Rules of an Engagement

Captain Bradshaw Carroway, has a passion for living a life on the see, and loves the excitement and danger that comes from being Captain of his own ship, however when he is ordered by to be a babysitter to a load of Aristocrats, he would rather cut his own tongue out. However there is one passenger that has caught his eye, daughter of a well known historian, Zephyr Ponsely, has been by her fathers side ever since her mother passed away and been all over the world, and is eager to learn how to a lady and learn how to flirt and learn about life and passion. Zephyr is blunt and the desire between Shaw and Zephyr explodes after sharing a sensual embrace, Zephyr keeps breaking all sorts of rules of decorum and such, but would much rather be in Shaw's embrace, than follow all the rules and be miserable, but what she never counting on was learning that giving into personal desires, can lead to matters of the heart, something she isn't prepared for but then ...neither is the confident rogue of a Captain...Bradshaw Carroway. Rules of an Engagement is the third in the Adventure Club Series by Suzanne Enoch. I just fell instantly in love with this story and the characters. The characters alone were full of wit and passion. The story itself wasn't that incredible, however there was a sense of flirty fun throughout the story, that kept me engaged throughout the whole of it. At the beginning both the main characters hate each other, and had me laughing at their interactions with each other, but we see from the moment that they share that memorable first kiss, that things change for them both, and they realize how much alike they truly are. I truly haven't enjoyed such a romance in a while, and it was good to have one that was carefree and full of laughs...plus the cover is utterly charming ( )

Captain Bradshaw Carroway has been disenchanted with his life since the death of his best friend and ship's doctor. That begins to change when he meets Miss Zephyr Ponsley. Zephyr has sent years assisting her father, a noted botanist, which has left her without the manners and graces of the ton. While Bradshaw finds her outspokenness aggravating, he also finds it invigorating. Zephyr and her father are passengers on Bradshaw's ship, entrusted with a mission to gather animal and plant specimens and establish good relationships with the Pacific island natives. As Bradshaw gets to know Zephyr, he finds it hard to imagine a future without her. Zephyr's attraction to Bradshaw causes her to question her satisfaction with her role as her father's assistant, a future without roots. The best thing about this story is that at the beginning Zephyr is more aggravating than anything else, but as you see Bradshaw come to understand and love her, her character becomes more and more likeable and admirable. ( )

I enjoyed this book as much as the others in the Lessons in Love series. Zephyr, the heroine, was different from most of those portrayed in romance novels, it was a refreshing change not to have a heroine who was overly dramatic, whiny and intent on completely remaking the hero. Though Zehpyr and Bradshaw (the hero) were what some might consider thrown together, I did not feel that way, as through out most of the book there were several other women available for the hero to chase after. Overall I thought this was a good historical romance novel. ( )

Not as engaging as A Lady's Guide to Improper behavior, but definitely sucked me in. Loved the scientific exploration/botany angle. ( )

I'm not generally a fan of ship-board romances or historicals written in bad dialect and this, with it's lackluster humor and even more lackluster character interactions*, isn't going to change my mind. It didn't take me long to start skimming and I ended up entirely skipping whole sections in the middle, so this might even be a DNF depending on how you look at it.

*I hesitate to say romance because it was all so very meh. ( )