The Forever Rule

Carrie Ann Ryan

The Cage Family #1

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The moment I met Aston Cage, I knew my life had changed. A single dance later, we’re both all in. Until he ghosted me.

Then my boss fires me for dancing with the enemy.

Three months later, working for the Cages is my last resort. Now I’ll work beside him day by day, trying not to let my feelings take control. It’s heaven and hell. Except I’m starting to think there’s a part of this story I’m missing…

I made myself walk away from Blakely after my family’s dirty laundry hit the news. My father’s secret family complicates everything. In order to keep our inheritance intact, we’re forced to do monthly dinners with both sides of the family—the brothers I grew up with and the new set of siblings we never knew about.

An additional obstacle: Blakely is my new sister’s best friend.

Meaning the moment I give into temptation, I not only risk the woman I’m falling for, but the family legacy just starting to reveal itself.

But Blakley is worth it. I just have to prove I am as well.

Carrie Ann Ryan has done it again. Here is another spin off series (Ford from Best Friend Temptation is also a Cage brother) that introduces a new family dynamic with a whole new set of characters to fall in love with.

These two met accidentally when Blakely was added to a Cage family group chat unexpectedly. They connected in such a sweet, innocent way, that I couldn’t help but love when the sparks began to build between them. But Blakely works for a man who views the Cage’s as rivals so keeps her distance for the sake of peace at work. And even if that weren’t an issue, Blakely’s best friend is now Aston’s sister.

Aston is the oldest brother and as such spends a lot of energy watching out for his siblings and playing referee. As the family adjusts to their new reality he also finds himself playing peacemaker between the two branches of the family. There is a lot going on in this book to keep emotions and tensions high.

I loved getting to know this extended Cage family as well as seeing the many ties to Montgomery worlds and previous books. Because it is the first in a series with a lot of new siblings to introduce, there were times that Aston and Blakely felt like side characters in their own story, but it always came back to them and the relationship building between them. I can’t wait for more from the Cages, especially as the two sides of the family spend more time together and piece together the things that they have in common and those that set each side of the family apart.

Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Wilder Brothers, Promise Me, and Elements of Five series, which have sold millions of books worldwide. She’s the winner of a RT Book of the Year and a Prism Award in her genres. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over one hundred novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.