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Untouched Wife
188 pages
A breathless, high-stakes marriage of convenience fueled by scandal, simmering tension, and sun-drenched drama.
What it feels like
Reading this classic romance feels like stepping into a deliciously tense, sun-drenched soap opera where every glance is loaded with unspoken desire and high-stakes drama. The narrative moves at a brisk, breathless pace, sweeping the reader from the cold boardrooms of corporate mergers to the lush, passionate atmosphere of Portuguese vineyards. It thrives on the delicious agony of forced proximity, wrapping the reader in an anxious but deeply romantic mood as the protagonists navigate a marriage built on blackmail and self-preservation. The prose is earnest and emotionally heightened, perfectly capturing the simmering resentment that slowly melts into undeniable attraction. It is a perfect, indulgent escape for readers who love the vintage charm of a fake relationship inevitably blossoming into true love.
- Mood
- anxious
- passionate
- sun-drenched
- constrained
- Tone
- melodramatic
- earnest
- tense
- romantic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · forced proximity · hidden desires · scandal and reputation · duty versus passion
- The writing
- Emotionally heightened and direct, leaning into the breathless melodrama characteristic of classic category romance.
- The arc
- Moves from trapped resentment and anxious self-preservation to a reluctant, simmering surrender to genuine love.
- Who it's for
- Readers who devour vintage romance tropes, particularly the delicious tension of a fake marriage turning real under the Mediterranean sun.
Content notes
- blackmail
- emotional manipulation
- jealousy
About the book
The photographs were explicit and damning
Marcos Santana was right: no one would believe that he and Sharley had not been having an affair the pictures said it all.
Sharley knew there was good reason for the blackmail. The labor disputes in Marcos's Portuguese vineyards and the merger with her Godfather's English Corp. would blow up if the pictures were released.
There was no alternative but to destroy the photographs scandal value. They must get married-quickly! The marriage would be in name only, but would Marcos's girlfriend, Teresa understand that? Would Marcos...?
Description from Open Library.
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