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Marrying For King's Millions (2008)

by Maureen Child(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0373768621 (ISBN13: 9780373768622)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Silhouette Books

series

Kings of California

review 1: I loved it. Got me hooked from page one up to the last. Marriage of Convenience was really my cup of tea. Travis King wants to secure the distribution agreement for his winery and when he want something he'll do anything to get it. But not marrying the daughter of the distributor he has picked. So he proposed a deal to his childhood friend Julie O'Hara. A Marriage of Convenience for one whole year.Julie O'Hara once bitten, twice shy. She promised not to marry again after her husband dumped her. But now, Travis King her childhood crush was offering her a deal. An offer she can't refuse. A marriage in name only, and after a year she's free to go and she will finally have her dream bakery.Sounds easy right? Until she had the mistake of falling in love with her husband.I sure ... morehad fan reading this. There was just the right amount of sweet gestures from the hero, witty banter, hot sex and spicy romance to make for a satisfying read.
review 2: Setting: castlelike home on King Vineyard; Terri’s Diner Birkfield California; Castello de King (luxury hotel), Mexico;Imagery:“Sunlight slanted in through the windows across the room and the golden wash from the sun created shadows on the walls that looked eerily like the bars on a cell. Coincidence? She didn’t think so.”Theme: Friendship turned to love; opening oneself up to what seemed impossible.Characters:Travis King: rich, good looking; aware women look at him for his money and looks – never plans to marry – walking away from a relationship when women start to look for a wedding band; calls himself a serial monogamist; invested in advancing the King winery to go nationwide and then worldwide… and really wants a contract with _____, who in turn wants his ugly daughters married; Travis decides to a marriage of convenience for a year, so that the deal can be sealed without his marrying… he asks Julie – a childhood friend, she’d come to their house when her mother cooked for them… as adults friendly without being friends… and he trusts she would uphold her side of the bargain…Julie O-Hara: a bad, two-week marriage with a con artist; is saving money to open her own bakery… though against the idea, finally agrees to marry Travis – with signed contract of how much money she’d receive, no sex, duration a year;Jean Claude Doucette: Julie’s ex-husband… who shows up at the wedding reception saying he lied about getting a divorce – and accepts $100,000 to not tell the press Julie is a bigamist;Adam & Gina / Jackson King: Trevor’s brothers (and one wife); help him to deal with Jean ClaudeRico King: cousin in Mexico; helps to arrange for divorce / wedding;Summary: I liked the people… but Problems with this story… first of all, after her show of possession in the lobby, Travis gets overwhelmed with attraction for her? No hint of it before this? Hmmmm : ( and then, he too easily distrusts Julie about her role in her ex-husbands shenanigans… and then too easily gives it up three months later when she tells him she is pregnant… and then an elevator with frayed wiring falling one flight when they step on? The stimulus he needs to realize he fully loves her? Hmmmm : (Memorable scenes:When checking in at hotel – where Travis had been many times with a different woman each time – and the hotel clerk flirted with him… Julie inserted herself and made sure clerk realized she is his wife. less

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