.

I just finished Breaking All The Rules by Amy Andrews. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This story follows Beatrice (Bea) escaping the LA corporate lifestyle and moving to the small town of Credence, CO. To find herself and figure out her next steps in life.

Enter Deputy Austin Cooper (the ultimate book boyfriend), responding to a call from a anonymous concerned citizen…..

I love a good Small Town/Age gap trope. This book had everything I wanted and more. Had a bit of spice. It had humor and everything else you love and want in a good romance.

This is my first Amy Andrews novel, but I just discovered she has 3 Credence books with characters that appear in this book. I will definitely be reading those next!

This book was such a fun read and I was not able to put this book down once I started! I absolutely loved Bea’s character development and the way Austin helped her accomplish her goals and find herself! He supported her endlessly which I loveddd! The banter between the characters was hilarious and this book was such a funny book! I also loved getting to read the growing tension between the two characters! Loved this book so much!! Thank you NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for sending me this ARC. All opinions are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an Advance Reader Copy of this book!

I was immediately attracted to the cover of this book., and once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. I thought it was a fun read with great main and supporting characters. I loved the heroine's launch of her greeting card line --- they were described so well, I would love to be able to go buy them!! I'm happy to find out that this book is part of a series; while this book is a standalone, I'd love to revisit this quirky town and its characters again.

'Breaking All the Rules" is such a fun read. I loved the main character, Bea. She is tired of being passed over for promotions at her advertising job, and she decides to leave L.A. for good. She throws darts at a map, and she settles on the small town of Credence, Colorado. Once she moves there, she finds herself doing all of the things that she deprived herself of for so many years: eating carbs, binge watching TV, wearing sweatpants, and keeping a messy apartment. She ventures out into town, and she runs into local police officer, Austin. He is 10 years younger than he (he's 25, and she is 35), but Bea can't deny how attractive he is. Austin feels a connection with her, but will their spark ignite or flame out? Will Bea adjust to her new small-town life, or will she miss her hectic life in L.A.?

I loved the small-town setting and characters. I could see how appealing the town was, and I wanted to learn more about the characters. I didn't realize until after I finished reading the book that it is a part of a series of books set in Credence. I would like to go back and read the other books too.

Thanks to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for an ARC of this wonderful book. I definitely recommend it!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.