He proposed . . . and I said yes.
Normally a jovial occasion for a couple in love, but this proposal has a very different feel.
Because the man that I'll be calling my husband blew into town with one thing on his mind . . . to make my life a living nightmare.
So why did I say yes?
Well, because we both need something from each other.
Namely, I want the farm land he currently owns, and he needs a wife in order to inherit his family cabin in his grandfather’s will.
So as he so eloquently put it, my hand, for his land.
At first, I thought the idea was nuts.
Who really gets married out of convenience?
Apparently, I do.
And now we have to sell our relationship to the town. Meaning, we're holding hands, he's pinching my cheeks . . . upper and lower. We're even forced to share the one-bedroom guest house on the farm where his monstrous body is taking up a large percentage of the bed.
But we’re so persuasive about our farse, that now I’m starting to think he actually might like me. Especially when he grabs me by the wrist and teases the shell of my ear as he whispers, “Mine.”
Genre: contemporary romance
Publication date: February 2024
Mature content: yes
Review: I'm really sorry, but this book didn't work for me. At all. I didn't even finish it. I'm rating it with two stars just because it seems unfair to rate it with one star when maybe in the 1/3 I didn't read the plot could have improved at least marginally.
First, the synopsis has little to do with how the story starts. The story starts from Wyatt's point of view - when he's been dumped by his fiancee the day before the wedding and has been living in his best friend's couch for three weeks - without washing or changing clothes (I was grossed out at this point and it was still on the first pages). The description of how he met his ex-fiancee and decided to marry her was less than stellar too, but I was ready to chalk it up to the fact he'd been left (almost) at the altar and was still grieving.
But then he starts talking about an inheritance from his late brother and sister in law (a whole other story that is not fully explained), and another from his grandfather - and his friend suggests he should marry one of his other sisters in law to secure said inheritance. They are three, he doesn't know them at all, and the only requirement is to marry one that is single.
And that's the basis of the whole plot.
By this point (about twenty pages in) I was ready to quit. I held on for a bit more, but overall this was a no-no for me.
I know this is an Amazon best seller at this point, but I can't bring myself to recommend it in any way. Maybe the other readers saw something I didn't, but I have also read other books b this author and had none of these issues.
Happy readings otherwise!
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