Rating: 5/5 Stars
Recommend: ABSOLUTELY!
Synopsis: To save her family home, impulsive bookstore owner, Alexa Maria McKenzie, casts a love spell. But she never planned on conjuring up her best friend's older brother—the powerful man who once shattered her heart.
Billionaire Nicholas Ryan doesn’t believe in marriage, but in order to inherit his father’s corporation, he needs a wife and needs one fast. When he discovers his sister’s childhood friend is in dire financial straits, he offers Alexa a bold proposition. A marriage in name only with certain rules: avoid entanglement. Keep things all business. Do not fall in love. The arrangement is only for a year so the rules shouldn’t be that hard to follow, right?
Except fate has a way of upsetting the best-laid plans…
Review: I really loved this book, i was hooked for the very first chapter on the story and even more so after Alexa and Nick met again after all those years. Nick was Alexa's first kiss when she was fourteen and he is also her best friends older brother. Nick also just so happens to be the first boy that ever broke Alexa's heart. This book was really fantastic, i couldn't put it down and if i didn't need to sleep i would have finished it probably around 5 AM after starting it around 7PM last night. It was a nice, quick, fluffy read that had me rooting for the relationship the entire time and when things went sour, it really upset me. All in all i think this book should be read by anyone that loves cute contemporaries that have pretty phenomenal sex scenes. This was my first 'marriage in name only' book and i loved it and i will absolutely be coming back to this particular plot when i choose future reads!
What I Liked: The sexual tension between them was INCREDIBLE, you could almost cut it with a knife. Alexa is so snarky and the constant flirty banter was really amazing and i kinda fell in love with both Alexa and Nick. Maggie was an exceptional character, she was both a loyal friend and sister, never taking one's side over the other. The family dynamic of Alexa vs the nonexistent family dynamic with Nick's family was something that was both heartbreaking and necessary to know considering how he acts. Nick wasn't just a heartless bastard, Probst gave him a good reason and a shady past and it made all of Nicks reactions and such plausible. The fact that they were both into each other when they were kids was absolutely adorable and added a really great layer of familiarity to everything they did together, whether it was banter or make love. I did like the intro of Michael, i really enjoy him and his Italian charm... it makes me very excited to read the next book in the series involving him and Maggie! I think my favorite part of this book though, was how well Nick and Alexa got along, as she says in the book they are total opposites but they just work somehow and i feel like that is the perfect way to sum up the relationship they had. I also thought it was great how they acted like they did as teenagers when they were around each other, it really showed that even though years passed, they never did forget about one another.
What I Didn't Like: There wasn't too much that i didn't like about this book. i felt like everything made sense and was realistic in nature, so everything was okay with that. I guess my only issue was that it was a bit predictable but many books in this genre are and i'm fine with that so that's not really something i didn't like. This was just a really good book and i found it to be mostly flawless!
What I Didn't Like: There wasn't too much that i didn't like about this book. i felt like everything made sense and was realistic in nature, so everything was okay with that. I guess my only issue was that it was a bit predictable but many books in this genre are and i'm fine with that so that's not really something i didn't like. This was just a really good book and i found it to be mostly flawless!
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