Rules of Engagement is a nice story about nice people. The hero is a little too stubborn, but the heroine is delightful.

Attorney Jill Cassidy needs a fake fiancé. She’s led her family to believe she’s engaged, and now that she has to go home for her sister’s wedding, she needs to produce a man. She meets Morgan Price when he appears at her law firm. She’s immediately attracted to him, and works a deal: she’ll represent his employee if he pretends to be her fiancé.

Jill is one of the best heroines I’ve read in a while. She’s sweet, a little tough, and she’s good-hearted. She hates lying to her family, especially since her father is a preacher. Jill has good intentions, though. For his part, Morgan is determined not to marry a career woman. His mother was emotionally distant from him and his siblings, and her marriage to Morgan’s father ended in a bitter divorce. Morgan won’t repeat his father’s mistake because to him, family comes first.

Though Morgan and Jill share an immediate attraction and chemistry, their relationship looks shaky because of Morgan’s firm belief in not marrying a career woman. Well, I didn’t want to marry a man shorter than I, but love has a funny way of changing one’s opinion. Morgan held on to his conviction too long for my tastes, and boy, was he stubborn. Jill was at least willing to compromise, although that in itself became a problem for me. When romances seem so very one-sided, I tend to grade down, which was the case here.

I enjoyed getting to know Jill’s family, which is good since we’ll see them again. I will definitely read Jamie Denton’s next book (Breaking the Rules) about Jill’s sister Carly. She left the groom at the altar, and I want to know what happens. I hope I get to see Jill and Morgan and find out how well they worked out.