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His Convenient Marriage
Wedlocked ! (Harlequin Presents)
First published 2003 · 288 pages
A classic marriage-of-convenience tale brimming with unspoken longing, domestic tension, and the delicious angst of a proud heroine forced to rely on an enigmatic boss.
What it feels like
Reading this classic category romance feels like stepping into a pressure cooker of unspoken desires and domestic tension. The narrative moves at a brisk, addictive clip, driven by the delicious friction of a marriage of convenience where both parties are hiding their true feelings. There is a distinctively nostalgic, emotionally heightened atmosphere typical of vintage Harlequin Presents, where every glance is loaded and every misunderstanding feels monumental. The prose is sharp and dialogue-heavy, focusing intensely on the internal emotional turmoil of a proud heroine struggling to maintain her dignity while falling for her enigmatic boss. It is a perfect, bite-sized indulgence for readers who crave high-angst relationship dynamics, forced proximity, and the deeply satisfying payoff of a pragmatic arrangement melting into genuine, passionate love.
- Mood
- emotionally charged
- domestic
- claustrophobic
- yearning
- Tone
- angsty
- earnest
- melodramatic
- tense
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · hidden desires · pride and vulnerability · class and status anxiety · forced proximity
- The writing
- Emotionally heightened and dialogue-heavy, focusing intensely on internal romantic turmoil and loaded interactions.
- The arc
- Moves from desperate pragmatism and guarded pride to explosive emotional vulnerability and secure love.
- Who it's for
- Readers who devour classic category romance angst, especially the marriage-of-convenience trope featuring a proud heroine and an enigmatic alpha hero.
Content notes
- family scandal
- emotional manipulation
- mild sexual content
About the book
After a family scandal, Francesca takes a job as secretary to Miles Hunter, a famous writer who buys the estate that had been her home. As she struggles to look after her truculent teenaged sister, Miles asks her to marry him in what she supposes is to be a marriage of convenience. But at the same time an old beau returns to the neighborhood and seems interested in picking up the pieces.
Description from Open Library.
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