Natalie Trafalger's ailing grandmother is determined to sue for land that was swindled from her in order to have a legacy to leave her granddaughter, Natalie faces a dilemma. She doesn't doesn't need the land, which now is now owned by a thriving salvage company, but she doesn't want to disappoint her grandmother either. After much soul searching she finally hits on what she believes is the perfect solution. Noah Thompson is shocked when his lawyer tells him that that Natalie has a good case against him and his family's salvage company, Scruffy Boys Salvage. He stunned when Natalie come to him with her solution. If he will pretend to be her finance, her grandmother will believe that she will get the land after their marriage and no lawsuit will be necessary. Unfortunately, he and his brothers have just taken out a loan to finance a new building, and there is no extra money for an expensive lawsuit. If he wants to a avoid lawsuit, he will have to agree to Natalie's crazy plan. He will pretend to her fiance as long as her dying grandmother is still alive. Given how sick Natalie's grandmother is, how long could the charade possibly go on for? But almost immediately he realizes that he has made tremendous mistake. While Noah will do almost anything he can to help the family business, he's unprepared for how Natalie makes him feel. And he soon realizes that he doesn't want the fake engagement to end, ever."
Carol Rose is an award-winning author of contemporary romances. She has written twenty-six books, including Always and the Blue Collar Boys series. Her books have won numerous awards, including a final in the prestigious Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award.
Carol is an active member of the North Texas Romance Writers. A frequent speaker at writers’ groups and conferences, she has taught workshops on characterization and, creating and resolving conflict. She works full time as a therapist.
Her husband and she married when she was only nineteen and he was barely twenty-one, proving that early marriage can make it, but only if you’re really lucky and persistent. They went through college and grad school together. She not only loves him still, all these years later, she still likes him—which she says is sometimes harder. They have two funny, intelligent and highly accomplished daughters. Carol loves writing and hopes you enjoy reading her work.
I enjoyed this romance. I received this book for free and I voluntarily chose to review. I've given this a 4* rating. This is not for the under 18 readers. There is a lot of sexual content, more than needed, along with some sadness and fun sections. The story did pull me in and I read late into the night for this weekend. If you don't mind the high sexual content, then you might enjoy this.
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Natalie was such a high-spirited woman, how could you not adore her. She brought joy to Noah's world when she wasn't being a pain in his ass. His words. :)
Below, I'd like highlight my favorite two favorite moments.
1.) His reaction when she was holding the snake. Noah will never live down his unmanly squeal or scrambling away from the evil reptile. 2.) The paint play fight was a hoot and probably reenacted by many couples around the world. I know I'm guilty of such act.
They sound like a cute couple, right? Oh, they were. But they weren't always sweet. Of course, you know there was some lovin' going on as well.
I did, however, have one WTF moment with this book. Do doctors really stop and view Youtube medical videos for step-by-step instructions on how to perform procedures that are tricky or they don't have experience handling? Man, I hope not. That bugs me. I think no matter what the emergency, the doctor handling my case should know what the hell he or she is doing. Don't you? Call me silly but I don't want to see my doctor raise a finger and tell me to "hold on" while he/she peruses the site looking for instructions on how to fix me.