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Feisty Fiancee (The Marriage Pledge)
192 pages
A delightfully nostalgic workplace romance where bumbling earnestness melts a tycoon's icy exterior.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like wrapping yourself in the warm, familiar blanket of a classic category romance. It moves at a brisk, engaging pace, effortlessly balancing lighthearted workplace mishaps with the sweet, simmering tension of a grumpy-sunshine dynamic. The mood is breezy and comforting, punctuated by moments of mild, delicious angst born from classic miscommunication and unspoken desires. The prose is straightforward and dialogue-heavy, designed to pull you directly into the heroine's earnest internal world and her charmingly clumsy attempts to impress her stern but secretly soft-hearted boss. It is a delightfully nostalgic escape, perfect for readers who love the low-stakes drama of a forgotten proposal and the ultimate, satisfying reward of a hard-won happily ever after.
- Mood
- comforting
- breezy
- romantic
- mildly angsty
- Tone
- earnest
- lighthearted
- dramatic
- playful
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- grumpy-sunshine dynamic · workplace romance · miscommunication · the quest for commitment · hidden affections
- The writing
- Accessible and dialogue-driven, leaning into the comforting, familiar rhythms of classic category romance.
- The arc
- Moves from comedic workplace frustration and unrequited pining to a dramatic turning point that ultimately resolves into sweet, secure devotion.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave the nostalgic, low-stakes comfort of vintage romance novels featuring stern bosses and earnest heroines.
Content notes
- car accident
- hospitalization
About the book
Engaged to the boss?
Yancie's new job as driver to business tycoon Thomson Wakefield is a challenge--he finds it difficult to conceal his irritation as she struggles with one mishap after another! Yet, Yancie knows her boss is a man with whom she could fall in love. Love for Yancie means getting married--does it mean the same to Thomson?
It takes an icy road aid a near-tragic accident to give Yancie her answer--when Thomson proposes from his hospital bed. But the next day he seems to have forgotten the whole thing, including the fact that Yancie didn't get a chance to say yes!
THE MARRIAGE PLEDGE: For three cousins it has to be marriage--pure and simple!
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