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Moorewood Family Rules
Moorewood Family Rules | HelenKay Dimon
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Knives Out and Ocean's 8 meets The Nest in this hilariously twisty novel by award-winning author HelenKay Dimon, about a woman who returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con artist family and tries to get them to go legit. One day a con man met an heiress, wooed her, married her, had two kids...and kept on conning. Jillian Moorewood is the oldest child from that meet-cute-gone-wrong marriage. The stable one. The sensible and dependable one. The one who protects and fixes. The one who went to prison to save their sorry butts. Now, thirty-nine months later, she's out and she's more than a little pissed. Finally home she finds the scheming clan in full family fleecing mode. They all claim they didn't really agree to Jillian's previous go-legit-or-else ultimatum before she went away. They viewed it as a "suggestion" then ignored it. So, business as usual. But Jillian is done with the lies and fakery. She demands the whole messed-up crew clean up its act, and this time she's not kidding--she has the leverage to make it happen. Problem is, her life is in shambles, but with the help of a great aunt (crooked but loveable), a bodyguard (who is a nice surprise after three years in prison), and a few allies (all working undercover), Jillian starts to put her life back together. She kicks out a few mooching relatives living under her roof, sets limits on everyone's access to the money, ducks from their various attacks, and sees if that bodyguard is maybe interested in sticking around for a while. For the first time, she's Jillian Moorewood, her own woman, and she's ready to figure out who she is.
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HeyT
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Finished my commute book in record time because I didn't strictly listen on my commute. I also managed to hit the half way point in Orphan's Tales

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Goal this week is to work on a commute book, catch up with GoTChapterADay and work deeper into Orphan's Tales

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HeyT
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This was fun and quick even though the romance felt a little tacked on. Jillian is forced to deal with her family and it's baggage and find her place if she walks away from the expectations heaped on her. I think the real gem in the story was Anika's journey of self discovery.

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Amie
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Fun, light read with a little rom com on the side. I think it needed a little more action or suspense and the humor turned up a notch, but it was enjoyable and I would read another book of this type from this author.

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JoyBlue
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Is it a mystery? Romance? Family dramedy? I think it wanted to be too many things. Low pick.

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Preciouz29
Moorewood Family Rules | HelenKay Dimon
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A fast and fun read, just want I needed to help decompress!

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julesG
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Tempted to say: if you liked "Finlay Donovan" you'll like this as well.

A family of con artists. One member returns from prison and wants the family to stop grifting. The family has other ideas.

Bit Knives Out/Glass Onion, but no Ocean's Eight.

It was rather low stakes and more focused on family than actual cons, with a side of insta-romance.

#MagnificentMay @Andrew65

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 12mo
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kimmypete1
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This was on NetGalley as a romance, and there‘s a little bit of romance, but mostly it‘s about the Moorewood family drama and Jillian trying to find herself.

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kimmypete1
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Started this today thinking it was a romance (which there still may be some) but really it‘s about a family of con artists and I‘m here for it. It‘s very entertaining so far.

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Julsmarshall
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The family that steals together, stays together. Part heist, part mystery, part romance, ALL family drama. This fresh, fun, mystery was a perfect escape. Releasing April 2023, fans of Ocean‘s Eleven and Knives Out will love this one!

Aims42 Instant ‘Stacked‘!! Sounds fun! 😂 1y
Cinfhen Looks like good fun!!! 1y
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