Unwritten Rules

Rules of the Game, Book 4

De: Brigham Vaughn

Narrado por: James Edward Jones

Rule number one: Don't fall in love with your family's sworn enemy.

Taylor Hollis brought home gold at the Olympics, then quit competitive skating at the height of his career.

Four years later, he lives a quiet life teaching figure skating classes and looking for the perfect guy with whom to settle down and build a family.

When the Evanston River Otters hire Taylor to take part in a feel-good media piece, he’ll have to defy his father and work with the son of the man he detests.

And his one weakness is a hot older guy who’s good with kids.

Rule number two: Choose your loyalties wisely.

Last season, Jamie Walsh left the Chicago Windstorm after a nasty divorce and falling out with his linemate.

Now he’s getting settled as a new forward for the Otters.

His biggest priority is his five-year-old daughter, Ava, but he can’t ignore how attractive he finds her skating teacher.

The only man he’s ever been interested in.

The more time they spend together, the harder it is for Jamie to ignore his feelings.

Too bad Taylor’s father has always blamed Jamie’s dad for ruining his hockey career.

Jamie and Taylor are perfect for one another but they’ll have to ignore both of their families’ unwritten rules if they let themselves fall in love with the enemy.

Trigger warning: frank discussion of eating disorders and past infidelity of secondary characters.

©2022 Brigham Vaughn (P)2023 Brigham Vaughn

Love this couple❤️

I love this series! I really enjoyed Jamie and Taylor’s book and the audio version was such a great complement to their story. This is a great couple, their story feels very authentic and I loved the purposeful way they come together. The backstory of their fathers’ complicated NHL past adds such tension to them falling for each other. Jamie and Taylor have crazy hot chemistry together and the narrator does an excellent job bringing them to life. Love this series, characters are amazing and the hockey is on point, which I appreciate.

Skating

This is a story of two rival families and an accident during hockey decades ago. Taylors father was injured in a NHL game and had to leave hockey. Jamie’s dad played for the opposing team and ran into Taylor’s dad causing the injury. There are bitter feelings between the families that carry down to the children. Jamie now plays hockey for the Evanston River Otters and Taylor is a figure skater. They run into each other at the Olympics and words are exchanged. Taylor is hired by the River Otters to help the hockey players with footwork. This storyline touches on several subjects including eating disorders, sexuality, medical debt, infidelity and love. As always the River Otter hockey team is fun to read about and see them evolve as a team.

Sweet Bi-Awakening Love

Jamie and Taylor had a lot of hurdles to overcome. This is the story of sweet, single dad Jamie Walsh who is a member of the Evanston River Otters and sexy, figure skater Taylor Hollis who is hired to help with a social media campaign to make the Otters look good after the scandal of Coach Tate and Gabriel in the last book. There’s a lot for these two former ’sort-of enemies’ to unpack and Jamie’s daughter Ava plays a huge part of the story. While the actual love story doesn’t revolve around Ava as much, she is an integral part of it and I love when kids are written well into a story. I can’t wait for the world to get this book because there is so much to love about it. It’s sweet, definitely sexy, and there are several mushy ‘awwwwwwwww’ moments along with some angsty sad stuff but I love the determined way Jamie sets his mind to making sure he doesn’t treat Taylor badly and the resulting love between them is so gooey that I love it!

James Edward Jones does a great job narrating this story and I really enjoyed his performance.

Didn't want it to end!

I'm not big on audiobooks, as I retain info better when I actually read the book, but I decided to venture out and see if maybe listening to a hockey book by one of my favorite authors would be different. I had already read the book, and it was an interesting experience hearing someone else read it in my ear. I can't say I'm a new fan, but at least I loved the book!

I'm a huge fan of Brigham Vaughn's newfound hockey love (and the team she chose), which has spilled over into her hockey books, and I just can't get enough! The previous book hinted at this storyline, and my only complaint is that I read it (first) and whipped through the audio too fast (once I got started; that pesky thing called life gets in the way too often). Jamie has been one of my favorites, and it was great getting to know him better. He and Taylor were great together, and I'm glad that the bad blood between the families was sorted out - even if it'll take longer than one book for everyone to heal. Little Ava was in there stealing hearts while her dad and Taylor were giving each other theirs.

There were parts of the book that audio... enhanced. Jamie and Taylor were pretty steamy, and it was fun hearing Jamie explore his sexuality.

Great addition to the series

Love the story of Jamie & Taylor, so much sweetness and heart. Narration well done and made listening enjoyable!

Amazing Hockey Romance

Hockey romance is always a plus for me. This one was fantastic, done incredibly well. Loved that it was also on a single dad!

I definitely liked Jamie and Taylor as a couple. They had a solid connection and great chemistry. Such amazing character development. I loved both listening to the audio and reading this book. Highly recommend!

Enemies to loves

Enemies to loves that never really was Enemies to loves. It was obvious since the beginning they both had the joys for each other but complications with family makes it had. I get it. This was a good read.

Sweet with heat

Taylor Hollis and Jamie Walsh must first overcome their intense but misguided dislike of each other before they can forge a friendship that leads to love. And once that happens, then all the complications of Jaime's coming out -- including his issues with his ex-best friend and his ex-wife -- and Taylor's own family problems, all add to the pressures being brought to bear on their relationship. They make it through them, of course, even if in the end what's broken between Jamie and his former best friend can never be repaired. At least the love he builds with Taylor helps bridge the gap and begin the healing between their fathers.

The uninspiring narration did nothing for this age gap, enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance. The narrator made little to no effort to vary his voicing of the MCs, so, of course, there was little to distinguish Jamie's daughter from Taylor's mother, for example, aside from the things each says. The narrator's performance did nothing to enhance my appreciation of the story. I may as well have read it myself.

Swoony enemies to lovers story!

I loved the teaser we got at the end of Changing the Rules of Taylor and Jamie's tension filled past and it was even better seeing them find their way around each in this book! Jamie is such a sweet character with so much love for his family and daughter but constantly puts himself last, It was so amazing to see him finally start to go after a relationship that he truly wants because it makes him happy. Taylor is the perfect mix of salty and sweet and I loved how fiercely he loved his people. The history between the two families was so fierce and seemingly unfixable but the resolution at the end was so heartwarming. There were so many amazing characters in this book (just like all the others) and I loved getting to see past MC's again. I can't wait for the next book in the series! Lindy and O'Shea are going to be fire together I have a feeling! James Edward Jones did a fantastic job again bringing this series and characters to life. They have become a favorite narrator for me because of their ability to add so much depth and emotion to the story without it feeling different than when I read it on paper. I hope James Edward Jones will continue to narrate the rest of this series!

Another awesome couple in this awesome series!

James Edward Jones sometimes sounds wonky at the beginning of some of the titles he performs but he works his way through it so after a few chapters I enjoy him more...especially when he does his french accent... ooo la la! Loved the romeonesqe aspect of this story: two people from feuding families fall in love. While Zane and Ryan will always be my favorite couple, Taylor and Jamie were a hot ticket as well. On to the next one!

4 stars - worthy of a repeat listen