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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.
As summer come to an close in the Northern Hemisphere, it time to sneak in that once last trip to the beach, lake, or river.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you spied your very own merman there?
You can catch a gander of some amazing heroes of the water in these books at least!
1. Seascape by Stephanie Burke
How sexy can a woman be after being on a hijacked plane and tossed into the deep blue sea? Very, according to the merman she lands on! Storm was minding his business, sunning in the sea, doing what mer folk do on vacation when suddenly love falls onto his lap. Literally.Dr. Elanna Richfield never thought she would see the light of another day. Especially from several fathoms below. But Storm opened up a world she had never seen, a world filled with magical elemental creatures, of unending beauty and mystery.A world filled with political intrigue and danger.Now if she can survive mystical transformations, jealous queens, and the dictates of a ruling council, she may very well discover true passion and desire, within her Seascape.
2. For the Taking by Lilian Darcy
Loucan is the new king of Pacifica, whose only desire is to bring peace to the island after so many years of war. He has hopes of marrying one of the daughters of the late King Okeana, and the only one remaining is Thalassa. He has reached a dead end in his search until a few memories spark new ideas in him to find her. When he finds her...romping in the ocean with the dolphins, he knows she is what he needs to bring about peace to their homeland.
3. An Elemental Tail by Shona Husk Free!
Four hundred years ago, Nik was tricked by his lover and left stranded as a powerless, but immortal, human. Now he craves only one thing: to reclaim the book that was once his tail and become a water Elemental again. Unfortunately, he can only locate the book when someone touches the pages. This time he won't be left high and dry.
Isla is left a beautiful leather-bound book in her great-aunt's will, perfect for using during her life drawing classes. However, she can't bring herself to mark the translucent pages until a compelling crimson-haired stranger strips for art.
Nik is torn. Years of enforced humanity have given him a conscience. Despite his best efforts at remaining a heartless water Elemental, he is failing. He is falling for Isla, who has no idea she holds the power of the oceans, and his heart, in her hands.
4. Atlantis Unmasked (Warriors of Poseidon) by Alyssa Day
Poseidon's warriors swore an oath eleven thousand years ago to protect humanity from those who stalked the night. Yet when a woman with an ancient Gift dares to claim the heart of one of Poseidon's fiercest warriors, the world teeters on the knife's edge between desire and darkness.
5. The Nymph King by Gena Showalter
Females young and old, beautiful and plain crave Valerian's touch. None can resist his blatant sensuality and potent allure…until he steals Shaye Holling from a Florida beach and holds her prisoner in his underwater kingdom.
6. Bliss by Renee Field
A plague threatens his kingdom but one kiss could rule his heart...
Kassandra grew up with myths of Titans and Sirens thanks to her father, but never did she imagine one of these mythological creatures would pop out of an ancient book she discovered in the library. Darius is unlike any man she’s known. He’s commanding but loyal to his family and he shows her a secret power she never knew she possessed. When he claims to need her help, Kassandra vows to use her special talents to help.
Darius is a Titan of the sea, trapped inside a book for a decade when he left his home on a mission to save his world. He’s on a deadly time crunch and fears the plague, which had been destroying his undersea kingdom has spread in his absence, and is forced to bring along Kassandra, knowing it could very well put her life in jeopardy.
7. Over Her Head by Nora Fleischer
Maine, 1905: historian Frances Schmidt travels north in hopes of reading lawyer Garrett Hathaway's collection of books about mermen and mermaids. Ready to charm a crotchety old man, she's surprised to find a handsome young music-lover. But while Garrett seems more than willing to be her friend, he shies from getting any closer.
Garrett is hiding a terrible secret-- no one knows that he is a merman. When he touches salt water, he sprouts gills and a blue, scaly tail. Despite his growing love for Frances, he is certain that she will see him as a monster if she ever learns the truth.
8. Immortal Sea (Children of the Sea) by Virginia Kantra
The island of World's End sets the stage for a dramatic reunion between Morgan of the finfolk and a woman he met years ago-a woman with a startling secret.
9. Waterborne by Katherine Irons
Ree O'Connor is more than she seems to be. Despite her delicate appearance and her broken heart, she sees what others don't. In fact, she is an agent of a clandestine world court, about to bring down a monster when a stranger springs her trap instead. The mistake nearly costs Ree not only her prey, but her life, too--until mysterious Alexandros spirits her to an underwater world she never suspected, even with all her secret knowledge.
As a prince of Atlantis, Alexandros has centuries of experience in love and battle. His magic draws from the power of the ocean itself, and he can be just as beguiling--and just as unfathomable. Could any man heal Ree enough to become more than a sometime lover? And can she trust her heart to a soldier-prince of the deep?
10. The Mighty Hunter by Michelle M. Pillow
cientist Bridget Dutton has no time for traditional love. Her heart belongs to her work. Even though taking chemical readings of ocean water isn’t her thing, she’s willing to put in her time for her chance at exploring the Abyss. When her boat is attacked from below, Bridget’s dream just might come true sooner than planned.
Caderyn the Hunter, the sexiest--and perhaps craziest--man she’s ever laid eyes on may have rescued her from death, but who’s going to rescue her from him? With a deliciously hot body and all the right moves, the man is a walking seduction that’s too hard to resist. There’s only one problem. Caderyn claims they’re in the Abyss, living on a cursed island along the deep ocean floor. And, if that wasn’t bad enough, he says he’s a merman.
Let me know your favorite Mer Hero! Vote for the best of the best on my Goodreads list: Mermen of Romance.
Check out some amazing mermaid and mermen images and get even more recs from my Pinterest Board: Sea of Love.
This kind of romance always makes me ache and even though I know there will be a happily ever after again and love that has been tested is sweeter.
This list goes out all loving partnerships that bend and cradle.
Marriages in Trouble Historical Romances
1. Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas
2. An Affair Before Christmas by Eloisa James
3. The Marriage Bed by Laura Lee Guhrke
4. The Book of Scandal by Julia London
5. Trial by Desire by Courtney Milan
6. Lord and Lady Spy by Shana Galen
7. Seducing the Duchess by Ashley March
8. The Slightest Provocation by Pam Rosenthal
9. Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley
10. Colorado Dawn by Kaki Warner
Marriages in Trouble Contemporary Romances
1. Turning Up the Heat and Snow-Kissed by Laura Florand
2. Suburban Renewal by Pamela Morsi
3. A Summer in Sonoma by Robyn Carr
4. Reason to Believe by Kathleen Eagle
5. Love in a Small Town by Curtiss Ann Matlock
6. Forget Me Not by Marliss Melton
7. Always in My Heart by Catherine Anderson
8. Home Front: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
9. On Target by Catherine Mann
10. One Fine Day by Theresa Weir
Marriages in Trouble Category Romances
1. The Santangeli Marriage by Sara Craven
2. The Fourth Child by C. J. Carmichael
3. Stranded With Her Ex by Jill Sorenson
4. A Marriage Worth Fighting For by Lilian Darcy
5. A Perfect Marriage by Laurey Bright
6. Once a Ferrara Wife... by Sarah Morgan
7. Mr. and Mrs. Wrong by Fay Robinson
8. Becca's Baby by Tara Taylor Quinn
9. The Second Mrs Adams by Sandra Marton
10. The Greek's Christmas Baby by Lucy Monroe
11. Making It Last by Ruthie Knox (forgot this one is a Loveswept--an utterly wonderful read)
These list are especially for some very fine women on Twitter who just love these kinds of romances. @JenniferRNN @mharvey816 @PennyRomance @SOSchmieg @LauraFlorand (threw a few amnesia ones in there for your pleasure)
If you want to vote for the Marriage in Trouble Romance, go to the Goodreads list: Trouble: Marriage on the Rocks Romance.
3.5 Stars
