This was a difficult book to review. A quick read, it was based around a classic, tried & tested romance premise: obscenely-rich-but-lonely man (David) needs a wife in a hurry and makes a businesslike marriage proposition to a woman he barely knows (Jenna).

< QUOTE > As if they were connected by an invisible wire, she could feel when he watched her. And he watched her often.

And it should have worked. Lynda Chance has a delightful writing style, so many lines and quotes leapt out at me, sucking me in and helping me to identify quickly and easily with the heroine.

< QUOTE > She usually kept ramen noodles, microwave popcorn and cups of macaroni and cheese for such occasions. The problem was, she had been having a lot of such occasions lately. Her drawer was depressingly empty.

I wanted this to work. Jenna, a lowly accountant in David's firm, overhears a conversation in the kitchen:
< QUOTE > She heard the door shut, the shuffle of feet and an irritated male voice. "Goddammit, let it go. What the heck am I supposed to do, post a job opening for a wife?"
... Before she could stop herself, she heard the words that impetuously popped from her mouth. "Do I apply in HR?"

But I hated David.

< QUOTE> She looked at the handsome blond because he was infinitely the less dangerous of the two.

Rude to the point of being obnoxious, he wasn't so much an Alpha as a Jerk! He took her to dinner, took her to bed and then to Vegas the next day to get married. He promises to pay her a large amount of money to stay married for two years and Jenna, saddled with a massive debt from college, reluctantly agrees.

He pushed Jenna around, refused to listen to her and gave her no reason at all to like him - and then suddenly he declares he's in love and like magic, she is too. Sorry, but I just don't buy it. 3/5 - only because of the excellent quality of the actual writing.
This was a difficult book to review. A quick read, it was based around a classic, tried & tested romance premise: obscenely-rich-but-lonely man (David) needs a wife in a hurry and makes a businesslike marriage proposition to a woman he barely knows (Jenna). < QUOTE > As if they were connected by an invisible wire, she could feel when he watched her. And he watched her often. And it should have worked. Lynda Chance has a delightful writing style, so many lines and quotes leapt out at me, sucking me in and helping me to identify quickly and easily with the heroine. < QUOTE > She usually kept ramen noodles, microwave popcorn and cups of macaroni and cheese for such occasions. The problem was, she had been having a lot of such occasions lately. Her drawer was depressingly empty. I wanted this to work. Jenna, a lowly accountant in David's firm, overhears a conversation in the kitchen:
< QUOTE > She heard the door shut, the shuffle of feet and an irritated male voice. "Goddammit, let it go. What the heck am I supposed to do, post a job opening for a wife? "... Before she could stop herself, she heard the words that impetuously popped from her mouth. "Do I apply in HR? "

But I hated David. < QUOTE> She looked at the handsome blond because he was infinitely the less dangerous of the two. Rude to the point of being obnoxious, he wasn't so much an Alpha as a Jerk! He took her to dinner, took her to bed and then to Vegas the next day to get married. He promises to pay her a large amount of money to stay married for two years and Jenna, saddled with a massive debt from college, reluctantly agrees. He pushed Jenna around, refused to listen to her and gave her no reason at all to like him - and then suddenly he declares he's in love and like magic, she is too. Sorry, but I just don't buy it. 3/5 - only because of the excellent quality of the actual writing.