The Rules of Engagement was my personal favorite in the series. Some will like the way Dodd toys with a familiar storyline, but others will find scenes offensive. Dodd sparkles in her dialogue, but this first in a series doesn’t set the tone for what follows. There is some questionable material in this tale…the hero is pretty misgyonistic and the consummation scene smacks of rape. In the first of the series, Rules of Surrender, Dodd spins a tale of a governess sent to manage a group of unruly children…only to find their father is the real student in need of tutelage.Ī loose retelling of The King and I, the hero has been living with the bedouin, and the heroine is “Miss Priss.” Set around 1839, a trio of ladies boldly enter in a business venture…an academy for Governesses.
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