Review: Marriage for One by Ella Maise

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Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39673950-marriage-for-one Blurb: Jack and I, we did everything backward. The day he lured me into his office-which was also the first day we met-he proposed. You'd think a guy who looked like him-a bit cold maybe, but still striking and very unattainable-would only ask the love of his life to marry him, right? You'd think he must be madly in love. Nope. It was me he asked. A complete stranger who had never even heard of him. A stranger who had been dumped by her fiancé only weeks before. You'd think I'd laugh in his face, call him insane-and a few other names-then walk away as quickly as possible. Well…I did all those things except the walking away part. It took him only minutes to talk me into a business deal…erm, I mean marriage, and only days for us to officially tie the knot. Happiest day of my life. Magical. Pop the champagne… Not. It was the worst day. Jack Hawthorne was nothing like what I'd imagined for myself. I blamed him for my lapse in judgment. I blamed his eyes, the ocean blue eyes that looked straight into mine unapologetically, and that frown on his face I had no idea I would become so fascinated with in time. It wasn't long after he said I was the biggest mistake of his life that things started to change. No, he still didn't talk much, but anyone can string a few words together. His actions spoke the loudest to me. And day after day my heart started to get a mind of its own. One second he was no one. The next he became everything. One second he was unattainable. The next he seemed to be completely mine. One second I thought we were in love. The next it was still nothing but a lie. After all, I was Rose and he was Jack. We were doomed from the very beginning with those names. Did you expect anything else? 

Review: I love me some marriages of convenience. Rose Coleson had been burned by love. After getting her heart broken, she is determined to atleast succeed in her dream of opening her own cafe. But for a broke girl navigating the big bad world that also seems like a stretch. Enter Jack Hawthorne. Successful, attractive, way way out of her league Jack Hawthorne. He can help her dreams come true. All she has to do is marry him. Record scratch. Marriage for One was shows us what happens when two people who are extremely different from one another enter into a marriage of convenience. Jack is a shark, and Rose is a lamb. He's cunning, ruthless, and knows what he wants. She's sweet, naive, unsure of herself. But together they make sense. Now if only the two of them could see it too. I really enjoyed the slow burn. The characters didn't jump into a relationship, both a bit wary of each other. Jack has an agenda and I was waiting for it to blow up in his face. While some of the twists and turns are a bit predictable, it is an enjoyable read nevertheless. 4 stars.