Make-Believe Bride

by Alaina Hawthorne

Conveniently Wed: "I do," the bride and groom said... without love they wed--or so they thought!

Amber Oakland had loved her handsome boss from afar for months. But what would a millionaire like Bradley Ackerman ever see in a gal from the secretarial pool? The answer came as quite a surprise: he needed her to pose as his fiancee.

For his grandmother's sake, Bradley hoped Amber would go along with his charade. He'd introduce her to his family, escort her to their "engagement" party and then part as friends. Until "Grandy" got it into her head to plan them a real wedding...

185 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1996

About the author

ALAINA HAWTHORNE
lived in Houston, Texas, with her husband and his twin sons. While in pursuit of her writing career, she has worked as a legal secretary, bartender, singer, waitress, properties mistress and horse trainer. Publishing her first Silhouette Romance was the realization of a life-long dream.

Alaina Hawthorne was awarded the first-ever RITA® in 1990 for Best First Book for her novel Out Of The Blue. She published five novels for the Silhouette Romance imprint. She also wrote one book as Alaina Richardson.

Reviews

[Stephanie Jenkins Ortiz Cerrillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I needed a quick lighthearted read yesterday and this little romance was a great one for it. It really makes me stop and think, "can love at first sight turn into true love" and "can a person truly know their soulmate after only briefly meeting them"? Amber Oakland has these feelings for her millionaire boss, Bradley Ackerman. She works in an overnight secretarial pool and they've never truly met. A case of Amber being in the right place at a time when Bradley needs a ride sets to two on a very unexpected path when they try to fulfill Bradley's grandmother's dying wish. Sweet little read.

[A · Rating 2 out of 5]

The h sees H in a parking lot and without knowing his name, what he does its Love at first sight and gets almost stalkerish in her behavior immediately afterwards. The only thing good about this book is it recognizes its own foibles. The h and everyone including her sisters call her up as delusional. The h is a little too good to be true as the H says when it comes to love and not money.