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The Playboy of Puerto Banus
256 pages
A glamorous, high-stakes marriage of convenience where a transactional arrangement melts into undeniable, sun-drenched passion.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping onto a sun-drenched yacht in the Mediterranean—it is pure, unadulterated escapism wrapped in the glittering trappings of extreme wealth. The narrative moves at a brisk, addictive clip, pulling you through a classic marriage-of-convenience setup where every glance is charged with high-stakes tension. The mood is opulent and swoony, contrasting the heroine's desperate vulnerability with the hero's arrogant, worldly power. Its prose is emotionally heightened, focusing intensely on the sensory details of luxury and the magnetic, undeniable physical pull between the leads. It is a perfect indulgence for readers who crave the melodramatic, passionate intensity of vintage billionaire romances, where transactional boundaries inevitably crumble under the weight of true emotional surrender.
- Mood
- glamorous
- opulent
- swoony
- tense
- Tone
- melodramatic
- passionate
- escapist
- earnest
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · power and vulnerability · loss of innocence · transactional love · wealth and privilege
- The writing
- Emotionally heightened and accessible, leaning heavily into the sensory details of luxury and intense physical attraction.
- The arc
- Moves from desperate, transactional arrangements and guarded boundaries to overwhelming passion and vulnerable surrender.
- Who it's for
- Readers who devour classic, high-stakes billionaire romances featuring innocent heroines, arrogant playboys, and marriage-of-convenience tropes.
Content notes
- explicit sexual content
- financial coercion
- power imbalance
About the book
Rich, famous and notorious. Raul Sanchez Fuente scores three out of three. When she agreed to help out a friend, Estelle Connolly didn't expect to end up as an escort to a society wedding, or to catch the eye of the most powerful man in the room. Innocent Estelle struggles to retain her sophisticated cover especially when Raul makes her an outrageous offer, the money to settle her family problems in exchange for a few months of her time, as Mrs. Sanchez! Contract has been signed, the Spanish honeymoon arranged, but there isn't a clause to cover all consequences of the wedding night.
Description from Open Library.
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