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The Weekday Brides #1

by Catherine Bybee, Катрин Байби, Диана Райкова

Двамата партньори по неволя, Саманта Елиът и Блейк Харисън още не си представят в какво гнездо на оси са се напъхали - от бивши любовници, до коварни адвокати, които ги дебнат буквално на всяка стъпка.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Chick Lit, Marriage Of Convenience, Fiction, Adult

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 4, 2011

About the author

New York Times Bestselling Author
USA Today Bestselling Author
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author
Amazon #1 Bestselling Author
#1 IndieReader Bestselling Author

RONE Award Winner 2012
Not Quite Dating
Married by Monday

RONE award Winner 2013
Not Quite Enough

Winner of the More Than Magic Award for Paranormal romance 2011
Silent Vows

Finalist RT Award in Contemporary Romance
Fiance by Friday

New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee was raised in Washington State, but after graduating from high school, she moved to Southern California with hopes of becoming a movie star. After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now writes full-time and has penned the International Bestselling Not Quite series, the MacCoinnich Time Travel series as well as the Internationally Bestselling Weekday Brides series.

Her books have been translated in over twenty languages.

Reviews

[Candace · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book as a Kindle Unlimited selection with free Audible audio. Listening to this book immediately following 'Grayson's Vow', it was impossible not to compare the stories. Unfortunately, even though this was a pretty okay story, it couldn't compare. In truth, I probably should've held off on reading this one for a little while. Then, maybe I would have been able to enjoy this one without any lingering comparisons.

This story is in the marriage of convenience trope. Rich guy needs a wife to secure his inheritance to make him even richer. Not-so-rich lady marries rich guy because she needs the cash. They're not supposed to fall in love. They do. Vindictive ex-girlfriend throws them a few curveballs. They break up. They make up. HEA.

Not a new or original storyline. Not the best done, but not the worst by a long shot. If I hadn't read a great story with the same basic storyline immediately prior to reading this one, I probably would've liked it even more.

All in all, I liked it. It was a nice way to pass a little time and I found it to be a fast-paced and entertaining read. It was sweet and enjoyable. Nothing spectacular, but still good.

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well I wrote it, of course I'm going to give it 5 stars! LOL ~

I look forward to all of your thoughts/reviews.

Look for translations in Spanish, Portuguese and Thai.

[KristenReviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review posted at: Swept Away By Romance

Solid 4 Stars

What a delightful book! Wife by Wednesday had me captivated and entertained right from the start with its wonderfully developed and charming characters, tantalizing and playful prose, and sweet, feel good romance.  

I couldn't seem to get enough of the hero and heroine throughout this book. The chemistry between Blake and Samantha (Sam) was fabulous and made for some awesome dialogue and love scenes. There was a genuine and amorous feel to their relationship that radiated off the pages. It was obvious they genuinely liked and cared for each other. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this slightly steamy, entertaining, and feel-good love story. You can't go wrong with this one. 

[Kathy * Bookworm Nation · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is not a clean read. Before buying it I skimmed over reviews but didn't find anything besides it being a "sweet" story. I guess I should be more careful about .99 books on Amazon, sweet to me means clean, but I guess it doesn't to others...

Besides the two descriptive love scenes, I was disappointed in the story. Both characters are shallow and lustful. Their relationship moved along too fast to be believable. I skimmed most of the book and thought the whole thing was silly. The overall plot could have been good. If there had been more build up between the two before jumping in the sack. I would have liked to see them fall in love, not lust.

[Mysza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Petty pleasant story about marriage of convenience that turns into a love match. Little drama, nice heroine and nice hero. Overall, easy, quick and enjoyable book if you like that kind of trope.

[Susana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Back in the day when I used to devour Harlequin novels, the whole "marriage of convenience plot" was amongst my favourite to read about.
The thing is, those harlequin novels? Well they had more plot, and character development than this one!(Ah! Who'd have thought?)
And if they had some "ideas" that today would have sent me into a feminist rant, at least they had the excuse of having been written "back" in the eighties.
This one?
It was written in 2011 for crissakes!
So, let me see if I got this straight:
The woman agrees to marry the guy *due to reasons* and what does she immediately do?

Her "company", her job is immediately placed aside.
The two of them decide to get involved in the blink of an eye.
The guy has the depth of a fluffy... doughnut.
Her amount of confidence can be measured by a thimble -_-
Oh, and the baby issue? I've seen that nonsense before in a Jill Mansell story: for heaven sake what's with the plot of women piercing condoms? *shakes head*
So why a two star rating?
I managed to finish it, even if I did skip some supposed "sexy" bits, because I found them _as a couple_ boring as hell.
Better to re-read my favourite harlequin novels o_O

[Debbie DiFiore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome story

I loved this book. It was perfect. Yes it had a little angst but I just loved the hero and heroine. The honesty between them was wonderful. No miscommunication, not a big misunderstanding, okay maybe one, but the rest of the book was perfect. I almost stopped reading at the beginning because this guy had two girlfriends at the same time. He didn't think he could be monogamous and that annoyed me. But he changed luckily and I carried on. I am glad I did. This was a marriage of convenience story that eventually wasnt. You could see the two of them falling in love throughout the story. There is an evil, vile ex involved and she definitely got her comeuppance in the end. I loved all of the characters in the book. It was safe and free in KU. First time author for me I believe. I will read her again.

[Jacob Proffitt · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm something of a fan of the marriage of convenience turning into love so I took a chance on this inexpensive story. I don't exactly regret doing so, but the last quarter or so was painful enough to drop this a whole star rating.

Blake and Samantha are charming. Fun, even. I liked them as characters, even though the entire setup was laughable. You expect to buy the premise in a story like this one, however contrived, because how else do you get a marriage of convenience in a modern setting? So I went along even though every single thing connected to Blake's situation was completely impossible. That's all background, so I give it a pass. It's the price to pay for being with some delightful characters for a while and enjoy their budding relationship and growing trust for one another.

So yeah, serviceable. Until . . .

The last quarter or so of the already short book was contrived beyond all possible reason. Bybee has Blake contract a fatal case of the stupids. I'm not a huge fan of the Big Misunderstanding in the first place, but when you have to compromise the very foundation of both the character and the relationship to pull it off, you should probably rethink that story element altogether. And Bybee makes it even worse with how Blake resolves it. Sam doesn't need proof that he hadn't compromised their birth control himself. She needs to know why he betrayed her trust in keeping the terms of the ridiculous will secret (I use ridiculous in every sense of the term). She needs to know why he lied (even by omission) in a relationship built from the beginning on absolute honesty. He didn't need to come to her with proof. He needed to come to her with groveling apologies and a heartfelt resolution to be better.

So yeah, it was an enjoyable three stars that dropped in that last quarter. Frankly, two stars is possibly too generous, but I did enjoy them in the beginning (as shallow as they ultimately are).

A note about Steamy: I didn't actually keep count in this one for some reason. Middle of my steam tolerance with probably two and maybe three explicit sex scenes. They weren't remarkable, but weren't out of place, either.

[Wendy'sThoughts · Rating 3 out of 5]

Flashback Review: Little did I know one of my first attempts at reviewing back in 2013 would be this take on the new Catherine Bybee's very successful series. Well ya gotta start somewhere :DDD
❤️❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️ ❤️❤️❤️
August 2013
A little diversion...part of a stand-alone series of novels. Taking from Historical Romance, the Character who must marry or lose the family estate, etc. Finds h who has financial stress of her own and story takes off. Brought into today's' news cycle and had an undercurrent of the real issues people experience every day; who do you trust? Are you willing to reveal how you really feel for another person? can you just be real?

Wasn't a waste of my time and cleared my headspace happily. If I am in the mood, would read the related books of the series.

As you can see this series became extremely successful and well-loved:
Wife by Wednesday (The Weekday Brides, #1)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Married by Monday (The Weekday Brides, #2)
Fiancé by Friday (The Weekday Brides, #3)
Single by Saturday (The Weekday Brides, #4)
Taken by Tuesday (The Weekday Brides, #5)
Seduced by Sunday (The Weekday Brides, #6)
Treasured by Thursday (The Weekday Brides, #7)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A gifted copy was provided by author/publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.

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[Lisa Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

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★★★★½ (This is a review of the audiobook.) Tanya Eby does a nice job here, using her alto range sultriness to full advantage. Which is a good thing, as the heroine, Samantha Elliot, is known for her sexy vocals. I’ve heard Ms. Eby narrate before, and I liked her deep sexy voice for the heroine, especially when she purposefully lowers it a few octaves to push the buttons of the hero and dashing duke, Blake Harrison. While his voice wasn’t perfection - I didn’t like the intonation she uses for him sometimes - it didn’t grate on me, either.

I thought I’d give Catherine Bybee another go, since I was pleasantly surprised by the first book of hers I listened to in another series. She didn’t disappoint me with Wife by Wednesday. Here is a sweet, quick little “marriage of convenience for the sake of an inheritance” story that has a nice little twist at the end.

The characters are charming, the dialogue is fun, the love scenes are steamy, and the epilogue is smile-worthy. Though there were only a few in the book, I especially liked Sam’s interactions with her sister, Jordan, who has suffered a stroke.

I’m looking forward to the rest in The Weekday Brides series, which are coming soon on audio. In fact, I’ve already pre-ordered the next one.

Titles Out on Audio -
 <--coming out March 19, 2013.

[Alba Turunen · Rating 3 out of 5]

En realidad 3'5 Estrellas. Es el primer libro que leo de ésta escritora, admito que si fuera por la portada, el título o incluso la sinopsis no lo habría leído. ¿Por qué lo he hecho? Porque lo encontré de oferta por 3€ y pensé que tampoco perdía demasiado, además de ser un libro cortito. Y la verdad, no me arrepiento de haber gastado esos 3€. Mis prejuicios contra el libro fueron que me pareció un libro más de entre toda la vorágine que prosiguió a la publicación de las odiosas 50 Sombras, uno más de entre miles de libros chorroeróticos. Me alegro de haberme equivocado, porque éste libro ni es chorroerótico ni se parece a las 50 Sombras, es una novela de romance contemporáneo al 100%.

¿Qué nos encontramos? A Blake y Samantha, Blake es un duque inglés, además de ser un empresario de éxito que vive entre California e Inglaterra. La relación con su padre nunca fue buena y en el testamento de éste le exigía a Blake que se casara antes de cumplir los 35 años, o la fortuna no ligada al título iría a parar a su odioso primo. Le quedan pocos días y Blake necesita una esposa, así que pide ayuda a Samantha, jefa de una empresa de citas, para que le ayude a encontrar a la candidata idónea. Pero a Blake no le gustan las candidatas que le presenta, él quiere a Sam, y ella no se niega cuando éste le dice que tendrá 10 millones de dólares a cambio de un año de casados.

Así es cómo empieza la relación de los protagonistas, en principio será un matrimonio de conveniencia, sin sexo, y en público demostrarán que el suyo fue un apresurado matrimonio por amor para convencer a los abogados del padre y que así éste pueda heredar su dinero. Con lo que no contaban los protagonistas es con que serían capaces de romper los límites que se establecen. Entre ellos hay mucha química y mucha pasión, se desean, y pronto descubren que no pueden tener las manos separadas el uno del otro.

Como he dicho, la novela es muy cortita, apenas tiene 220 páginas. El estilo de Catherine Bybee es rápido, directo, y ameno. El problema que he visto es que en algunos puntos todo va demasiado rápido y no profundiza demasiado en los personajes, ni en su historia, ni en sus sentimientos, es demasiado superficial, es una novela que va al grano y no se entretiene en explicar ciertas cosas que podrían enriquecer más la lectura. Lo cierto es que es una libro que no aporta demasiado, es simplemente literatura fácil para pasar un buen rato, no me sorprendería menos si el libro lo hubiese publicado Harlequin.

Los personaje, pese a que no ahonda demasiado en ellos (y aún menos en los secundarios), me han gustado. Sam proviene de una familia rica donde hubo secretos y engaños, su padre está en la cárcel por desfalco, su madre se suicidó y su hermana intentó seguir los pasos de la madre, con la consecuencia de que se provocó un daño cerebral y está hecha casi un vegetal. Sam intenta pagar unas facturas imposibles para la residencia donde tienen a su hermana, así que al principio la oferta de Blake le viene que ni caída del cielo, y es por eso, por poder mantener cómoda a su hermana, que acepta.

En cuanto a Blake, me ha gustado, me ha gustado mucho, mucho más de lo que esperaba. Sí, es un hombre rico y poderoso, duque snob y pomposo con pedigrí y además un importante hombre de negocios, pero si hay algo que me ha gustado de Blake es cómo ha tratado a Sam, siempre con ternura, cariño y respeto, y eso es lo que más valoro en un protagonista masculino. Además su relación ha tenido una de las cosas que más me gustan, y es que siempre van con la verdad por delante, no tienen nada que ocultarse el uno al otro y saben lo que esperar el uno del otro y de su matrimonio.

Quizás es al final cuando se ha destrozado un poco la trama, pero es porque la he visto demasiado rápida y previsible, además que entrará en potencia un tercer personaje para crear discordia entre los protagonistas, estropeando ésa confianza y respeto que tanto me estaba gustando de ellos.

Al fin y al cabo el libro me ha gustado, me ha entretenido y me ha hecho pasar un par de tardes agradables.

[fleurette · Rating 3 out of 5]

While marriage of convenience is one of my favourite tropes, I rarely like it in contemporary romances. In most of them, the reason for marriage is lame and unbelievable. So, my expectations regarding Wife by Wednesday were not high. I'm really glad I was wrong, and I was positively surprised.

I liked the main characters. Samantha is a strong heroine who knows what she wants. And I liked the softer spot in Blake that isn't usually seen in books written in the last few years. I had no problem finding passion and feelings between them. Also, the reason they are getting married and their expectations are quite credible. Blake needs to get married to meet his fathers will and Samantha needs money to look after her sister.

The reason for a break-up is also quite convincing. In my opinion, Samantha has a right to feel betrayed after discovering the thing with condoms. I can understand her anger and her willingness to leave everything, including Blake, for a while. I'm also glad that the separation of Samantha and Blake doesn't last long and that they explain everything quite quickly. I hate it when such things drag on because of a lack of communication.

I'm giving this book 3.5 and adding the next book in the series to my tbr list.

[Shawna · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars – Contemporary Romance

This was a great contemporary romance, and a very nice surprise, especially considering the cheap $0.99 cent Kindle price. It read like a really good Harlequin and should appeal to fans of modern royal heroes and “marriage of convenience for inheritance” plots. A solid 4 stars!

[Juanita · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

First time read by the author, not bad I will continue with the series

[TJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Blake Harrison is the modern day heir to a very old, titled English inheritance. An inheritance that his departed Father saw fit to rescind if Blake is not married by the age of 35. Sam (Samantha) Elliott is an all-American blue blood born with a silver spoon but down on her luck. Her one chance at making her high-end match-making business successful has finally arrived in the form of one very rich, very English power-player, Mr. Blake Harrison. What follows is an absolutely delightful yet surprisingly believable romp through the machinations that is modern day love and society.

If one has ever wondered whatever happened to all those Dukes and Earls from our favorite historical romances, look no further! In “Wife By Wednesday”, Ms. Bybee has successfully taken the ever popular regency tome’ of titles, heirs money and inheritances, transplanted it into contemporary society and turned it on its ear! The writing is down-to-earth, girl-next-door readable, the dialogue quick, witty with just enough snark to make it pop and the romance is a sweet, slightly steamy treat! It’s pure escapism, feel good fun that makes a reader happy for the pure pleasure of indulging.

[Oana Turcea · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 steluțe din 5 pentru un romance exact așa cum îmi doream!

O recenzie mai amplă în curând!

[Grecia Robles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Necesita algo así, súper cliché, tierno, romántico y que más que un FAKE ROMANCE!!

Sé que no es el mejor libro del género pero me gustó, me mantuvo entretenida y pegada al libro.

Lo que más agradezco es que me haya hecho disfrutar una lectura cuando nada me llenaba después de haber leído el tercer libro de Mistborn y luego aventarme la trilogía de To All the boys I´ve Loved Before de Jenny Han y también la película varias veces no tenía suficiente de Peter, todavía no me siento curada pero ya es un avance.

[Geo Just Reading My Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

O poveste despre obligații față de familie, dureri și suferințe provocate de cei pe care i-ai iubit. O căsătorie de conveniență este ultimul mijloc la care apelezi și totuși, pentru ei a funcționat! Sam și Blake sunt două personaje sigure pe ele, hotărâte. Se trezesc implicați în căsnicia lor mai mult decât au prevăzut la început. Dar, faptul că nu se cunosc foarte bine unul pe celălalt își spune cuvântul: sunt pe punctul de a se despărți când dau de greu.

[Rachael*Caribbean*girl*bibliophile · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*


Blake finds himself in a quandry when his estranged father leaves a will demanding he marry by his 36th birthday in order to inherit the hundreds of millions that comes with the family estate all part of the Dukedom. Considering he's the proud holder of not one but two girlfriends Blake's in a sticky situation. Enter Samantha and her firm Alliance.

Sam has had a tough life, her dad's in jail,her mom committed suicide and her sister's attempted suicide landed her in a very expensive home due to her damage. She's running her matchmaking firm with her friend Eliza. Alliance sets up temporary marriages with powerful men who need or want a certain type of bride for a specified period and ending in a settlement for the bride at the end. She takes the meet with Blake and gives him the dossier of 3 women. Blake however wants Sam and offers her lifetime care for her sister to the tune of 10 million dollars as her payment. She agrees and a modern day arranged marriage was born.

I both liked and disliked certain parts of this book. I found it well written and entertaining for the most part. Though Sam only had one disastrous relationship before Blake she wasn't a doormat or TSTL h. I liked her.

Blake however I had some issues with,not him in the present but his past actions. Him having 2 girlfriends irritated me, then the fact that he had sex with the one who turned out to be a bitch 2 weeks before meeting Sam and their relationship turned physical pretty quickly so not much time passed in between. Little references to his past had me side eyeing Blake as well. While it wasn't overdone I wasn't a fan.He came across a bit sleazy. From the time he met Sam however he was only about her, no one else.

Mild sexy times with none of my favorite words in use which was a disappointment. The chemistry was good but the acts were more meh

Some good secondary characters as well as set up for later books, OW drama from Blake's ex who just didn't know when to quit, a little surprise that was due to her deceit which is actually one of my favorites in a romance.

All in all I liked this one by a new to me author. Had it not been for my little quibbles I'd have definitely rated it higher. Nevertheless I'll try the next.

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

După cum se vede sunt în perioada de cărți romantice... dar îmi era dor să simt emoțiile flirtului și a dragostei nebune, asa ca zilele astea doar din astea o să găsiti la mine pe profil.
El- Blake este fiul unui duce englez. Trăiește în America pentru că nu a suportat să stea la mâna familiei sale. E bogat. Frumos. Și îi trebuie o soție. Urgent.
Ea-Sam este o fată ce până în urmă cu ceva timp, trăia în puf. Avea o familie bogată. Avea o familie. Acum o mai are doar pe sora ei Jordan, de care trebuie sa aibă grijă, o firmă de recrutat soții de ocazie si un cont gol.
Când el îi oferă 10 mil de dolari pt a-i deveni soție timp de un an, nu stă prea mult pe gânduri și acceptă.
Totul este calculat, totul este pus la punct, detaliile sunt trasate cu strictețe... amândoi știu ce au de făcut... însă ce nu știu este că își vor pierde capul unul după celălat. Nu-i așa că e super drăguț asta? Mie mi-a plăcut. Povestea se citeste ușor (undeva sub 2 ore mi-a luat), și la final lasă o stare plăcută. Este relaxantă. (Asa cum sunt toate poveștile din această categorie). Nu am prea multe de spus despre carte, pentru ca nu e vreo capodopera. E genul pe care o citești azi si o uiți in câteva zile, dar ce contează? (Profa mea de română le spunea acestor cărți "maculatură pentru gospodine", dar cred că pe ascuns și ei îi plăceau).
Nu mai citesc la fel de mult ca în alți ani cărți romantice, însă când și când mă mai apucă. Seria asta mi-a stârnit interesul de când am dat peste ea prima dată, așa că am de gând să o duc la final.
Acum, chiar daca eu am vb frumos despre carte, nu va așteptați la cine știe ce lecție de viață, poveste cu substrat sau ceva de gen. Este o poveste de dragoste scrisă simpatic, cu personaje drăguțe și atât.
Îi dau 4 stele, pentru că le merită. De ce nu 5 atunci? Pentru că nu a avut nicio situație care să mă țină măcar puțin în suspans și pentru că a fost foarte predictibila.

[A_Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 "It started as a Sham" Stars

"An agreement was exactly what he needed. A contract. A business deal that would benefit both parties for the course of one year. Then they could go their separate ways and never lay eyes on each other again."

I haven't read a married for convenience love story for a while, and I must admit the first 33% of this book was so good that it left me wondering why I hadn't come across similar titles more often.

Catherine Bybee brilliantly set up the story. Everything you want in a first chapter. The cold-hearted millionaire who needed a wife but couldn't be bothered with any strings whatsoever. So he decided to contract one out and went to a matchmaking agency to find the perfect business partner.

But why settle for a possible candidate when the owner of the matchmaking business was just as unattached as he was? She already had a brilliant business mind, and she understood the stakes more than anyone. And so a deal was struck.

And I was loving it. Right up until that point.

Suddenly, character development went out the window and the plot jumped from one scene to the other so fast I was suffering from jet lag. I would have loved for this to be a character-driven romance but instead it was... ridiculously unrealistic. And just... silly.

Supporting characters were introduced with a sentence or two and barely enough dialogue for me to even remember who they were. Plot twists from him being an actual Duke to vengeful vipers with hidden cameras and Barbie Ninja skills, to pierced condoms and strange legal clauses held by lawyers with a stake in the booty
(all of which described with barely any motivation or cause) made my head swirl.

There was no real build up between these characters and the millionaire who was meant to be cold and heartless turned into a soppy woman who fell in love after one shag.

The female main character (I've already forgotten her name) wasn't really a serious business woman after all, infact she basically let her whole business go (indefinitely) as soon as she had a man who could support her. wow.

I ultimately didn't feel invested in the characters. The fantastic set up was all smoke and mirrors for a very silly romance.

It's an enjoyable fantasy ride but a little too simple for my tastes.

[Lala_Loopsie [fire breathing B!tch Queen] · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just hate giving books less than 3 stars.

Ok. This is the typical millionare looks for wife with no atachments for a year to get money. But this time the guy wants the suplier of wives. Redhead and sexy (including voice) who wouldn't want her? Any DUKE can get what he wants. So yadha yadha yadha. Paparazzi and so on. Kisses and sex. Crazy lover/stalker/bitch puts holes in condoms. Married cuple & fetus. She is pregnant! No wonder!! Holes in condoms, gosh. Girl cries, tries to leave him, he doesn't let her. They will have the baby together

That was basically the story.

[Gilgamesha · Rating 4 out of 5]

A contemporary romance with all the components I love of historical romances: MoC, sexy duke/strong duchess, and a major but quickly resolved misunderstanding to introduce some angst into the novel. I really enjoyed this book. It was a simple and smooth read. There was a few minor inconsistencies in the information presented....but I could overlook it because I enjoyed Samantha and Blake's love story.

This is the- I am suffering from insomnia and want to read but nothing too serious or thought provoking- kind of book. Enjoy it :)

[Viri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Relectura:

Una historia simple, sin pretensiones, que enamora y entretiene. Sin duda genial para pasar un gran rato.

[Sláinte Wanderlust · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely adored this authors other series (Not Quite) so when kindle unlimited suggest I look at this series I downloaded it straight away. I did enjoy this book, I didn't love it like I had with the books in the other series but that might be because this book was more relaxed. It's rare for me to read a romance with little to no drama but I enjoyed it regardless. I have downloaded the next book in the series and when I'm looking for a chilled out read I will read it.

[Laura..devouring books like crumpets · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think i will stay away from romance Drama's from now on, i like my chick lits to be fresh or humorous this was neither, the couple bored me to tears, the plot was a little predictable... it wasn't good it wasn't bad... not my cup of tea though.

Blake and Sam enter into an arranged marriage so Blake can get his inheritance and Sam a big payout. Obviously the ultimate Bachelor falls in love in less than a month, whilst Knocking Sam up, exes draw their talons and complicate matters....

[Inna · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars. Just suuuuuper mediocre because of the hero and all the stupid OW drama. I can’t believe that this idiot of a hero actually fell in love with the heroine, he was way too self-absorbed to love anyone other than himself. I read safety spoilers prior to starting this book, so I can’t say I was surprised at all, but I was still disappointed by the story. The highlight of this book is definitely the heroine.

I have loved so many books by Catherine Bybee, but this one just fell flat for me.

SWE. Heroine has been celibate for years, has only ever had 2 partners prior to the hero. She’s def written as having a pretty pathetic romantic past, and I hated that she was paired with this hero specifically. Hero is a manwhore and has had numerous short term relationships/flings/random hookups. His past is discussed A LOT, and he has two lovers at the start of the book, but he ends his relationships after he met & married the heroine. One of the OW causes a lot of drama and jealousy for the heroine. No cheating, no OM drama, no scenes with OM/OW.

[atomickitten · Rating 3 out of 5]

3-3.5 stars?

That was a cutesy lil thing and I loved Sam and Blake.

But.

It wasn't very original tbh, the steam was there but it wasn't as juicy as I like it, and I got kinda bored by the end.
But I did like the style of writing so I will read more from the series.
It's a perfect book if u wanna relax with a read that doesn't require much thinking from u.
So yeah, like I said, a cutesy lil thing and that's about it.
If u wanna chill, I'd say go for it.

[CB · Rating 3 out of 5]

REVIEW

Rating: 3/5
POV: 3rd; dual
Tropes: Marriage of Convenience/Contracts; Surprise/Accidental Pregnancy;
Heat Level: 2/5
Kinks: N/A

Likes:
* I liked the FMC and MMC. Were they amazing characters that will make it on my top MC's list.. no.. but they weren't terrible.

Dislikes:
* A lot of time jumps
* The FMC has some very naive ideas regarding contraceptives but calls herself a responsible adult. The two did not go together...

Conclusion:
Was this story great? No. Was it good for a novella? Yes. In my personal opinion. I don't read many novella's because I find that since the story is so short we don't get a good fleshed out story/plot and there's a lot of insta-love. This one was actually decent. There were time jumps and some things in the story that could've benefited by having more words written but it didn't feel like insta-love and there was a decent plot to be found. So to me this was an average win, lol.
The MC's were decent enough but there wasn't anyone in the story that made me have much feelings.

I'm glad I read this and I'm glad I read it with Lori (thank you for BRing :) ) but I won't be rereading this. I don't know if I'd ever read any of the other books in the series either.

3/5

[Sonia · Rating 4 out of 5]

He leído varias historias del mismo tipo (matrimonios de conveniencia que acaban siendo con mucho amor) y me siguen gustando. Y esta historia no ha sido una excepción.