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Her Stand-In Groom
185 pages
A comforting, trope-tastic romp where a chaotic, spite-fueled wedding turns into a tender, unexpected love story.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like wrapping yourself in a warm, familiar blanket of classic romance tropes. It moves at a brisk, engaging clip, sweeping the reader from the high drama of a ruined wedding straight into the delicious tension of a marriage of convenience. The mood is comforting and swoony, balancing the initial soapy thrill of a revenge-motivated proposal with the earnest, tender reality of two people accidentally falling for each other. The prose is accessible and dialogue-driven, keeping the focus squarely on the emotional push-and-pull between the pragmatic CEO and the jilted bride. It is a perfect, bite-sized escape for readers who delight in watching a purely transactional arrangement inevitably melt into genuine, heart-fluttering devotion.
- Mood
- cozy
- swoony
- comforting
- hopeful
- Tone
- lighthearted
- earnest
- dramatic
- romantic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · unexpected family · healing from betrayal · vulnerability behind wealth
- The writing
- Accessible and emotionally direct, focusing heavily on character dialogue and internal romantic yearning.
- The arc
- Begins with impulsive, hurt-driven chaos and softens into a tender journey of unexpected vulnerability and genuine devotion.
- Who it's for
- Fans of classic, trope-heavy category romance who love watching a pragmatic arrangement melt into true love.
Content notes
- accidental pregnancy
- past infidelity (off-page)
About the book
Don't get mad...get married!
When Catherine Canton is jilted at the altar, CEO Stephen Danbury rescues the beautiful bride -- and accepts her offer to become his wife instead! Catherine had proposed to Stephen so that he could fulfill the terms of his grandfather's will -- but also because it would annoy her two-timing ex big-time! But when their convenient marriage leads to an accidental pregnancy, will Stephen propose a marriage to last a lifetime?
Contract Brides From paper marriage...to wedded bliss!
Description from Open Library.
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