Monday, March 11, 2024

The Unwanted Wife By L. Steele (Nathan and Skylar)

 ABOUT THE BOOK

He’s my brother’s best friend
My fake husband...
And doesn’t believe in love

Nathan Davenport, CEO of the Davenport empire is my complete opposite.
He hates chocolate. I’m a size sixteen dessert chef.
He only wears black. I love glitter and pink.
He’s grumpy, while I look on the brighter side of life.
Too bad his piercing blue eyes, and high cheekbones haunt my dreams.

When he offers to loan me the money to save my bakery.
I have no choice but to agree.
Except he has conditions:

I must pretend to be his wife for a year
I must fake my feelings for him so his family believes our relationship.
I must stay by his side for the duration of our arrangement so he can claim his inheritance.

I don’t even like the man, surely I can get through this charade without developing feelings for him?
Except living in close proximity with him, our chemistry escalates
I know I am falling for the wrong man.
For when I tell him: “I love you,” he growls: “Love was never part of the equation...”

This is an opposites attract, forced proximity, one-bed, marriage of convenience, and a brother's best friend, billionaire romance with a plus size FMC. It is a complete standalone.

Tropes
Brother's best friend
Fake relationship
Enemies to Lovers
Curvy FMC
OTT possessive
Emotionally wounded hero
"My wife"


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Meet L. Steele

L. Steele writes stories featuring powerful men and strong women who bring them to their knees. When she's not writing she enjoys trading trivia with her husband, watching lots and lots of movies, and walking nature trails. She lives with her family in London.


Connect with L. Steele

Website: 

http://www.authorlsteele.com


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Amazon:

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EXCERPTS






I received a complimentary early release e-book prior to release and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This is Nathan and Skylar's story and its very, very complicated. It also has a bunch of tropes. I also felt like it was a drama and had suspense as I closed in on the end of the book. I really liked that part of the story where things came up and out that I was not expecting though there were a few clues along the way.

Lets talk about the tropes. Its an age gap but I am not 100% sure of the ages. Based on other characters ages, I think Nathan is in his early 40's, 42 maybe. Skylar is supposed to be 15 years younger so I am going with 27. She had a huge crush and kissed Nathan on her 18th birthday, so this story takes place about 9 years later. I really want authors to give the characters ages in books and not make me do the whole guessing game. Especially when the age gap is a part of the age gap trope.

Skylar's beloved older brother is a military guy and he is best friends with Nathan. Ben asked Nathan to help him take care of Skyler. So when he finds her bakery in trouble he wants to help. But its also to help him because he estranged grandfather has promised him a CEO job if he gets hitched. So thats where the fake marriage or unwanted wife aspect of this story comes in. 

These two have this really huge connection. They are like opposite magnets, they need to be together and are drawn to each other no matter what and that is what happens when they marry. Nathan cannot resist his wife and she cannot resist him either. The sex scenes are hot and very plentiful.

This story had REVENGE and family and a whole girl group that support Sky through everything no matter what. My favorite character next to Sky was Zoe. And the end of the book has some yummy recipes I need to try. 

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