✨EXCERPT REVEAL ✨ Breaking His Rules (The Clifford Brothers) by USA Today bestselling author Layla Hagen releases on June 5th! Check out this sneak peek!

“I’m doing my best, but you’re not making this easy. First, you want to put up cameras everywhere, and now a fence. The whole point of people coming back here again and again is that it’s so cozy and homey. It’s going to look anything but that. What will my guests say?”

“It’s only going to be for one day.”

She swallowed hard. “I can’t forgo lunch business for you to set up whatever you need.”

I didn’t respond, letting the silence linger between us. She’d have to do it my way in the end, or the party was going to be moved elsewhere. I knew Roger would understand, and hopefully Daphne would too.

“So, what exactly is your plan?” she asked. “When do you want to set everything up for the party? Lunch is done at two thirty, and the party starts at six. That’s plenty of time.”

“No, it’s not,” I retaliated. I was tired of this conversation and ready for it to end. I’d tell Roger this just wasn’t going to work, and they’d have to change venues. “It simply isn’t. I need the whole day.”

Ruby smiled. “Grant, please, can you relax a bit? I’m sure we can find a solution that works for both of us. Maybe you can just put up your cameras in the trees?”

Her placating me was setting me even more on edge now. No more concessions. “That’s not how I operate, Ruby.”

“Can’t you make exceptions?”

“No! And especially not for my friend’s engagement party.” Is she for real?

“It’s just that I really don’t believe anything will happen.”

Oh, she’s a psychic now? I was going to lose my sh*t in a second.

“Most things happen because people don’t take precautions.”

Ruby swallowed hard, and I watched her throat move. Damn it. She was so beautiful that I kept losing my train of thought.

“It’s just that I really, really don’t want you to put anything on this lawn. It’s going to leave marks in the grass, and it costs a lot to keep it the way it looks now.”

“Right. Then I’ll talk to Roger and Daphne—” she smiled hopefully”—and ask them to move the party somewhere else.”

Her smile completely fell. I felt like utter shit for making her feel like this. But honestly, my patience was gone, and this was the only solution to keep my friends safe.

“Why?” she asked.

“The party can’t take place here under the conditions you just laid out. I can only secure it to 90 percent, and I don’t do 90 percent.” It was all or nothing with me. Roger would understand.

She opened her mouth but didn’t say anything.

“No sense wasting more time discussing this any further,” I added.

“You’re right. Then I guess I’ll see you at the party—wherever it takes place.”

I nodded once. “Exactly.”

Blurb:

Grant

I built my global security empire from nothing. Control and discipline are the only rules I live by. Some might call me ‘intense’. I prefer ‘meticulously prepared for every disaster imaginable.’

Growing up in a group home with my two brothers taught me the only lesson that mattered: never let anyone close enough to hurt you. As a CEO, I don’t improvise. I plan. I command.

When I’m hired to provide security for an engagement party, I expect an easy job.

Instead, I meet a woman who treats my rules like optional suggestions. I’m used to being obeyed. Ruby clearly doesn’t plan on doing that. Not even a little.

She tempts me like no one else ever has. Whenever we’re together, my thoughts drift in dangerous directions. Wanting her becomes an obsession. I want to give her everything. But surrendering control means breaking my own rules. And I’ve never done that before.

Ruby

I love my restaurant, my life, and finding the bright side of just about everything. Hosting my best friend’s engagement party? Easy. Fun. Right up my alley.

What I’m not prepared for is Grant Clifford—and his many, many rules.

He’s a fine specimen of a man. Unfortunately, he also comes with a massive stick lodged firmly up his gorgeous behind. Under that perfectly tailored suit is a man who desperately needs to loosen up. Preferably with me.

The closer I get, the more clearly I see the scars beneath his rigid exterior. And I want to heal them all. But how do I reach a man who refuses to let anyone in?

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