I am in love with this book.

Take Dynasty and make the reason the family is rich based off of grifting. That is this book. I love how crazy this book is and it is extremely addictive. Jillian has just been released from jail and decides to come just to find her family is still grifting and ruining people's lives. She decides to take things back into her hands again and make the family go legit.

Why this book is good:
~Dual POV
~Bodyguard romance
~Realizing you're in love
~Turning the family legit
~Lots of chaos and drama

Thank you so much, Avon and NetGalley for the opportunity to arc-read this book in exchange for an honest review.

The plot of this book sounded so interesting I could not help requesting a copy. However, I was a little disappointed in the pacing and the character development in this story. It made it hard to connect with the characters and was repetitive at times. I DNF this one.

3.5 stars A fast, breezy tale about a dysfunctional family of con artists and the one member determined to drag them into respectability. I went in expecting a con-heavy plot, but I was so entertained by the shenanigans in this mess of a family that I wasn't disappointed in the least. I laughed and wondered how the heck Jillian would survive her relatives, and I savored some really excellent, dry dialogue that begged to be read aloud. Recommended for lots of fun and (occasionally misplaced heart).

My thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Not what I wanted. More The Nest than Knives Out. I was hoping for some chaotic, heisty fun but it was actually more about the family dynamics than I was hoping.

I liked the humor, insight, and style of the novel. It was a quick and entertaining read that kept me engaged.

2.5
Middle ground read.
Jillian is back home from prison. One of her family members put her there to take the fall for their cons. Now she is back to cut them off from her mother's money and find out who took 1.5 year of her life.
All the characters are really annoying. Even Jillian. She goes for her bodyguard who she seems to have no interest in except for the fact that he's there. And he consistently described as "ugly hot".
Her family feels that they deserve her mother's money, even though they are her uncle and cousins?! They try little tricks to hurt her but eventually implode on their own.
This is not really a romance or a mystery that it is labeled. More of a family drama with some sneaking elements and a roll in the sheets. Everyone is trying to con the others because they are selfish with no depth and in the end not very smart either.
I was just let thinking that was fine.

I tried really hard to get into this one but I just couldn’t. I wasn’t able to finish and wouldn’t recommend it.

This was chaotic start to finish! The moorwood family was truly dysfunctional but so much fun to read about. The love interests here had excellent chemistry and it was fun to watch the family get it all together.

Wanted to love this one so much, as it’s a deviant from what I typically read… but I couldn’t find joy in it. A child from a con-famous couple, who took the fall, comes back even better and this time, pissed. She wants to change the way things are in her family and how she’s viewed as a person. The whole idea was intriguing, but the idea of it being a full on con-job mysterious type of story was incorrect. It’s about self discovery and finding your way more-so than a rom-com or mystery of sorts. That’s where it lost me. Overall, not the worst, but not the best I’ve ever read. Thanks for the opportunity to read!

Setting: Rhode island
Rep: n/a

This is a fun, easy read about a very dysfunctional family. At times it was a bit repetitive and I did hope for a slightly more explosive ending but it was a good read that kept me entertained.

I like the description I read when requesting this book where they called Moorewood Family Rules Knives Out and Oceans 8 meets The Nest. Jillian returns home from a three year prison stay to her family. This in itself doesn't sound like it will lead to wacky shenanigans, but consider that her entire family value system is built around a con man, and you get just that: wacky shenanigans.
Who in her family can she trust? Who turned her in? Is anyone willing to give up their life of crime and deception to walk the straight an narrow?

Add in a hot bodyguard, and you've got yourself the type of book I love. We have a great cast of characters that genuinely reminds me of Knives Out, and you can never really place your finger on who is involved in what scheme and what exactly is going to happen next.

This book was written for you if:
1. You like Knives Out or Glass Onion
2. You want a book that feels like a peek into.a complex family dynamic for just a small sliver of time
3. You would like a rather quick read that doesn't center around romance but also doesn't fail to include it

I was lucky to receive an advance copy of Moorewood Family Rules by HelenKay Dimon from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review and opinion. I wasn't sure what to expect going into this book but loved the cover and description. I found it to be a very cute, fun read. I would for sure read more books by this author in the future.

Rating: 2.5/5

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for access to this advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

I was initially excited to read a book that gave "Knives Out" vibes. However, I ended up being disappointed with the book. I found it hard to keep track of the numerous characters and struggled to empathize with any of them. The premise about a family of con artists intrigued me, but I was ultimately let down by the repetitive plot and wished for a shorter length. I felt that stories like this are better suited for the screen. Despite this, I appreciated the unique and quirky nature of the story, especially the portrayal of the eccentric family dynamics. I also enjoyed the budding romance between Jillian and Beck the Bodyguard, although I wished for more action in the narrative.

This was such a fun ride and so different from the books written by this authors pen name that I had no clue what to expect, but I loved it! Such a great cast of characters and filled to the brim with hijinks. Not a huge romance gal myself but that's a personal thing so that element of the story most people will likely enjoy more than I did. Nonetheless, another great read from this author!

This story was very cute. I loved the reformed inmate family member vibe. I feel like the love story was thrown into the mix to capture an additional audience and it took away from the overall story for me.

I originally went in expecting only a fun story about a con artist family and the one family member trying to get them to go legit and the hijinks that would inevitably ensue. What I wasn't expecting was sparks flying with her hot bodyguard and the swoony banter between them. This book had banter, revenge plots, family cons, twists, turns, and a little romance thrown in.

This book was so much fun, and it was a fun ride. Over the course of roughly a week, we learn exactly how far family members are willing to go over money, ego, and status (as fake as it may be). There is a family divide and a long history of cons, fraud, theft, and backstabbing.

There is also a reel on our feed of quotes that made me sigh and swoon between Beck and Jillian. I feel like I need a follow-up book just so I can get more moments with these two and to meet Doug, the cousin lost in Europe and a happy ending for Anika.

Give this one a try if you like to laugh, swoon, and see crazy family antics!

A fun book with a funny, quirky cast of characters.
It wasn’t really my jam but that was just me trying a new book that caught my eye.

Not what I was expecting and that is fine, but I probably just shouldn't have picked this up. I think the marketing and comparisons they used could have been better to avoid this.

Jillian Moorewood has long been the voice of reason in her unreasonable, and unlawful, family. After serving a 39 month stint in prison for crimes related to the family business, she is free and enforcing her threat that her relatives go legit or get cut off. Of course, her band of thieving family members is far from understanding and between her murderous great aunt and grifting cousins, Jillian’s hope for legitimacy is waning. When death threats loom, Jillian is forced to hire a bodyguard, but the addition of this imposing and annoyingly attractive new employee gives her an unexpected ally. Jillian is not above resorting to some of the old Moorewood family tricks and uses her relatives’ ruthless nature to her advantage. This is a light-hearted romantic comedy with a splash of Knives Out added for some fun tertiary characters.

Was intrigued by the description and was not let down! Took me a bit to remember who was who and connected to whom, but once I figured it out, it was an absolutely fun ride.