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No Provocation
288 pages
A high-stakes marriage of convenience where simmering resentment battles undeniable attraction.
What it feels like
This classic contemporary romance delivers a brisk, high-angst reading experience built entirely around the delicious tension of a marriage of convenience. The atmosphere is thick with simmering resentment and undeniable attraction, trapping the reader in the same claustrophobic, emotionally charged space as the protagonists. It feels like a quintessential nineties category romance, where ruthless business deals and family scandals force desperate bargains. The prose is direct and heavily focused on internal conflict, driving the narrative forward through sharp dialogue and stolen glances rather than external action. It is a perfect fit for readers who love the dramatic power dynamics of enemies-to-lovers tropes, offering a satisfying emotional arc that transforms bitter reluctance into a fiery, hard-won devotion.
- Mood
- tense
- passionate
- high-stakes
- simmering
- Tone
- dramatic
- earnest
- intense
- angsty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- enemies to lovers · marriage of convenience · family loyalty · power dynamics · duty versus desire
- The writing
- Direct, emotionally charged, and heavily focused on internal conflict and romantic tension.
- The arc
- Moves from desperate resentment and forced proximity to a reluctant, fiery surrender to love.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave classic, high-angst category romances featuring ruthless businessmen and the determined women who bargain with them.
Content notes
- blackmail
- family financial ruin
- power imbalance
About the book
Bargain with the enemy
From the first moment she saw him, Candy Neilson had been attracted to Justin Richmond. But she knew he wasn't the right man for her. He was, after all, her father's business rival. And worse, one of the newspapers he owned as threatening to print information that would ruin her family.
Still, he was the only one who could help her, and she had to try to bargain with him. Even if that meant considering his ludicrous marriage proposal... or accepting it.
Description from Open Library.
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