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Autumn in Bangkok
192 pages
A tense marriage-of-convenience romance where familial duty clashes with unexpected attraction in a vibrant setting.
What it feels like
Set against a vibrant international backdrop, this classic romance delivers a brisk, tension-filled reading experience centered on a sudden, life-altering proposition. The mood is steeped in apprehension and dramatic flair, driven by a heroine thrust into an unexpected guardianship arrangement and a hero who is far more formidable than anticipated. The prose leans into the emotional whiplash of sudden changes in fortune, capturing the vexation of familial duty colliding with a cold-blooded marriage of convenience. It is a story of reluctant compromises and simmering undercurrents, perfect for readers who devour vintage romance tropes where practical arrangements inevitably give way to complicated, undeniable romantic entanglements.
- Mood
- apprehensive
- romantic
- tropical
- Tone
- dramatic
- romantic
- tense
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · familial duty · unexpected attraction · guardianship
- The writing
- Classic romance prose that leans into dramatic internal monologues and the sudden shock of unexpected attraction.
- The arc
- Moves from vexed uncertainty and familial anxiety to the tense navigation of a startling proposition.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love vintage romance tropes, particularly the marriage of convenience and the formidable guardian.
Content notes
- implied parental death
About the book
What on earth had her father been thinking about, Alexandra Templar wondered vexedly, consigning her little brother Ben to the guardianship of his friend Professor Nicholas Devlin, whom neither of them had ever met? It was bad enough to have to go out to Bangkok where the Professor lived - without the additional shock of discovering that he was by no means the scholarly middle-aged man she had visualised, but a mere thirty-four and a man to be reckoned with - but then Alex realised that she had no guarantee that he would allow her to stay on there with Ben. Unless she agreed to his coldblooded suggestion that she marry him....
Description from Open Library.
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