The Exception
By: Vi Keeland
Publisher: Self-published
Publication date: Nov. 18, 2025
Genre: Romance
Rating:
He lives by a set of rules. She might be his one exception.
I just wanted a distraction, something to take the edge off before facing a wedding I was dreading. So on the flight back to New York, I signed up for a dating app. Harmless enough, right?
Wrong.
Turns out, it wasn’t just any app—it catered to people with very specific tastes. By the time I realized it, I was already on my date.
Tall, confident, and sinfully handsome, Jagger Langston seemed like the full package. The chemistry between us was instant—electric enough to burn the whole city down. Though things took a turn when we figured out I’d misunderstood who should join the app. We laughed it off, said goodbye, and went our separate ways.
Or so I thought.
Until I walked into my new internship Monday morning, ready to put the weekend behind me, and there he was—my boss.
Now I’m caught between the rules he lives by—and the temptation to make him break every single one of them.
My thoughts…
This was a very fun read.
The main character goes on to a dating app to meet a one-night stand. However, she doesn’t quite realize that the app that she downloaded is for people who like a bit of spice, and have a bit of kink. So when she meets the guy at a restaurant and he goes over his “rules”, she soon realizes that she is in way over her head.
So imagine her horror when she shows up for her internship the next business day, a law firm that her stepfather works for, and realizes that the man that she had met the other night is none other than the CEO of the law firm. While they try to keep things professional, lines get blurred pretty quickly given the chemistry between them.
This was a very enjoyable story, but it had some annoying parts. Jagger felt like Sutton deserved better and did all of the stereotypical things our main characters like to do when they feel like they’re not good enough for the other person. Another thing that really bothered me is the fact that this guy is 32 and is seen as an old person. He owns multiple companies, owns this law firm, is super rich, and is Sutton’s stepfather’s boss. It is portrayed over and over again that he is an old geezer to her mid-twenties. The dude is 32, he is not old, he is still young. I don’t know why this bothered me so much, but it really did. I wish that the character was maybe in his forties. Something more believable to make you see the age difference, the experience gap, and just for him to be taken more seriously as this older bigwig millionaire.
