A woman terrified of being hurt, a man torn between love and duty to family, and the marriage clause that forces them to examine what they really want.
After Sarah Freeman’s mom passes away unexpectedly, she leaves Scotland—and love—to take up the mantle of running her mom’s beloved horse sanctuary. Except what is supposed to be a seamless transfer of ownership becomes complicated when she … ownership becomes complicated when she learns that her mother’s will contains a marriage clause—she’s forced to either get married or loose the sanctuary.
When Taran MacLachlan flies to Florida, he’s expecting a brief visit to check on Sarah. But when he learns that the only way to keep her sanctuary is marriage, he finds himself volunteering to be her husband. It’s only six months, that’ll be easy.
Only, it’s not that simple. Sarah’s used the sanctuary as shield against being hurt. Will she lay down her armor long enough to find love?
Other books by Bree Livingston:
The Clean Billionaire Romance Series:
1. Her Pretend Billionaire Boyfriend
2. Her Second Chance Billionaire Sweetheart
3. Her Broken Billionaire Boss
4. Her Fake Billionaire Fiancé
5. Her Stranded Billionaire Mix-Up
6. Her Secret Billionaire Roommate
A Sweet Fake Marriage Romance Series:
1. The Cowboy’s Fake Marriage
2. The Star’s Fake Marriage
3. The Bodyguard’s Fake Marriage
4. The Matchmaker’s Fake Marriage
5. The Beast’s Fake Marriage
A Clean Army Ranger Romance Series:
1. The Ranger’s Chance
2. The Ranger’s Peace
3. The Ranger’s Heart
4. The Ranger’s Hope
5. The Ranger’s Forgiveness
A Clean Scottish Romance Series:
1. Mending the Billionaire Movie Star
2. Mending the Billionaire Scotsman
3. Mending the Billionaire Brother
Sage Valley Romance Series:
Inspired by the Creative Cowboy
Stand Alone Romances:
Love and Charity
The Mistletoe Game: A Clean Christmas Novella
more
Mending the Billionaire Brother by Bree Livingston (4 stars)
I enjoyed this last book in the Scottish Brother’s series. I think it could stand alone, but will be much more meaningful if you read the first two books in the series.
Fake marriages are one of my favorite tropes but, like another reviewer mention, also the trope that frustrates me the most.
Sarah and Taran are both good-hearted and unselfish. Often in their misguided attempts to make the other person happy, they end up making things worse.
Thanks heavens they’ve got Trudy to interpret things for them, and give them the shove in the right direction that they need!
As per usual, Ms. Livingston writes characters who have some deeper issues that affect their decisions; in this case, Sarah more so than Taran. I loved how the HEA happened and all the great kisses along the way 🙂
The epilogue where everyone is reunited promised much happiness for all of the couples in coming years. A wonderful way to wrap up the series!
*poor, **ok, ***good, **** very good, *****something special
There’s a reason why I love this author. I haven’t caught up with her books for a minute and can’t wait to slowly enjoy all I have missed. It seems I jumped in in the middle. Don’t get me wrong these are all standalones but I started with book 3 so I found out about the twins hea but that won’t stop me from diving in. This author does a great sweet read that only has mild kissing and make out sessions but also has a good head spin going on. I have to admit I wanted to slap some sense into her but then the book would have been too short. Love the story and even the conflict which made the ending all the better. What a quandary, stay and hide, or. . . ? yeah a mother knowing her daughter and her stubborn streak just trying to take care of her baby from the grave. As a single parent this was too real. Loved it. I love the break clean reads give me and this author does them well.
This is such a good book!
The emotions, the humor & their chemistry pulled me in, & kept me hooked. I looked forward to reading
Taren’s story. It was everything & more.
Taren Sarah, are perfect together.
I loved everything about this Must
Read Story!!
Sarah is still reeling from her mother’s death when a clause in the will states she has to marry to keep the therapeutic and rehabilitation horse sanctuary, which is her mother’s legacy. Taran, the love she gave up from Scotland, visits to help and they marry as friends. The clause states they must stay married 6 months to keep the sanctuary, but will it stay as friends only?
I really liked this story, it brought the awareness to the use of horses in therapy and rehabilitation with the disabled.
I was given an ARC and I am leaving this honest review voluntarily.
I’ve been excited to read Taran and Sarah’s story since the last book. This is similar to most marriage of convenience stories where they are afraid to share their true feelings. I love and hate these stories. Through most of the book I am frustrated and just want to shake the characters and make them be honest with each other, but it always turns out better in the end because they needed to work through some issues. I have really enjoyed this series and loved the epilogue and how nicely it tied everything up. Sarah and Taran are both wonderful people and they have wonderful people in their lives helping them along the way. Stick with this story through all the ups and downs, I promise it is worth it.