Julia Conti is living the dream in New York City. She has a job she loves in publishing and shares an apartment in the Village with her lifelong best friend Allie. Following a bad break-up, Julia swears off of men and relationships, until she meets Ben Martin, an up-and-coming author who is smart, charming, and very easy on the eyes.
Fueled by their mutual attraction, close working relationship and fear of relationships, Julia and Ben embark on an affair, following the Casual Rule. As they bring each other further into their lives, their casual status blurs.
Can she keep their casual relationship separate from love or will feelings take hold and Julia get her heart broken again?
What happens when something Casual… isn’t so casual anymore?
Smart, steamy, angsty, snarky… Romance.
The Casual Rule can be read as a Standalone. There is no Cliffhanger ending.
Julia and Ben’s story continues in The New Rule (The Casual Rule 2… no cliffhanger)
Genre: Romance
Fueled by their mutual attraction, close working relationship and fear of relationships, Julia and Ben embark on an affair, following the Casual Rule. As they bring each other further into their lives, their casual status blurs.
Can she keep their casual relationship separate from love or will feelings take hold and Julia get her heart broken again?
What happens when something Casual… isn’t so casual anymore?
Smart, steamy, angsty, snarky… Romance.
The Casual Rule can be read as a Standalone. There is no Cliffhanger ending.
Julia and Ben’s story continues in The New Rule (The Casual Rule 2… no cliffhanger)
Genre: Romance
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