A marriage of convenience… With a price! Billionaire playboy Will Trent-Paterson has one year to get married. His father will disinherit him if he doesn’t settle down, leaving his vulnerable sister homeless! So when his old friend Sophie Mitchell jokes that she’d marry him for a million pounds, a temporary marriage seems like the perfect solution! Until, after spending time with captivating … with captivating Sophie, Will realizes walking away will be the hardest part…
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4 1/2 STARS!
A whirlwind of emotions draw us into this story! We start off with the mundane sad duty that brings them together on a monthly basis, but the plot thickens to lead them to enjoy laughter and joy alongside one another. Something neither of them have allowed themselves to feel for some time … and along the way, they start to see more in each other than they ever expected. Fast paced, intriguing characters and a deep storyline. Really enjoyed it!
Billionaire Will Trent-Paterson has no plans to settle down, but when his grandfather forces his hand to marry within a year or lose the home that keeps his sister grounded in happiness, he has to reconsider his life plans.
When friend Sophie Mitchell learns of his dilemma, she jokingly says she’d marry him for a million pounds, and he suddenly has an ah ha moment! That’s exactly what he needs! A marriage of convenience for the short duration he needs to remain married and then a quick break. He doesn’t know what Sophie needs the money for, but he’s happy enough to fork it over to protect his sister’s happiness!
MS Douglas never ever fails to disappoint me with one of her stories, she writes the most romantic romances, with characters who are so easy to make friends with, heroes and heroines that you want to cheer on or yell at sometimes, but above all else her stories are ones that you don’t want to miss and you need to read this one to meet Sophie and Will and journey with them to the most gorgeous HEA.
Will Trent-Paterson has been given an ultimatum by his grandfather, get married or else lose the title and castle in Scotland the place that is home to his vulnerable sister Carol Ann, marriage is one thing that Will has never wanted, after the disastrous marriage his parents had, this leaves him in a bad mood when he meets his late friend’s sister Sophie for their normal catch up lunch, she has a way a knowing how Will feels and when she jokingly suggests that she will marry him for a million pounds this get Will’s minding thinking.
Sophie comes from a broken family and when she lost her brother Peter she threw herself into the party life, but the need to care for a close friend has made her make some changes in her life, turn over a new leaf, but she needs money to do that and although joking when she makes her suggestion to Will, maybe a marriage on paper will not be such a bad idea for them both, but she is adamant that no emotions will come into this marriage because Will, will always be her friend and love and sex will change that and that scares her.
You just know that when two very good friends agree to a paper marriage and they both say they are going into it with their eyes open that there are going to be bumps along the way and MS Douglas has given them some hurdles to cross that will leave the reader smiling, as the beautifully strong Sophie tries so hard to keep her emotions in check and Will the never marry playboy feels his heart breaking down to love, that this story is going to end in pure bliss, what a story I loved it from page one, with characters that add so much to the story this is a must read that I highly recommend, truly sigh worthy.