Dave Cousins owns The Wild Rose Inn. He has a young daughter robin who stays with him on occasion. His fiancee Anita had died three years ago but Dave still hasn’t gotten over it. The night clerk told Dave about a young woman he had put in  a room the night before as she had passed out from exhaustion. Her name was Cassidy. Dave learned later that morning when she came down looking for caffeine. Cassidy lived a gypsy lifestyle and loved it. Her parents had soured her on the idea of marriage and family. Cassidy and Dave were attracted to each other but Dave didn’t do casual sex and he felt his heart died with Anita. But Cassidy and Dave did start a casual affair. But then Cassidy left when she found out she was sick with a disease.

I liked this story a lot. It had a lot of growth and healing in it.I laughed at some parts and shed a couple of tears in others.It was a different take with the woman going from place to place and only doing casual relationships as Cassidy felt the need or desire to move on and the man in a very settled life style. I loved the characters of Dave and Cassidy and all the twists and turns they go through. I recommend.

I received an ARC of this story for an honest review.

Anyone else a fan of the movie Green Card with Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell? 

I loved that movie.  In case you A: Were not born or B Some how missed it in 1990 here is the plot according to IMDb 

George Faure is a Frenchman who has been offered a job in the U.S. But in order to get the job he must obtain a work permit - green card, and the easiest way is to marry an American. Bronte Parrish is a New Yorker who is a keen horticulturist and just found the perfect flat with its own greenhouse. Unfortunately the flat is for married couples only. A marriage of convenience seems the ideal solution to both problems. To convince the immigration officers they are married for love, they must move in with each other. As the mismatched couple attempt to cope with life together, they start to fall in love.

I love Marriage of Convenience plots!  I adore the couple time and the you must deal with each other.

For a Contemporary Romance what could be a more realisic reason for this kind of marriage that citizen status.  I do wish they had less "we are going to get found out" drama.

Here are some fun Green Card Romances with immigration needs for all kinds of reasons.

My lists are never in any particular order. Enjoy!  

1. An Engagement in Seattle by Debbie Macomber

Aleksandr Berinksi is a Russian biochemist in the U.S. on a visa that is about to expire. Marriage will allow him to stay—marriage to Julia Conrad. If Julia's going to save her Seattle-based company, she needs him as much as he needs her. There's a Groom Wanted in Julia's life. And not just any groom!

2. Rio Grande Wedding by Ruth Wind

One kiss stole her heart. So when Molly Sheffield realized Alejandro Sosa needed a green-card bride, it seemed only natural for her to stand by his side….

But the pretty widow could not predict the feelings she would have for her new husband. After opening her heart to Alejandro, Molly knew she was meant to spend forever with this man. But she and Alejandro had only so many passionate nights, so many warm and loving days, before they said goodbye.

Or before they fell hopelessly in love…

3. Wanted: Outback Wife by Ally Blake

hen Jodie Simpson met her long-lost sister, Louise Valentine, she didn't realize the biggest adventure of her life was about to begin. With her visa about to expire, and desperate to stay in Australia, Jodie has a plan…she'll marry for convenience!

Jodie is offering a one-year marriage, with no strings attached. So why does sexy cattle rancher Heath Jameson, who is almost certainly looking for a long-term wife, want to marry her? Heath seems so sure—and so handsome—that Jodie takes the plunge. Only to fall for a convenient husband who seems to be running from the ghosts of his past…

4. An Inconvenient Wife by Katy Madison

Brandi Yeats wants gold—Olympic gold, but she needs a new ice dancing partner. One man is available, but he's totally wrong for her, and he's the wrong nationality. Marriage is the only way they can compete for the same team. So what's a girl to do when her dreams are on the line? What she won't do is have an affair with the broody, but far too attractive, Russian, even if he is her husband. 

Nikolai Petronof is willing to do anything to skate with a strong competitor like Brandi—even trap himself in a lie he can't get out of. Everyone warns him not to mix fire and ice, but he can't help himself. That is until he's caught in a hands-off marriage of convenience that is far too inconvenient...

5. Mail-Order Groom: by Cindy Flores Martinez

Lisa is about to marry the love of her life, but her world is shattered when she finds her fiancé, Jeff, in the arms of another woman. When he calls off the wedding, she's heartbroken. 

In a twist of fate, she meets Krzysztof Zielinski from Poland on Mail-Order-Grooms.Com. He needs to marry an American woman so that he can stay in America, and he’s willing to pay money for it. His reason for needing to stay is what tugs at Lisa’s heart and convinces her to say “I do” to him. After all, it’s going to be strictly a business deal. 

Lisa races to the altar with Krzysztof, but things become complicated when she finds herself falling for him, and he’s not planning to stay in America forever. Will her heart break all over again?

6. Kissing the Canvas by Billy London

Russian boxer, Pasha Markovitch, has everything in his corner, looks, potential for Olympic greatness, and speed of powerful fists professionals only dream of. There’s just one small issue. If he can’t find a solution to his current visa situation, he’ll be out of the UK and ducking and weaving with government standard silver bracelets on his wrists. The pressures of his father’s greed and the anxiety of a past that continues to knock him down, steadily wear on him until chance leads him to green fingered, sarcastic mouthed, Liliana Asare who offers the light of a reprieve. Coming to an arrangement of mutual exchange, they both get what they want. Pasha gets to stay in the country and Liliana gets the financing for her florist shop. The whole scenario is perfect enough to list. Woman willing to marry him so he doesn’t end up deported and she doesn’t end up losing her livelihood? Check. Avaricious father satisfied? Check. Falling in love with his fake wife? Wait, that’s not on the list…

7. Baily's Irish Dream / Czech Mate by Kate Thomas

She knew all the right moves...

Wendy Marek needs to see green -- as in money to finance her studies in fashion design in Paris. But to claim her inheritance she must marry. Visiting Czech Peter Havel also needs to see green -- as in green card! What will Wendy do with a Czech math genius with the body of an Olympic gold medalist? Well, marry him, of course. However, what will happen to this marriage of convenience when love enters the equation?

8. A Marriage of Convenience by Jewel Amethyst

After being left standing at the altar, Tamara needs someone to share the new home she can’t afford. Enter Kawbena Opoku, a gorgeous Ghanaian scientist in search of a green card, to fulfill Tamara’s needs—and the desires she didn’t know she had.

9. Marry Me, Cowboy by Lilian Darcy

Champion barrel-racer Tegan Ash has nothing left to go home to in her native Australia and every reason to stay in the USA. But her visa is about to expire, and her prospective groom has called off their green-card wedding. 

Jamie MacCreadie doesn’t actually want to marry a woman he can't stand, but his best friend and fellow rodeo rider Chet has just let her down and, somehow, he finds himself offering to do the deed instead. 

There’s no chance it could turn into the real thing, because they have nothing in common… do they?

10. Temporary Wife by Joan Kilby

Veronique Dutot and Burton O'Rourke—each has something the other needs.

Veronique is a talented chef, while Burton happens to need a chef for a new cooking show he's about to produce.

Veronique, on the other hand, needs her visa extended so she can live in Vancouver near her former mother-in-law.

Burton proposees and old-fashioned solution to their very modern problems. A temporary marriage. A marriage of convenience.

Veronique accepts—although there's nothing temporary or convenient about the way she's starting to feel.

So I need more for these. Perferably between working class people. Yeah. 

Whatcha got? Or if you don't have any which writer should we hound to creative more? lol

Vote for the best of the best on my Goodreads list: Green Card: Marriage of Convenience Romance. 

Resisting the Musician - Ally Blake
Published by: Entangled Publishing, on 28 July 2014
Genres: Adult, Contemporary,Romance
Pages: 257, Format: eARC
Source: Netgalley

Bridal shoe company owner Lori Hanover is in way over her head. First, her designer sister has fallen head over heels for the rock star fiancé of a client - talk about bad PR! Now her business is falling apart. Lori's only hope in saving her company is making the world believe it was true love, even if she's not so sure herself. Her best bet? A song. For this she turns to the most frustrating musical recluse in America, Dash Mills, a man who could pass for Thor’s sexier brother. And even though this former rock superstar agrees to help, it comes at a price…

When Lori agrees to Dash’s terms, he thinks she's the one in for a challenge. But the more time he spends with this spitfire bombshell, the more tempted he is to play her—in more ways than one. But Dash left behind the rock and roll life for a reason. And seductive as Lori may be, if she drags him back into that world, this time he won't forgive himself...or her.

*I received a free ARC of Resisting the Musician from Entangled Publishing via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review*

A quick hot read, Resisting the Musician is also funny and has some great characters lined up.

My Resisting the Musician review:

Lori and Dash really had nothing going for them at the beginning of Resisting the Musician. I didn’t really like Lori, and Dash seemed to harsh and grumpy to me. That quickly changed, though, thanks to their wonderful chemistry, and the way neither of them was willing to back down from doing everything they could in order to get what they wanted.

The plot in Resisting the Musician is not complicated at all, Lori needs Dash’ help to write the music for a song her sister has written to her fiancé, former band mate of Dash. The problem is that Dash has stayed far away from the limelight ever since he left the group, and he doesn’t have e-mail and never answers his phone. Even if Lori seems to be the kind of woman he really wants to stay far away from, Dash surprises himself by saying he’ll write the music, but only if Lori will play the guitar. Lori has never even held a guitar in her hands before, but Dash will teach her, she has no choice but to come out to the middle of nowhere to practice with him.

Funny and sweet, with some misunderstandings and some very hot scenes, Resisting the Musician hit exactly the right spot for me. I do have a soft spot for musicians in stories, and the fact that Dash was a recluse just made him more appealing in many ways. Also, even if the story is short, it was easy to see that Lori has many hidden layers to her personality, wanting to show the world only the strongest part of herself as the company she has built with her sister is seemingly falling apart around them.

If you’re in the mood for a quick, sweet and funny read, pick up Resisting the Musician and have a good time with Lori and Dash.

Some of my favorite Resisting the Musician quotes:

A huge man-shaped shadow in a crumpled gray T-shirt attempting to contain his huge chest, scruffy jeans clinging to thighs the size of tree trunks, and dirty-blond hair sticking out at every angle.

 While Dash eased against the back of the couch with a forearm over his face, the other cradling the hard-on pressing against his zipper, knowing he’d taken a small step into big trouble, and yet was unable to find a single thread of regret.

But in her thirty years on the planet she’d never met anyone who made her feel the riotous combination of emotions Dash made her feel. Funny and strong. Frustrated and charmed. Soft and warm. Vulnerable, fragile and achingly sweet. Like she didn’t have to try so hard to be on, to be right, to be ahead of the game. As if time gentled when she was with him.