Fiance for Hire (The Wedding Ring) (Harlequin Temptation, No 824) [Paperback]

Pamela Burford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2001

The Wedding Ring: Four high school friends and a pact—every girl marries her ideal man by thirty or be prepared for matchmaking.

The Bride-to-Be: Amanda Coppersmith, successful at everything but marriage. There's absolutely no way she's going to let the Wedding Ring fix her up—been there, done that! She's determined to outwit her matchmaking pals.

The Prospective Groom: Nick Stephanos, sexy New York taxi driver and the perfect choice for phony fiancé. Except there's a lot more to Nick than meets the eye—Amanda's in particular.

The Hitch: How can a simple fake engagement get so complicated? Nick is willing to be bought and everyone's completely taken in. So why is Amanda having such a hard time remembering that Nick's not really her man? And why isn't there an easy returns policy on fiancés?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373259247
• ISBN-13: 978-0373259243
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,768,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Pamela Burford is the award-winning author of fourteen romantic suspense and contemporary romance novels. She has received four RITA and Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award nominations and is a frequent speaker at writers' conferences and workshops. Her books have received outstanding reviews and been translated into more than a dozen languages. She is the founder and past president of Long Island Romance Writers, a chapter of Romance Writers of America. Her sister Patricia Ryan, a.k.a. the Good Twin, is also a published novelist. Pamela invites you to visit her web site at www.pamelaburford.com

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Award Winner for Excellence in a Miniseries, March 6, 2001

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fiance for Hire (The Wedding Ring) (Harlequin Temptation, No 824) (Paperback)

The four women have been best friends since kindergarten. When they graduated from high school, they formed THE WEDDING RING CLUB, agreeing to find each other husbands if any of them are still single at age thirty. Little did they suspect just how complicated that agreement would become twelve years later. FIANCE FOR HIRE is the terrific concluding segment of this four part miniseries by Pamela Burford.

Amanda's friends really know how to throw a 30th birthday party -- complete with party favors, point hats, musical chairs, and duck, duck, goose. But then, Amanda shows up with a sexy date, one who quotes dead earls no less, to fill the Wedding Ring requirement. Never mind she hired Nick, he drives a taxi, and smells divine. Seems like Nick Stephanos can keep Amanda's meddlesome friends satisfied and get the marriage aversion solved all at the same time.

The problem with hiring a fiancé is what to do with him if you fall for him -- hard. Amanda believes that he's in it for the money. After all, the job pays fairly well, and he's accompanying a sexy woman complete with short skirts and spike heals. Not much more a guy could want. Except for one thing. If he's not in it for the money, then why did he agree to this job?

Pamela Burford succeeds again with class, grace, and humor! The Wedding Ring miniseries is a smash success, and ends with a terrific bang! The plot rocks, the characters sizzle, and the humor abounds. Not much more a demanding romance reader can ask for! If I could give more than Very highly recommended, I certainly would. Indeed, WordWeaving.com occasionally gives awards for excellent novels, but this is the first series to win the honor. Congratulations, Ms Burford!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real treat for romance lovers, March 5, 2001

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fiance for Hire (The Wedding Ring) (Harlequin Temptation, No 824) (Paperback)

When the other three members of the Wedding Ring group enter her office, Amanda Coppersmith knows what they want. She informs Raven, Charli, and Sunny that she feels good for them with their recent marital bliss. However, the publisher of a monthly children's nature magazine says she tried that institution and learned it is not for her. Still, the persistent trio reminds Amanda of the pact they agreed to in high school in which they will matchmake for any one of them not married by thirty. The single Amanda just turned thirty.

Amanda decides she needs to out maneuver her well-meaning friends. In a taxi, she thinks about her conundrum and comes up with the solution in the driver, Nikolas Stephanos, a hunk with a command of the Queen's English. She hires him to pretend to be her boyfriend for the three months the Wedding Ring crisis exists. However, Amanda never expected to fall in love with her "boyfriend". Nick worries that when his beloved learns about his deception, not even love or her three matchmaking buddies will save the relationship.

FIANCÉ FOR HIRE, the final book in Pamela Burford's enjoyable "Wedding Ring" series, is a fun tale that contains several intriguing twists. The return of the previous three now married and happy heroines adds to the luster of feeling. Amanda is a complex character, perhaps the most enigmatic of the group. Nick is an intelligent hunk who readers will adore. Ms. Burford completes her triumphant quartet with another amusing romantic romp.

Harriet Klausner