Marriage for One
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When Rose and Jack meet, she has just lost her uncle, and with him her dream of owning a coffee shop. Rose wanted nothing more than to open a café in her uncle’s building. But her uncle’s will is clear – the building goes to Rose’s husband. Not to her.
Then, his lawyer, Jack, offers an unusual solution… she can marry him. She’ll get the café and he’ll get the building. For some reason, Rose agrees.
It might be a marriage of convenience but it’s anything but simple. Despite it being his idea, Jack is unbearably surly... But then he does something that shows Rose he might just have a softer side.
Maybe love can start with a contract… but will Rose still feel that way when she learns the full terms of their deal?
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This book was so beautiful. Rose and Jack have my heart. *cries* I loved every part of this book from the beginning to the end. It was just the perfect amount of fluff and angst. The tension. The slow burn. It couldn’t possibly be written better! I laughed, I was angry and I cried a lot reading this! It was an emotional rollercoaster but I wouldn’t change it for anything. It was simply perfect. If I had to describe the perfect contemporary slow burn romance it would be exactly this book. Definitely among my favorite books this year!!! ——————second read: still as in love. Giggled like a child at Christmas the entire time. This was exactly the palette cleanser i needed to start my fantasy month. 5
Gutes Buch aber zu langatmig
Rose mit ihrem Traum von einem eigenen Cafe mochte ich sehr. Ich habe sehr gerne gelesen, wie sie diesen Traum nach und nach erfüllt. Natürlich gelang ihr dies nur dank der Zweckehe, auf die sie sich einliess. Dieses Konzept gefiel mir gut mit der Mischung aus enemies to lovers und slow burn. Jedoch war mir das Buch ab der zweiten Hälfte viel zu langatmig. Die Seiten habe ich ab der Hälfte nur noch überflogen, um herauszufinden, warum Jack die Zweckehe unbedingt wollte. Persönlich hatte ich mir unter dem Grund etwas spektakuläreres erhofft. Nachdem ich den Grund erfahren habe, brach ich das Buch ab (etwa bei 3/4 des Buches). Ansonsten hat mir das Buch viel Spass gemacht, das Englisch war flüssig zu lesen und es war humorvoll geschrieben.
Ich mochte es echt gerne. Für meinen Geschmack hat Rose bisschen viel und häufig geheult, aber manche Menschen sind halt emotionaler als andere. Allgemein war es ein gutes Marriage of convenience-Buch, auch wenn meine Erwartungen ein bisschen zu hoch angesetzt waren. (Dachte das würde ein 5/5 Buch werden)
an sich ein gutes Buch
mochte den Schreibstil sehr gerne, ist sehr einfaches Englisch und nicht schwer zu verstehen. Mochte auch die beiden Charaktere und wie sich die Geschichte zwischen den Beiden entwickelt hat, muss aber dazu sagen, dass mir der Plot der Geschichte leider gar nicht getaugt hat und ich mir eine andere „Auflösung“, warum die Hochzeit tatsächlich zustande gekommen ist, gewünscht hätte. Ist keine ganz leichte Geschichte, weil auch ein schweres Thema behandelt wird, aber für zwischendurch macht man mir dem Buch nicht soo viel falsch.
4 Sterne (Re-Read am 15.07.) Super Slowburn zwischen Rose (eher ein Sonnenschein) und Jack (eher grummelig). Ausgangspunkt ist eigentlich ihre Zweckehe, doch spätestens als Jack sich wegen einer Kopfverletzung um Rose kümmern muss, entstehen echte Gefühle. Kribbelig, sweet, aber am Ende kommt ein „Geheimnis“ heraus, das ich nicht völlig romantisch fand.
So conflicted over this book. Liked it in the beginning but the second half become boring and weird to me. The drama is too much and seems very forced. Jack is a smart man I'm sure he would have figured out that just talking to her and telling her about her con fiance would have been the best choice. And even if he didn't some things in the story were dragged out too much and seemed illogical like her being a b to him and then not signing the divorce papers. I don't know how to explain but they're both smart both of them should and could have found a better way to communicate but then again it's a romance book and drama is needed even if it's stupid like the premise of the story in the first place. I accepted it tho because it's fiction. I like the writer's writing style and I liked the couple together. Stalking aside, he seems like a nice dude I guess he just needs therapy and should apologize.
2 ⭐️ I liked the slowburn aspect. There wasn't much plot, but that's okay for the story itself. At some points I enjoyed the relationship between the two, but that changed from moment to moment. He gave massive obsessive stalker vibes and that was a big no-no for me. If it wasnt for that and the whole storyline behind it, I would have rated it way higher. The only line that stuck to me: ,Rough life, stalker life’ - not a good sign I guess.
More around a 1.5 Stars, but I got this gifted and I just can’t give this a lower rating Unfortunately this was just not it, for me. I realize that everyone has different taste and opions in books but since I read Charlie, Love and Clichés by this author and actually really liked it, I had high expectations for this one. My main issue was Jack our MMC. He was described as grumpy, but his actions were just straight up rude and that’s a no no for me. I personally didn’t see any growth in these characters, despite being a 500 page book. Rose, our FMC, was also a tiny bit annoying but overall I enjoyed reading about her more. Though I still don’t understand what made her like him around the 300 page mark, because nothing changed about these two. He was still rude. They still barely talked with each other and if they talked, I wouldn’t even call they conversations friendly. Finally with my issue, for not seeing any chemistry between these two, the spicy scenes felt very uncomfortable and awkward and more like two strangers. Anyway you win some you lose some, it’s ok, maybe the next is better.
Update after rereading: I'm going to have to lower my rating to a 3.5 because this book lost its sparkle over the years. Mariage for One was one of the first romance books I've read after previously only reading fantasy/ sci-fi and while I loved it the first time around it wasn't anything special to me this time. It's still a great book I#ve just read better Exactly the kind of romance that I love! It did start a little too slow for me, but after about 20% it gets so amazingly good it's ridiculous! I could've finished this book in one sitting but I didn't want it to end...
This is a marriage of convenience story. My favorites. So, Rose is in a pickle. She was supposed to open her cafe in NYC in a few weeks but the rug has been kind of pulled from under her feet when her uncle, the owner of the cafe dies and it’s passed down to his children, unless Rose married whithin the next week. Of course, her fiance has just left her, leaving her without any potential spouse to salvage all the money and effort she has put into this project. In comes Jack. Jack is a lawyer at the firm employed by her uncle, to deal with all his business ventures and his will. Jack has a proposition (a proposal) for Rose. They get married, Rose gets the local for the cafe for 2 years and then he owns it. She’s surpised but accepts and thus starts their relationship. I LOVE THIS BOOK! Sometimes, people on instagram don’t lie, although mostly they do. What did I love ? The romance, I love a good marriage of convenience, the awkwardness of the beginning, the pinning, will they/won’t they, the questionning whether they feel the same. ugh, so good. And this book is really good at all of this. The relationship builds slowly, I loved Rose counting the numbers of time Jack smiled at the beginning and the little genuine attentions. All of it. I also really appreciated the twist. There is always a 3rd quarter conflict and something this book does really well is, it tells you what the twist is going to be. The whole time, the whole story, you’re waiting for the moment for it to be exposed, because you know what is going to happen. Except actually you don’t, the book misdirects you in such a way that the surprise is even bigger and I loved it!!!! So well done I honestly don’t have anything bad to say abot this book so yeah, 5 stars
I‘m in love with this book! And even though I read it two years ago with many many re-reads in between, it’s still #1 on my list of romance books. Nothing has beaten this book until now. For me it has the perfect amount of slowburn. The perfect amount of grumpiness from the MC and perfect amount of kind, emotional but also strong character from the FC. And if you love slowburn romances, marriage of convenience, with a grumpy man who cracks open slowly and an emotional, strong but not too „ladylike“ woman, then READ THIS! The relationship buildup was really good, not to fast. Same goes for the intimacy between both of them. I loved it, but of course this depends on the likeness of each reader, I go by „less is more“ when it comes to intimacy in slowburn books. But don’t get me wrong, this book has it‘s spice
This book was so beautiful. Rose and Jack have my heart. *cries* I loved every part of this book from the beginning to the end. It was just the perfect amount of fluff and angst. The tension. The slow burn. It couldn’t possibly be written better! I laughed, I was angry and I cried a lot reading this! It was an emotional rollercoaster but I wouldn’t change it for anything. It was simply perfect. If I had to describe the perfect contemporary slow burn romance it would be exactly this book. Definitely among my favorite books this year!!! ——————second read: still as in love. Giggled like a child at Christmas the entire time. This was exactly the palette cleanser i needed to start my fantasy month. 5
Update after rereading: I'm going to have to lower my rating to a 3.5 because this book lost its sparkle over the years. Mariage for One was one of the first romance books I've read after previously only reading fantasy/ sci-fi and while I loved it the first time around it wasn't anything special to me this time. It's still a great book I#ve just read better Exactly the kind of romance that I love! It did start a little too slow for me, but after about 20% it gets so amazingly good it's ridiculous! I could've finished this book in one sitting but I didn't want it to end...
Description
When Rose and Jack meet, she has just lost her uncle, and with him her dream of owning a coffee shop. Rose wanted nothing more than to open a café in her uncle’s building. But her uncle’s will is clear – the building goes to Rose’s husband. Not to her.
Then, his lawyer, Jack, offers an unusual solution… she can marry him. She’ll get the café and he’ll get the building. For some reason, Rose agrees.
It might be a marriage of convenience but it’s anything but simple. Despite it being his idea, Jack is unbearably surly... But then he does something that shows Rose he might just have a softer side.
Maybe love can start with a contract… but will Rose still feel that way when she learns the full terms of their deal?
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This book was so beautiful. Rose and Jack have my heart. *cries* I loved every part of this book from the beginning to the end. It was just the perfect amount of fluff and angst. The tension. The slow burn. It couldn’t possibly be written better! I laughed, I was angry and I cried a lot reading this! It was an emotional rollercoaster but I wouldn’t change it for anything. It was simply perfect. If I had to describe the perfect contemporary slow burn romance it would be exactly this book. Definitely among my favorite books this year!!! ——————second read: still as in love. Giggled like a child at Christmas the entire time. This was exactly the palette cleanser i needed to start my fantasy month. 5
Gutes Buch aber zu langatmig
Rose mit ihrem Traum von einem eigenen Cafe mochte ich sehr. Ich habe sehr gerne gelesen, wie sie diesen Traum nach und nach erfüllt. Natürlich gelang ihr dies nur dank der Zweckehe, auf die sie sich einliess. Dieses Konzept gefiel mir gut mit der Mischung aus enemies to lovers und slow burn. Jedoch war mir das Buch ab der zweiten Hälfte viel zu langatmig. Die Seiten habe ich ab der Hälfte nur noch überflogen, um herauszufinden, warum Jack die Zweckehe unbedingt wollte. Persönlich hatte ich mir unter dem Grund etwas spektakuläreres erhofft. Nachdem ich den Grund erfahren habe, brach ich das Buch ab (etwa bei 3/4 des Buches). Ansonsten hat mir das Buch viel Spass gemacht, das Englisch war flüssig zu lesen und es war humorvoll geschrieben.
Ich mochte es echt gerne. Für meinen Geschmack hat Rose bisschen viel und häufig geheult, aber manche Menschen sind halt emotionaler als andere. Allgemein war es ein gutes Marriage of convenience-Buch, auch wenn meine Erwartungen ein bisschen zu hoch angesetzt waren. (Dachte das würde ein 5/5 Buch werden)
an sich ein gutes Buch
mochte den Schreibstil sehr gerne, ist sehr einfaches Englisch und nicht schwer zu verstehen. Mochte auch die beiden Charaktere und wie sich die Geschichte zwischen den Beiden entwickelt hat, muss aber dazu sagen, dass mir der Plot der Geschichte leider gar nicht getaugt hat und ich mir eine andere „Auflösung“, warum die Hochzeit tatsächlich zustande gekommen ist, gewünscht hätte. Ist keine ganz leichte Geschichte, weil auch ein schweres Thema behandelt wird, aber für zwischendurch macht man mir dem Buch nicht soo viel falsch.
4 Sterne (Re-Read am 15.07.) Super Slowburn zwischen Rose (eher ein Sonnenschein) und Jack (eher grummelig). Ausgangspunkt ist eigentlich ihre Zweckehe, doch spätestens als Jack sich wegen einer Kopfverletzung um Rose kümmern muss, entstehen echte Gefühle. Kribbelig, sweet, aber am Ende kommt ein „Geheimnis“ heraus, das ich nicht völlig romantisch fand.
So conflicted over this book. Liked it in the beginning but the second half become boring and weird to me. The drama is too much and seems very forced. Jack is a smart man I'm sure he would have figured out that just talking to her and telling her about her con fiance would have been the best choice. And even if he didn't some things in the story were dragged out too much and seemed illogical like her being a b to him and then not signing the divorce papers. I don't know how to explain but they're both smart both of them should and could have found a better way to communicate but then again it's a romance book and drama is needed even if it's stupid like the premise of the story in the first place. I accepted it tho because it's fiction. I like the writer's writing style and I liked the couple together. Stalking aside, he seems like a nice dude I guess he just needs therapy and should apologize.
2 ⭐️ I liked the slowburn aspect. There wasn't much plot, but that's okay for the story itself. At some points I enjoyed the relationship between the two, but that changed from moment to moment. He gave massive obsessive stalker vibes and that was a big no-no for me. If it wasnt for that and the whole storyline behind it, I would have rated it way higher. The only line that stuck to me: ,Rough life, stalker life’ - not a good sign I guess.
More around a 1.5 Stars, but I got this gifted and I just can’t give this a lower rating Unfortunately this was just not it, for me. I realize that everyone has different taste and opions in books but since I read Charlie, Love and Clichés by this author and actually really liked it, I had high expectations for this one. My main issue was Jack our MMC. He was described as grumpy, but his actions were just straight up rude and that’s a no no for me. I personally didn’t see any growth in these characters, despite being a 500 page book. Rose, our FMC, was also a tiny bit annoying but overall I enjoyed reading about her more. Though I still don’t understand what made her like him around the 300 page mark, because nothing changed about these two. He was still rude. They still barely talked with each other and if they talked, I wouldn’t even call they conversations friendly. Finally with my issue, for not seeing any chemistry between these two, the spicy scenes felt very uncomfortable and awkward and more like two strangers. Anyway you win some you lose some, it’s ok, maybe the next is better.
Update after rereading: I'm going to have to lower my rating to a 3.5 because this book lost its sparkle over the years. Mariage for One was one of the first romance books I've read after previously only reading fantasy/ sci-fi and while I loved it the first time around it wasn't anything special to me this time. It's still a great book I#ve just read better Exactly the kind of romance that I love! It did start a little too slow for me, but after about 20% it gets so amazingly good it's ridiculous! I could've finished this book in one sitting but I didn't want it to end...
This is a marriage of convenience story. My favorites. So, Rose is in a pickle. She was supposed to open her cafe in NYC in a few weeks but the rug has been kind of pulled from under her feet when her uncle, the owner of the cafe dies and it’s passed down to his children, unless Rose married whithin the next week. Of course, her fiance has just left her, leaving her without any potential spouse to salvage all the money and effort she has put into this project. In comes Jack. Jack is a lawyer at the firm employed by her uncle, to deal with all his business ventures and his will. Jack has a proposition (a proposal) for Rose. They get married, Rose gets the local for the cafe for 2 years and then he owns it. She’s surpised but accepts and thus starts their relationship. I LOVE THIS BOOK! Sometimes, people on instagram don’t lie, although mostly they do. What did I love ? The romance, I love a good marriage of convenience, the awkwardness of the beginning, the pinning, will they/won’t they, the questionning whether they feel the same. ugh, so good. And this book is really good at all of this. The relationship builds slowly, I loved Rose counting the numbers of time Jack smiled at the beginning and the little genuine attentions. All of it. I also really appreciated the twist. There is always a 3rd quarter conflict and something this book does really well is, it tells you what the twist is going to be. The whole time, the whole story, you’re waiting for the moment for it to be exposed, because you know what is going to happen. Except actually you don’t, the book misdirects you in such a way that the surprise is even bigger and I loved it!!!! So well done I honestly don’t have anything bad to say abot this book so yeah, 5 stars
I‘m in love with this book! And even though I read it two years ago with many many re-reads in between, it’s still #1 on my list of romance books. Nothing has beaten this book until now. For me it has the perfect amount of slowburn. The perfect amount of grumpiness from the MC and perfect amount of kind, emotional but also strong character from the FC. And if you love slowburn romances, marriage of convenience, with a grumpy man who cracks open slowly and an emotional, strong but not too „ladylike“ woman, then READ THIS! The relationship buildup was really good, not to fast. Same goes for the intimacy between both of them. I loved it, but of course this depends on the likeness of each reader, I go by „less is more“ when it comes to intimacy in slowburn books. But don’t get me wrong, this book has it‘s spice
This book was so beautiful. Rose and Jack have my heart. *cries* I loved every part of this book from the beginning to the end. It was just the perfect amount of fluff and angst. The tension. The slow burn. It couldn’t possibly be written better! I laughed, I was angry and I cried a lot reading this! It was an emotional rollercoaster but I wouldn’t change it for anything. It was simply perfect. If I had to describe the perfect contemporary slow burn romance it would be exactly this book. Definitely among my favorite books this year!!! ——————second read: still as in love. Giggled like a child at Christmas the entire time. This was exactly the palette cleanser i needed to start my fantasy month. 5
Update after rereading: I'm going to have to lower my rating to a 3.5 because this book lost its sparkle over the years. Mariage for One was one of the first romance books I've read after previously only reading fantasy/ sci-fi and while I loved it the first time around it wasn't anything special to me this time. It's still a great book I#ve just read better Exactly the kind of romance that I love! It did start a little too slow for me, but after about 20% it gets so amazingly good it's ridiculous! I could've finished this book in one sitting but I didn't want it to end...