The Marriage Bargain
A marriage in name only . . . To save her family home, impulsive bookstore owner Alexa Maria McKenzie casts a love spell. But she never planned on conjuring up her best friend’s older brother—the powerful man who once shattered her heart. Billionaire Nicholas Ryan doesn’t believe in marriage, but...
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A marriage in name only . . . To save her family home, impulsive bookstore owner Alexa Maria McKenzie casts a love spell. But she never planned on conjuring up her best friend’s older brother—the powerful man who once shattered her heart. Billionaire Nicholas Ryan doesn’t believe in marriage, but in order to inherit his father’s corporation, he needs a wife and needs one fast. When he discovers his sister’s childhood friend is in dire financial straits, he offers Alexa a bold proposition. A marriage in name only with certain rules: Avoid entanglement. Keep things all business. Do not fall in love. The arrangement is only for a year so the rules shouldn’t be that hard to follow, right? Except fate has a way of upsetting the best-laid plans . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781476725369 (1476725365)
ASIN: 1476725365
Publish date: September 4th 2012
Publisher: Gallery Books
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Series: Marriage to a Billionaire (#1)
The huge font size made this a quick read. To me, it read like a Mills & Boon/Harlequin book that had been boosted with some graphic sex. I liked it but I wasn't blown away by it, it was all a bit predictable.
I gave two stars for the dog.
The last third of this book is pretty good. The first two thirds is a hellish morass of will they/won't they. If that proportion had been reversed and a lot less emphasis placed on sexual tension and more on the emotional tension (which is quite well written) my rating would be flipped as well. Inst...
Entretenido, corto y ligeramente sexy.
Hi, mein Name ist Maggi und ich bin nur von Problemfällen umgeben. Gut, es sind nur 2, aber die habens in sich. Da wäre Alexa, meine beste Freundin, sie ist zwar soweit Glücklich aber sie braucht dringend 150'000 Dollar. Und zwar schnell, und unkompliziert, denn sie will mit dem Geld das Haus ihr...