Their marriage was nothing more than a business transaction. Or at least that was what they told themselves.
Poppy Weston had been burned enough times by undeserving men to know her heart was best left under lock and key. She was content with her life, even with the lack of romance. Then Jase Hyland walked into Redbud Inn and offered her something she couldn’t refuse. In return, all she had to … she had to do was marry him.
Jase had seen firsthand the kind of damage relationships caused, and he wanted nothing to do with it. He’d been taught from a young age that the only things that should matter to a man were wealth and power. However, all it took was a series of events to lead him down a path he never expected to travel.
It was supposed to be simple. No feelings, no emotions, just two friends entering into a mutually beneficial arrangement.
He thought he had it all figured out . . . until he went and fell for his wife.
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Jessica Prince writes great small town romance, and Jase and Poppy’s marriage of convenience story was a great read.
I really enjoyed getting to know these characters both their individual back stories and how they navigate their relationship together. Both have experienced struggles and been hurt by others in their lives so it was especially nice to see them find happiness and something real.
Thank you to the author for providing an ARC for an honest review.
Jase and Poppy’s marriage of convince storyline was an enjoyable, easy read. Full of fun banter and hot chemistry that sucks you in until the end. A great addition to this series
I love this world Jessica Prince creates! These characters are real and wonderful! From women who have true friends and support systems to the guys who are alpha but fall hard for their women.
This is the story of Poppy and Jase. She is amazing and he really likes her and asks for her help. Of course she helps but is it at the expense of her heart? Jase and Poppy have chemistry and really get to know each other. As they fall for each other- he tries to fight his feelings to protect her.
This book gives all the feels, suspense as part of it! When Jase truly admits his feelings and opens up to Poppy- that is book perfection!
I love these small towns that Jessica Prince creates. Redemption is another small town hit.
I loved Poppy and Jase, their chemistry, their adorable banter in the getting to know you step. Jase had an alpha side and that’s always swoon worthy.
The variety of different pet names for every character, in what feels like every other sentence in all of the dialogue scenes has become a distraction to me while reading these books.
I received a complimentary ARC – early release copy of this book in Kindle format from the author for review purposes.
This is book 2 in the series and it was absolutely fantastic. This is Jase and Poppy’s story. Jase is Farah’s brother and Poppy is one of Farah’s new best friends. She runs an inn that needs lots of repairs and when Jase needs a wife for business reasons he picks Poppy and convinces her as he will help with the inn repairs.
They both enter into a marriage of convenience but they also fall into lust very happily. But Jase’s parents are still a big threat and he tries to protect Poppy. This story is filled with love, lust, family, friends and lots of hot, sexy fun times in the town of Redemption.
Farah, Canon and Ben are a huge part of this story. While the story can stand alone, you really should read the first book (Bad Alibi) to be able to understand how evil Jases’ parents are and what has happened in relation to Jase and his sister.
It’s Poppy and Jase’s story and I loved it so much!! It made my heart swoon through and through. Crazy Beautiful calls out to the heart. I loved how easily these two were together. First as friends then the heat and chemistry boiled over! That is when I really fell for these two.
An arranged marriage….heat factor that is off the charts…A story that has your heart bleeding for our hero…An ending that will make you hold on to you seat!!! Crazy Beautiful is perfection!!!
“Jase Hyland, you’re my favorite person..”
The second in the Redemption series by Jessica Prince, and what a journey this one was…
Redemption isn’t just a place for Jase, it’s home. After finally freeing his sister from the hellish linage of his parents, Jase takes over Hyland Steel, the family company. This however comes with a cost. A cost he was more than willing to pay once he found the right person. To take the CEO position, all he had to do was marry…
Sounds easy right?
Poppy Weston gave 7 years to a man that hurt her, broke her heart and her wallet. Her little Inn was her pride and joy, but she was at her limit. When her best friend’s older brother comes home for his little sisters wedding, things might just get a little crazy. Jase and Poppy grew up together, have known each other for years, but came from two different worlds. When the Inn takes a turn for the worst, Jase swoops in for a save. A plan to help them both.
To get married. A business deal, one to help them both.
Jase and Poppy tie the knot and their future begins, a future that neither of them thought possible. Soon Jase and Poppy can’t see the line they thought they drew before getting hitched, but they don’t care. Emotions that Jase thought were not possible blossom, and Poppy soon becomes a person that means more to him than anything.
The past however, doesn’t want to see Jase and Poppy happy and comes back to bite them.
Oh my! Jessica Prince has out done herself in this one. Crazy Beautiful is sure to warm the heart of anyone that reads it. This story is one of hope, love, trust and redemption. The characters have the best chemistry, the story line is detailed and progressive. As always the author gives us a little reprieve from the day to day of life and hope of love. 5 out of 5 star review, can’t wait for what comes next!
Bravo, Jessica Prince! You are a master mind at bending our emotions. You begin her stories feeling a certain way about a character that she has introduced us to in another story. Then when you read that character’s story she manages to flip your emotions once again. We were introduced to Jase in the first Redemption novel that was the story of Farah, his sister. Jase was not someone that I would see as the type to settle down, maybe even a bit of a cad. In Crazy Beautiful, Jase is forced to take a wife for business purposes, a marriage of convenience. He had befriended Poppy, owner of the local Inn, when visiting his sister Farah. Poppy had a life of disappointments when it came to men but she had fallen into debt trying to run the Inn on her own. When presented with his “proposal” it seemed to be a win-win situation. What these two didn’t figure into this deal was that someone could lose their heart, maybe both of them. Jase and Poppy will steal your heart, mind and soul. I know they won me over.
Bravo, Jessica Prince! You are a master mind at bending our emotions. You begin her stories feeling a certain way about a character that she has introduced us to in another story. Then when you read that character’s story she manages to flip your emotions once again. We were introduced to Jase in the first Redemption novel that was the story of Farah, his sister. Jase was not someone that I would see as the type to settle down, maybe even a bit of a cad. In Crazy Beautiful, Jase is forced to take a wife for business purposes, a marriage of convenience. He had befriended Poppy, owner of the local Inn, when visiting his sister Farah. Poppy had a life of disappointments when it came to men but she had fallen into debt trying to run the Inn on her own. When presented with his “proposal” it seemed to be a win-win situation. What these two didn’t figure into this deal was that someone could lose their heart, maybe both of them. Jase and Poppy will steal your heart, mind and soul. I know they won me over.
“You are my favorite person ever” .
Oh my, this series, this book, this couple! I can’t even begin to say how much I loved it all. As soon as I finished it, I wanted to read the book again.
This is a small town, fake marriage book, but there was nothing fake between Poppy and Jase. They were so real, their feelings were palpable, their chemistry was undeniable and they fit so perfectly.
Everytime they were together, I felt so much love, such a strong connection. They had each other’s backs, they were loyal, supportive and they protected each other.
They both suffered in the past, they are wary of romance, but their feelings and closeness grew so effortlessly, so naturally. They could rely on each other, they trusted each other, and soon enough they became each other’s favorite person.
It was so wonderful to watch.
Poppy could be shy, quiet, but she was fierce and she brought out all her fire whenever someone she cared about needed it.
Jase was a protective at heart, almost to a fault, and he would stop at nothing to protect the ones he loved, even at his own expense.
And that care and protection would be fundamental for their own survival, because danger was even bigger and closer than expected.
Poppy and Jase were as powerful together as they were adorable. This book filled my heart and I’m craving this series as much as I crave Hope Valley series (which is a lot!).
it was amazing
WOW!!!!!!!
I was shocked over and over again as I read this book. In my opinion Jessica could truly write Mafia and her fan would go crazy. That is what I decided after I finished this book.
With giving anything away Jace and Farah’s parents are their own special kind of evil. ** Spoiler Free review** I am so glad they had Bennett that being said this book was EVERYTHING!!!! Jace hopped from Point A all the way to point z and he didn’t even blink.
Wow! I couldn’t wait for this second book in the Redemption series and boy was a NOT disappointed!
This book had what I have come to love about Jessica Prince’s books, tear your heart out emotions that hit you in the gut, Alpha men that I adore, strong females that make me giggle, and suspense that kept me hooked! Add in secondary characters that I also love, along with some cameo’s of others, and this book will take you on a tale of Happily Ever After and leave you with a smile!
You don’t want to miss this book!
4.25 stars–CRAZY BEAUTIFUL is the second instalment in Jessica Prince’s contemporary, adult REDEMPTION erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on the people who live and work in Redemption, Tennessee. This is thirty five year old, businessman Jase Hyland, and B&B owner Poppy Weston’s story line. CRAZY BEAUTIFUL can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.
Told from three first person perspectives (Jase, Poppy, Bennett) CRAZY BEAUTIFUL follows the friends to lovers relationship between thirty five year old, businessman Jase Hyland, and B&B owner Poppy Weston. Several weeks earlier Jase Hyland discovered that his father had been embezzling from the family owned company but before Jase was able to ascend to the position of CEO, the board of directors demanded our hero marry or give up the position to his cousin Titus. With only one potential “wife” on the horizon, Jase asks his best friend Poppy if she would become his wife for the foreseeable future, in an effort for him to take over the Leadership of the company. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Jase and Poppy, and the potential fall-out as Jase’s family demands what they believe is their just due, targeting Poppy in the process.
Jase Hyland, a man-wh*re by reputation, continues to battle the demons from his past having suffered to protect his younger sister but Jase never expected to have to protect the woman with whom he is falling in love, protect her from the people who still continue to destroy so many lives. Poppy Weston knew that to marry Jase meant slowly succumbing to her falling heart but when Jase’s family sets their sights on our story line heroine, Poppy finds herself facing her own mortality for a man who has suffered for far too long.
The relationship between Jase and Poppy is a friends to lovers, fake marriage arrangement wherein Poppy reluctantly agrees to marry Jase in an effort to protect his heritage from falling into the wrong hands but Poppy knows she is about to lose her heart to a man who isn’t willing to settle down for the long haul. The $ex scenes are intimate erotic and seductive.
There is a large colorful ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Jase’s sister Farah Highland and Cannon Banks (Bad Alibi #1), Jase’s PA Wynn, his foster father Bennett ,handyman Clay, Jase’s parents Geoff and Margo, Special Forces soldiers Jensen, Lincoln, Hunter and Marco; Gavin Hendrix, and his sister Shane.
CRAZY BEAUTIFUL is a multi-troped story of family, friendships, betrayal and love. The fast paced premise is entertaining and engaging; the romance is captivating; the characters are energetic, dynamic and charismatic. CRAZY BEAUTIFUL is a compelling and wonderful addition to Jessica Prince’s REDEMPTION series. You can’t go wrong with this great story.
I was so happy when Jessica said she was heading back to Redemption. I have decided that I am going to spend my days traveling back and forth to the small towns that Jessica has created. I mean, really life couldn’t get any better than that. Smokin’ hot guys, amazing friends, freaking fantastic baked goods (in my dreams I can eat again!), and enough excitement that life never gets boring!
Jessica’s newest book was an engaging, HOT, sweet, and swoony read. I absolutely fell in love with Jase as he got rocked when he realized that *GASP* he fell in love with his wife! And Poppy was that perfect mix of sweet and sassy that just makes you want to be her friends.
I will say that I utterly LOATHE Jase’s parents. They are just vile, horrid people! Just thinking of them makes me nauseous — but since I truly love a book that can evoke emotion from me, I will forgive Jessica… just this once!
If you love small-town romances with some real steam, then this is a book you don’t want to miss!
Crazy Beautiful is the second book in Jessica’s Redemption series but can be read as a true standalone book. (But why wouldn’t you want to meet the other characters?!)