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Motive for Marriage
187 pages
A tender marriage-of-convenience story where a desperate father's quest to reclaim his daughter unexpectedly blossoms into genuine romance.
What it feels like
This steady, heartwarming contemporary romance wraps the reader in a tender exploration of found family and second chances. Driven by a father's desperate longing to reunite with his child after years of separation, the narrative carries an earnest and hopeful tone. The emotional texture shifts beautifully from pragmatic determination to genuine affection as a proposed marriage of convenience slowly transforms into something real. The prose is accessible and emotionally direct, keeping the focus squarely on the evolving bonds between a father, a daughter, and the woman who brings them together. It is a perfect fit for readers who delight in stories about adoption, healing family fractures, and the unexpected ways love can grow from a practical arrangement.
- Mood
- heartwarming
- emotional
- comforting
- Tone
- earnest
- romantic
- tender
- hopeful
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- found family · marriage of convenience · second chances at parenthood · healing family bonds
- The writing
- Accessible and emotionally direct, focusing on the internal shifts and growing attachments between the characters.
- The arc
- Moves from desperate determination and familial longing to unexpected romantic affection and the forging of a new family.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love heartwarming contemporary romance centered on blended families, adoption, and marriages of convenience.
Content notes
- child separation
- loss of a parent
About the book
He'll do anything to get his daughter back
Nathan Perry has a perfect motive for marriage. He's going to lose his daughter for the second time unless he can persuade Libby Jamieson, the woman who's planning to adopt motherless little Sara, to marry him. Nate hasn't seen his daughter since she was placed in a witness protection program with her mother, Nate's ex-wife, eight years ago.
More than anything, he wants his child back. But his daughter loves Libby and Nate's beginning to understand the little girl's feelings.
In fact, his real motive for marrying Libby is beginning to change.
Description from Open Library.
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