Marine Sawyer Villier has always preferred to keep his life simple and commitment-free. But when he runs into his best friend's widow during a stopover in LA, Sawyer realizes there's one commitment he's failed to keep, the one he made to the man who saved his life in a time he's fought hard to forget.

But Sawyer's not the only one having a problem with promises…

Single mother Alma Thomas wishes she could forget the moment when she had to choose between standing by the man she loved or saving herself and their unborn child. After a year spent keeping his secrets safe, all she wants now is to move on.

But when Sawyer reappears in her life determined to honor his promises, will Alma be willing to let go of her own?

Set in Dax and Harlow's world as seen in Everything She Ever Wanted, Breaking the Rules is the third book in A Different Kind of Love series that readers have called "moving," "riveting," and "emotional."