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Bound By Marriage
192 pages
A tense, sizzling romance where a cold bargain ignites into an undeniable, complicated passion.
What it feels like
Reading this romance feels like watching ice slowly crack over a roaring fire. The narrative is built on the delicious tension of a marriage of convenience, plunging the reader into a fraught atmosphere thick with mistrust, jealousy, and hidden secrets. It moves at a brisk, emotionally intense pace, driven by the sizzling attraction that constantly threatens to upend a supposedly calculating arrangement. The prose leans heavily into the passionate friction between two people trying desperately to maintain their distance, only to be overwhelmed by undeniable chemistry. It is a perfect fit for readers who devour dramatic, high-stakes relationship dynamics where cold, transactional bargains inevitably melt into messy, fervent romance.
- Mood
- tense
- sizzling
- fraught
- Tone
- passionate
- intense
- dramatic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · hidden desires · emotional vulnerability · transactional relationships
- The writing
- Direct and emotionally charged, focusing heavily on the intense internal friction and undeniable chemistry between the characters.
- The arc
- The journey moves from a cold, calculating arrangement to a passionate, emotionally fraught connection.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love high-stakes, marriage-of-convenience romances where cold bargains inevitably melt into messy, fervent passion.
Content notes
- jealousy
- transactional marriage
- pregnancy/heir arrangement
About the book
How else to describe the pact Jessica Randall had made with wealthy New Zealand rancher Gabe Dumont? In exchange for marriage and an heir, he would save her family property. The agreement was calculating, completely devoid of any tenderness, just like the man himself.Their relationship was supposed to be a simple arrangement. Instead, it was fraught with secrets and mistrust, jealousy and ultimatums—emotions that wouldn't allow her to maintain the distance she needed. Worse, the sizzling attraction between them made this marriage of convenience decidedly inconvenient.
Description from Open Library.
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