Their Convenient Marriage

by Mary Lyons

When Antonio Ramirez takes over the company that has been trading with her family's business for decades, Gina Brandon is appalled. Years ago, she had been humiliated by the gorgeous Spaniard!

Now Antonio seems more than interested in her. Initially, Gina is wary, but after three nights of glorious passion her only desire is to become his wife. Then, only days after their honeymoon, Gina discovers the truth: their marriage of love has been one of convenience all along....

Genres: Harlequin, Harlequin Presents

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

Mary-Jo Wormell, whose nom de plume is Mary Lyons, was a popular British writer of over 40 romance novels for Mills & Boon from 1983 to 2001. She was also a Conservative Party parlimentary candidate.

Reviews

[Danielle The Book Huntress · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has been on my tbr pile so long, I finally decided I'd get it over and read it. I guess my instincts that made me put off reading it were correct. I was pretty underwhelmed from the beginning. It wasn't the fault of the hero Antonio, although he was pretty arrogant and kind of chauvinistic. It was Gina who got on my nerves. Although she considered herself mature and sophisticated, she didn't act the part. For a good-looking, rich, educated, blue-eyed blonde, who in her own words had lots of boyfriends and her share of lovers, she was awfully insecure. It became an enormous issue in her relationship with Antonio, almost destroying their marriage. She simply didn't have the capacity to trust him, despite the fact that he had never lied to her or treated her badly.

I don't DNF books that often, so I pushed through. I liked the reconciliation scene, that Gina swallowed her pride and apologized, but it was sad that she had to have confirmation that Antonio had not lied to her. I wish she had followed her heart and believed in him.

This was not a horrible book. It was just mediocre, and I don't really like to spend my time on books that are so-so, and rather underwhelming. At any rate, it's definitely not a keeper. Good news is that's one more book out of my tbr pile, and an empty space in my collection for a future keeper.

[Elaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Light reading

[Debra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Their Convenient Marriage

They were drawn to each other early on. But when he rejected her she was devastated. Then years later he is back and wants her to marry him. Afterwards she was told by not one but two people who knew him best that he married her for her grandfather's money. She is truly torn apart. When her grandfather died she stayed in England he went on traveling and doing business. But has he taken a lover? One who knows him best? Or are there lies out there to destroy them?

[Sylvia Lacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Convenient

A love story based on a girl to young for an affair with hero. They meet again some years later and marry but misunderstandings keep them apart. Instead of talking to each other the misunderstandings continued. A good read to curl up with on a rainy day

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an emotional read. Two people meet, fall in love then don’t see each other for many years. At this meeting they realize that their feelings have not changed. They marry and then find out they have been manipulated by their families. In the end their HEA was very sweet

[Mrs Deborah A Lampard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

The story was well-written with characters that have depth. They are the victims of circumstance but luckily their friends and families help to mend things

[More Books Than Time · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s marked as 3 stars in my Glose library but I have no memory of reading it.

[Trudy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so good it took me 7 hours to readi couldn't put it down