From USA Today Bestselling author Melissa Belle comes an all-new standalone marriage of convenience hockey romance in the Wild Men series…“One of the best contemporary sports romances that I have read in a long time!!” – Book Haven Book Blog ★★★★★“I love a good marriage of convenience story and this one was AMAZING. GAH! I am so in love! 5 STARS!“ – Messy Bun Book Blog ★★★★★MiaI don’t do … ★★★★★
Mia
I don’t do professional athletes. And I certainly don’t do one-night stands.
But after my father tells me I need to marry before he’ll let me take over his PR firm, which has been my one and only dream since I was a kid, I decide I need a night out.
And when I meet a hot guy at the bar, I decide I want to play.
He takes me to his home on a gorgeous ranch. We steam up the sheets all night long.
I’m sure I’ll never see him again.
Until the next day, when my uncle introduces him as my future husband.
Declan
Before I retire from playing hockey I’m lining up my next shot—ownership. But the team’s got a PR problem, and they’ll never approve a bachelor.
I’m not in a relationship. I’m not even dating.
And I can’t remember the last time I was interested in someone. Until I go to the bar after the game to blow off some steam and figure out my next move.
That’s when I meet her. Mia. The first woman I can remember who doesn’t know I’m a big time hockey player.
After we spend an incredible night together, I figure that’s it.
Until my agent calls me into his office. The only other person in the room? Mia.
My future wife.
We vow to keep our arrangement strictly professional so we both get what we want. But the more we face off, the more I want to score…
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Mia needs to get married before her father will let her take over his PR firm, and Declan needs to get married to get a shot at ownership of the hockey team he loves. When those in the background begins pulling strings, they end up in a marriage of convenience. The crazy part is that they have a real attraction to each other and have already tasted the way things could be between them. But circumstances and too much overthinking could take them to the place they had both planned to be from the beginning – divorce.
I love a good marriage of convenience story, and when it involves one of the Wild men, the story is all the better. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I fall more deeply in love with each of the men this author writes. And I find myself looking forward to her next book as soon as I’m finished with the last.
Story Lines: Fantastic. Believable.
I do not know how Ms. Belle does it but there is just some kind of energy to/in her story writing that has me enamored with her work. I like the inter-connectedness between one novel to the next. I like the overlap of characters from story-to-story. Her story lines are fantastic as they are so believable, which in turn makes her characterizations believable as well. Besides the romance brewing between the main male and main female characters, there is a genuine feeling between all familial characters of great love for one another and great support to and for one another. The experience of Ms. Belle’s novels are like a comforter you just want to snuggle up with and let it envelop you with all kinds of warm fuzzies. Good Stuff!
I voluntarily received an advance review copy of this novel from the author and I am leaving an honest and unbiased review. I have no affiliation to this author.
Melissa Belle hits it in the net with Declan (Wild Men #8). In this story, Declan Wild needs to get married to be considered for a minority stake in the Montana Wild Kings. Mia Carroll needs to get married to take over her family’s company. They agree to a marriage of convenience for a year, but their feelings have other ideas. This contemporary sports romance is suitable for adult readers.
Declan was a heartfelt and enjoyable read. Declan is the brother of Cameron (Wild Men # 7). I love Declan and Mia. They have amazing chemistry. Declan is selfless and caring. Mia is sweet and hard working. They both were so focused on work. They did not do relationships. I love that they were forced into a situation that gave them an opportunity to find their other half.
I appreciated how ranch life played a role in this novel. I also enjoyed the other Wild men in the story. Declan was skillfully written and hard to put down. I recommend this book to people who enjoy marriage of convenience hockey romances. I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.
I know I can depend on Melissa Belle to give me a great story with fabulous characters that I actually like and want to get to HEA. This is no exception. Great story with a “fake” marriage for business reasons that becomes way more. Both Declan and Mia need a significant other to achieve their goals and the situation is perfect for both of them. Both Declan and Mia are more than they appear on the surface and they are actually good for each other (which is a nice change from too much angst). They feel real and their actions and reactions are right on target. A really great story that leaves you happy in the end.
A brand new hockey book from one of the best sports romance authors in the biz – yep sign me up for that stat!! This is a fun entertaining read with great characters who share some sizzling chemistry and plenty of witty banter, it’s a story that will captivate and draw you in and I’m sure like me you will read this book in one sitting and be left wanting more from this series. Outstandingly written as I have come to expect and can’t wait to get my hands on the next book please! Happy reading everyone!!
This the first book of Melissa Belle’s I’ve read and I was impressed. Hockey payer romance is my favorite and I’ve read many, this book rivals the great ones. I enjoyed the writer’s style with the characters Mia and Declan came across as real people with real feelings, they were happy people, sure there is some angst as to why they need to get married but their story put a smile on my face. These two face a lot of self-awareness as they get to know each other, as they tell their stories to each other. This a great book and it makes me want to read more books by this author.
I am new to Melissa Belle, but I am so in love! Declan is the 8th book in the Wild Men Series. You don’t have to read the others (I didn’t, but I am about to devour all of them!!) to understand this story. I love a good marriage of convenience story – and this one was AMAZING! Declan and Mia’s story is so sweet! I loved the meet-cute – super steamy! GAH! I AM SO IN LOVE!! FIVE STARS!!
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I loved this book it was fun, steamy and the bantering between the cousins and the structure of characters it was so much easy going and again fun to read .
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My one night stand is now my fake husband…a marriage of convenience hockey romance in the best-selling Wild Men series by USA Today Bestselling author Melissa Belle.
Mia
I don’t do professional athletes. And I certainly don’t do one-night stands.
But after my father tells me to marry before he’ll let me take over his PR firm, which has been my one and only dream since I was a kid, I decide I need a night out.
And when I meet a hot hockey player at the bar, I decide I want to play.
He takes me to his home on a gorgeous ranch. We steam up the sheets all night long.
I’m sure I’ll never see him again.
Until the next day, when my uncle introduces him as my future husband.
Declan
Before I retire from playing hockey I’m lining up my next shot—ownership. But the team’s got a PR problem, and they’ll never approve a bachelor.
I’m not in a relationship. I’m not even dating.
And I can’t remember the last time I was interested in someone. Until I go to the bar after the game to blow off some steam and figure out my next move.
That’s when I meet her. Mia. The first woman I can remember who doesn’t know I’m a big time hockey player.
After we spend an incredible night together, I figure that’s it.
Until my agent calls me into his office. The only other person in the room? Mia.
My future wife.
We vow to keep our arrangement strictly professional so we both get what we want. But the more we face off, the more I want to score…
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Author: Melissa Belle
Genre: Steamy Contemporary Romance
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Great read
4.5 stars
This is my first book by Melissa Belle and it can definitely be read as a stand-alone.
Mia and Declan are both having a rough night when they meet for the first time and they hit it off instantly. The chemistry between them is off the charts, they’re both behaving out of character and before they know what’s happening they’re spending the night together. Imagine their shock the next day when they’re hit with the bombshell information that they’re about to be married if they both want to achieve their goals.
I’m a sucker for a marriage of convenience and I absolutely loved watching Declan and Mia trying to navigate their new relationship and keep feelings out of it. It’s easier said than done as these two are about to find out.
This is a great romance. The characters are extremely easy to like and they’ll have you rooting for them to get their happily happily after.
I volunteered to read this ARC for an honest review. I enjoyed this story about Declan and Mia. She’s in the PR business and he’s a hockey player. Mia’s dad informs her in order to take over the company she needs to be married. She recruits her Uncle Ned to help. Declan is planning on retiring soon but wants to but into the team, but they only want married men as owners. When they meet at a club after a game they have a single night if passion. So image their surprise when Ned calls them both in for a meeting, he sees them as there perfect business partners. But they catch a bug. Great HEA.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Another Wild man taken! This story is about Declan and Mia. Declan is a professional hockey player and the star, but he wants to retire and own a piece of the team. Mia has been working in the PR company that is owned by her family (father), but she wants to take over once her father retires. Mia and Declan are met with a clause that they never expected in order for Declan to be a minority owner he needs to be married while Mia has a clause that her own mother put in the contract that states that she needs to be married for a year. They both decide to go out for a drink and unknowingly meet each other when Mia puts a man in his place because he is rude to her. They end up having a one-night stand and then she disappears!
They end up meeting again when her uncle and his manager call them up for a meeting. He is there to help them both without each of them knowing who the other is. I love the family involvement; all those cousins and friend are too much. Will Luke be next? What about Jamie Beth, Chase and Cooper? There are so many to go around!
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An instant attraction, an unexpected second chance, a marriage of convenience, amazing characters you will fall in love with, and a well written, riveting, and enjoyable story line. Definitely recommended!
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This is book 8 in the wild man series. Declan and Mia both want something but to get it they have to be married. Will this fake marriage be what they need?
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This Wild although in the mountains of Montana, he is the leader on the Ice, and only one thing keeps him from his future dreams and that us his lack of a wife. Mia has it all but she wants to be running the family business y business. Due to a sneaky clause entered by her Mother she has to find a husband quick to finish her dream. Funny how dreams can change and for this business relationship the fire is definitely melting the ice. I love the Wild men who will do anything for family, even telling them to face their own fear to get a bigger reward. Fun story to read, characters that you come to love more and more.
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I need a wife.
Mia must be married for one year before the contract goes into full effect.
That’s the impetus for Mia and Declan’s hook up. Which leads to a marriage of (in)convenience for their professional careers. Mia for her firm and Declan so he can be a part owner of the Wild Kings hockey team.
I had so much fun with these two strong willed characters and their sizzle. Highly recommend.
Purchased.
Declan was a great read. From an amazing one night stand to more. Both Declan and Mia want their careers to move forward. To do so they need to marry. Luckily Ned knows them both and helps them with an arranged marriage. I loved Declan and Mia. Both were wonderful and truly cared for the other. This was sweet and extremely entertaining. Great storyline and wonderful characters.
This book is refreshingly not like other sports romances. When Mia Carroll’s father makes a requirement that she must be married before she can take over his Circle PR firm, she is not pleased. There is no reason she needs a man to do the job she is very familiar with. When she goes out to a bar, she meets Declan Wild, not recognizing him as a professional hockey player. Declan is surprised that she wants him for the person she sees and not his notoriety, so the two have a one-night stand.
To their delightful surprise, the next day they found that an arrangement was made to solve both of their problems. With Mia needing to be married to run the PR firm, and Declan needing marriage to own a part in the Montana Wild Kings ice hockey team, they were to be joined together in an arranged marriage of convenience for a period of time. The two of them were very drawn to each other, still had that perfect chemistry, and it didn’t take long to realize it was a good and comfortable relationship, at least until it had to end. Are they both still willing to walk away and end things? Have they allowed their hearts to take notice of how good they are together?
This was a very good story line with wonderful characters that made the reader like them and feel good about what they needed to do. Grab your copy and enjoy their story.
Love the premise of this storyline and all that it involves. Great meet cute, both times which makes it so much better to be in a similar predicament. There are so many of these Wild men it’s hard to keep track of all of them, but they are all eye candy with substance. Truly enjoyed the ending as it was very poignant In how they both really felt about one another.
I am voluntarily leaving a review of this book that I received free.
I received a free ARC copy of this book from the author prior to release and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I am a new fan of this author and this is my first book in the series I have read and I found it easily stands alone. Note that it does include other characters and at times I could not keep track of who they were in relation to Declan and their wives, but this is just a few scenes and otherwise the story stands alone. We also meet Declan’s cousins in this book and they are COWBOYS and I cannot wait for their books, they were intriguing.
Declan and Mia were really awesome characters and they both are strangers but connected through Mia’s Uncle Ned and Declan’s agent who is Ned too.
They both need to marry fast for a short period so they can make their dreams come true. However they meet at a bar before Ned brings them together, so while they are strangers when they are introduced by Ned, they do have a casual aquaintance of one night.
This is primarily a marriage of convenience, a slight 2nd chance at love with a sports angle as Dec is a hockey player and he wants to own his former team.
What I loved about it, was that despite being near strangers Dec and Mia form a real friendship within the marriage of convenience.
It was an awesome story with an awesome set of characters that I fell in love with. And I cannot wait for more this series.