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Wife, Mother ... Lover? (Intimate Moments No. 818)
256 pages
A tender, slow-burn romance steeped in the delicious angst of a marriage of convenience and the quiet ache of unrequited love.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like wrapping yourself in a cozy, familiar blanket while nursing a bittersweet cup of tea. It delivers the quintessential satisfaction of the marriage-of-convenience trope, steeping the reader in an atmosphere of quiet domesticity charged with unspoken yearning. The pacing is steady and deliberate, allowing the emotional weight of grief and duty to slowly give way to tentative hope and undeniable chemistry. You are pulled into the protagonist's internal world of self-sacrifice and hidden desires, feeling every pang of her unrequited affection. It is a deeply earnest and tender experience, perfect for readers who crave the slow, rewarding burn of watching a pragmatic, platonic arrangement inevitably melt into a passionate, deeply rooted love story.
- Mood
- cozy
- bittersweet
- hopeful
- emotionally charged
- Tone
- earnest
- tender
- yearning
- compassionate
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · unrequited love · healing from grief · found family · quiet sacrifice
- The writing
- The prose is accessible and emotionally direct, focusing heavily on internal monologues of longing and the intimate details of domestic life.
- The arc
- The narrative moves from a place of quiet, self-sacrificing duty and hidden longing to a deeply satisfying mutual vulnerability and passionate awakening.
- Who it's for
- Romance readers who devour the delicious, slow-burn angst of a marriage of convenience and love watching a pragmatic arrangement melt into genuine affection.
Content notes
- grief
- death of a sibling
- death of a spouse
About the book
A CONVENIENT BRIDE'S WISH...
When she saw the chance to help her late sister's husband and children, Leanne knew she couldn't refuse. If Mitch needed a wife to keep custody of the twins, she would agree to become his bride-in-name-only. She would forget that her family would never understand, that her heart would break when it came time to leave, that her feelings for Mitch went far beyond friendship.
And she would hope that one day Mitch would see her as something other than just a convenient wife. More than a substitute mother to his adorable toddlers. She dreamed that one day he would look at her heart's desire and take her as his wife...in every sense of the word.
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