Moorewood Family Rules By HelenKay Dimon

‘Moorewood Family Rules’ is the latest book by HelenKay Dimon.

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.

This book was an entertaining and story from the first page with reactive and relatable characters.

The Moorewoods are a family of scammers and unfortunately for Jillian, she was the scapegoat when things went south. Now 36 months later, she’s back in the family bosom and is wanting to claim what is rightfully hers, even though her conniving uncle and cousins have their objections. With money, the only thing on their minds and the fact that they will try anything to get it, Jillian gets herself a bodyguard, a handsome man called Beck, who conveniently is at her every beck and call, when things go mad.

I really enjoyed this story, there’s a great mix of characters, from the matriarch grandmother Patricia, who always has a cheese string tucked down her bra, the entitled cousins Astrid and Annika and their father Jay, who shows little to no remorse for his treatment of Jillian and her deceased mother. I loved Jillian, particularly during family meetings, as she really shone in determination and ferocity against her family.

A family saga packed with drama, entitlement and revenge, ‘Moorewood Family Rules’ is a witty and dark story about breaking family rules and dealing with the consequences.

You can buy ‘Moorewood Family Rules’ from Amazon and is available to buy from good bookshops.