Bend the Rules Susan — Amanda Kelly

Mary Holmes has rules.Keep your job. Keep your head down. Absolutely do not fall for tattooed coworkers who treat your desk like a shared resource. Enter Crash Coolidge. He's supposed to be a temporary hire at her security firm-not a walking HR violation with a smirk that short-circuits her brain. He drinks her coffee, rearranges her files, and has the audacity to call her Sugar like it's a promise. Mary's the numbers girl. The one who thinks things through, follows the rules, and definitely doesn't fantasize about what those calloused palms might feel like on her skin. But when their partnership throws them into situations that require more than accounting skills, she discovers that Crash Coolidge has a protective streak a mile wide-and a way of looking at her that makes her forget every lesson she learned the hard way. He's the kind of man who doesn't stick. She's the kind who can't afford to fall apart. But some rules?Worth. Breaking. BEND THE RULES is a laugh-out-loud, slow-burn romantic comedy about workplace mayhem, emotional minefields, and what happens when the woman who never takes risks falls for the man who doesn't believe in rules. Perfect for fans of witty banter, messy feelings, and the kind of chemistry that doesn't quit-grab it now and fall hard.