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Wife For a Week
219 pages
A glamorous, high-stakes game of pretend where the hardest rule to follow is keeping your heart out of the deal.
What it feels like
Reading this romance feels like stepping into a whirlwind of first-class flights, luxury hotels, and crackling, undeniable chemistry. The narrative moves at a brisk, addictive clip, driven by sharp banter and the delicious tension of forced proximity. It perfectly captures the intoxicating thrill of the fake-dating trope, where every public touch is a performance and every private moment is fraught with unspoken desire. The prose is snappy and focused, keeping the reader anchored in the characters' escalating emotional stakes as their carefully constructed boundaries begin to crumble. It is an ideal, escapist read for anyone who loves watching a rigidly controlled, wealthy hero slowly lose his mind over a heroine who refuses to play by his rules.
- Mood
- glamorous
- escapist
- tension-filled
- Tone
- playful
- swoony
- banter-heavy
- lightly angsty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- blurring boundaries · the intoxicating nature of forced proximity · vulnerability beneath wealth · giving in to desire
- The writing
- Snappy and dialogue-driven, the writing focuses heavily on the crackling chemistry and sensory details of high-society luxury.
- The arc
- The journey moves from calculated, transactional boundaries to a breathless surrender to genuine emotional connection.
- Who it's for
- Romance readers who devour the fake-dating trope and love watching a strict, emotionally guarded billionaire unravel for a sharp-witted heroine.
Content notes
- sexual content
About the book
Nicholas Cooper, 30, must produce a wife for his business deal, and Australian Hallie Bennett, 24, is beautiful and intelligent enough to pull it off. She needs the money, and Nicholas has determined some strict rules for their week together.
Rule No. 1: Displays of affection in public only
Keeping their hands on each other in public turns out to be surprisingly easy. It's keeping them off in private that's the problem. Hallie is falling for Nicholas, but will Nicholas make his contract wife his real-life bride?
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