Logan Ward doesn’t want any more women in his life.Being a football player and legal guardian to his four younger sisters means his playbook is full. However, one of them just landed in the hospital, which gives his brother the shot he needs to challenge Logan for custody.Legal counsel says there’s only one thing Logan can do—find himself a wife.Paige McKinney doesn’t always think things through.… always think things through.
Like walking away from her modeling career without a thought of what might come next. She really doesn’t think it through when she proclaims herself Logan’s fiancé at the hospital, simply because the sexy—albeit grumpy—football player forgot his cell phone at a party and security won’t let her pass. It’s not her fault it was overheard by the worst possible person.
A bargain is struck, and a fake marriage is the perfect solution. But the simple solution creates a whole new problem: they’re not as different as they seem. The reluctant groom has fire inside him, and his impetuous bride is about to light the match.
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Logan Ward needs a stable home environment for his four sisters he’s guardian of so that their brother doesn’t have any reason to take them from him. Paige needs a husband to get her inheritance before it’s passed on to her flakey cousin. Fate puts them together in their desperate time of need, neither of them really wanting a relationship at all. But when they are both secretly attracted to one another and losing their hearts in the game of a fake marriage, hot chemistry is the only solution! Logan and Paige are the perfect match for one another!
A masterpiece that will stay with you long after you have turned the last page.
This author is a freaking master of writing!! She has created this masterpiece of love and humor all wrapped up in one beautiful, heart wrenching book that will be loved by most!! The authors were funny, interesting and all around amazing. When you can relate and feel like part of the family, you know the author is one talented lady!! All the feelings- steaminess, passion and all around feelings of giving up for others when necessary. Truly, an amazing addition to the already amazing series!!
Logan and Paige – WARNING – they will steal your heart!! Paige is one character who is the total package. She won’t take anyone’s crap. Logan reaches out to her for circumstances beyond his control. Together, they are an explosion of passion and steaminess. They have to battle, but they get what they need and eventually want by the end. Don’t forget the secondary characters that create situations of some major humor and paybacks!! You’ll fall in love them!!
A must read by this amazing author!!
The Marriage Effect
5 Stars
Oh my! This is absolute perfection. I loved this Sports Romance! There are so many feels, it made me laugh and then cry. Totally had me addicted. Amazing!!
Highly recommend!!
Well. What can I say?! The author is a master of telling heartfelt stories full of love and laughter, and this book is no different. I loved seeing a new side of Paige that we didn’t get to know in previous books, and Logan was such an amazing hero. Seeing him with his sisters was just amazing. The girls were such a fun addition to the story and I’m SO EXCITED we will get to see more from them!
Loved,loved, loved Logan and Paige’s story.
Karla this book is truly amazing!!!These characters will just pull you in and leave you breathless. I couldn’t get enough!
Paige is so smart and sassy. A woman with one of the biggest hearts who is a bit misunderstood. Logan is just….gah! The chemistry is hot AF, the banter is down right hilarious. This book will give you all the feels.
This series was truly amazing! I loved every single character. I can’t wait for what’s next!
You know those books where you fall in love with the characters immediately and both love and hate to see their story end?
Yeah. This is one of those.
I LOVED it.
5 FABULOUS STARS!! Another fabulous story in this fantastic series. I love the Washington Wolves so much!! Logan and Paige have a story to tell you with all the feels and it is worth listening to. Karla Sorensen is a phenomenal author, if you have not read her start with this series.
I admit, when I first started this book I wasn’t expecting much. How many ways can the fake marriage trope be executed? But this one was one of the best yet. Logan needs a wife to keep custody of his four younger sisters. Paige needs a husband to collect an inheritance. On paper, it’s the perfect plan. But Paige wasn’t counting on bonding so much with the girls.
The sisters made this book. They are hilarious and chaotic and sweet and fiery, and dealing with a lot in their short lives. They are good for Paige and she is good for them. And of course there’s the main part of the story: Paige and Logan. SO good together. I love how they see each other so clearly, through the screens each put up to hide from the public. And the ending of the book is a perfect movie ending.
I loved everything about this book. On a cold rainy afternoon it made me giggle and smile. Most marriage of convenience stories I’ve read have been drama led however this was lightwe and much more fun. Paige is my hero if I only had a tiny bit of her confidence I’d be happy. Logan in all his broody manliness, at times I wasn’t sure if I wanted to thump him or kiss him. Throw in sexual tension and teenage hormones and it’s a bumpy fun filled read.
reviewed by Sweet Spot Sisterhood
Karla does it again!
Hilarious, witty and sexy AF, The Marriage Effect is a must read romance this summer.
These characters will pull you in. Paige is sassy, had a smart mouth and a huge heart. And Logan… Oh, Logan … My heart is still pitter patting like crazy over this guy.
I need my Logan. And more Karla’s books.
With his sisters care in the balance the only thing Logan can do is find himself a wife and fast. With an inheritance based solely on her marital status Paige needs to find herself a husband STAT. When the two combine their efforts and help each other out they both get way more than they bargain for and in the end find themselves really seeing each other for the first time. But can a marriage based on a lie really work? Can two unlikely people really become each others soul mate? With characters you cannot help but fall in love with and a storyline that had me laughing out loud and wiping tears from my cheeks this was an awesome read. The interactions between Logan’s teenage sisters and Paige were so heartwarming and honest. This was the perfect combination that makes this fake marriage story stand out from all of the others.
“Paige and I were the same. Whatever fire burned inside her, I had it in me too. I’d just never met anyone who made me want to let the flames consume me. Who made me want to see how hot they could burn, what heights they could reach, what we could reach together.”
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Do you love a bold, sassy, straight-shooter type of heroine? The one who flusters the hero simply by being herself? The type of heroine who causes the hero to stretch himself beyond his comfort zone, but who burns his soul with his attraction to her?
Then, you must read Karla Sorensen’s The Marriage Effect.
This book seems like an “opposites attract” story. However, the more you read Logan and Paige, the more you realize they are more alike than different. Sorensen’s genius with this story is the way in which she makes us initially think they are more different than alike, but we quickly come to realize they are one in the same person. They simply handle their emotions in different ways.
The story follows Logan, a veteran safety for the Washington Wolverines, and Paige, the best friend of the owner of the Wolverines and former super-model. In many ways, Paige is a bit of a cheerleader of sorts as she is a constant fixture with the Wolverines organization, although she has no distinct title. One night, Logan finds his family in a precarious situation, and his best option is marriage. Like Logan, Paige has found herself with the problem of needing to be married to inherit her great-aunt’s money. In one moment, they decide to marry each other in order to resolve their problems. While seemingly different in personality, from the outset, Paige and Logan are physically drawn to each other. Unfortunately, acting on the attraction, even as a married couple, may problematize their relationship, as it is meant to be temporary, not permanent. As the days and weeks pass, Paige grows closer to Logan’s nieces, of whom he is a guardian, and the lines become blurry between the two. Will Logan and Paige find a happily-ever-after, or will they walk away from each other at the end of their commitment?
The Marriage Effect is the third book in Sorensen’s Washington Wolverines series (I believe it is the final one for this series), and it is my favorite for several reasons:
Logan and Paige’s Chemistry. These two seem so very, very different, yet they are like two magnets attracting each other. I’ll be honest. There were many times when I wanted to reach into my book and smack Logan upside the head. Yes. Paige has a tendency to act first, think later; it’s her natural disposition. Given this, it makes sense that Logan, who carefully plots his life due to his guardianship of his nieces, would make the mature decision to avoid a physical relationship with Paige. He worries that it will complicate everything. However, this man takes control too far. There were times when my heart hurt for Paige as he avoided her in order to protect himself. This is the first way in which Paige and Logan, while seemingly different, were very much alike. When confronted with feelings of any kind, they avoid them by either running or staying away. Sorensen shows us how people can carry the same fear and passion, but handle them in a different manner. I was thankful when Logan finally acknowledged his deep attraction to Paige, as Sorensen built this tension which almost overflows the story.
Paige. In the first two books of this series, Paige, while the “crazy one,” is the voice of reason with both Allie and Ava. She speaks the words they need to hear. This same voice finds its way into the lives of Logan’s nieces, Molly, Lia, Claire, and Isabel. In fact, the most poignant moment in the story involves Lia, Logan’s emotionally stoic niece. It was powerful in that it shows Paige’s strength at reaching into people’s souls. Sorensen shows us through Paige that our inner strength can be different than our outer reactions. And I loved her for that. Paige is also the comic relief of this story, along with her friend Allie. Every time there is a potentially serious story moment, Sorensen puts words in Paige’s mouth to alleviate the tension of the story. Even more, she continues to be the voice of reason much as she was in Allie and Ava’s stories.
Logan. I think one of my favorite revelations of Sorensen’s book is the fact that Logan is a safety. It’s a position of defense on the field, and its name best describes Logan. He is THE safest character of this book. He is dependable, thoughtful, caring, stoic, and carries an internal strength that people rely on. That Sorensen would give the safest person in the book this position on the field reads like a metaphor for his life. His quiet, unassuming spirit is a reminder to us all that we can make grand gestures quietly without the fanfare, and there is a beauty in it. “I was me with her. The unfiltered me.”
Sorensen’s Style. If you have never read one of Karla Sorensen’s books, then you have missed out. There is an ease to her storytelling. I read this book in one day because (1) the story is engaging, (2) the characters developed beautifully over the pages, and (3) her words flow onto the page. You find yourself wrapped in her images and details and characters that you don’t want to put the book down. At least, that is the case for me. I often say about myself, as a reader, that I gobble/eat books with relish. Sorensen makes gobbling her stories easy. They pull me in and keep me there, making me grieve when her books end.
If, after reading this review, you do not realize how much I loved this book, then you missed it. I am sad that The Marriage Effect is the last of the Washington Wolverines stories. Maybe Karla Sorensen will change her mind in the future. However, she has promised a new series, one I am incredibly excited about. If they become what I imagine them to be, then this reader will be reading Sorensen stories well into the future.
“And if she walked away at the end of this, when her role in our life was fulfilled, I’d never be able to forget it. It was the knowledge that I’d crave this feeling until the day I died. Crave her. There might be a hundred women who could manage in our life. But she was the one who fit us perfectly.”