His Pretend Wife [Mass Market Paperback]

Lisette Belisle (Author)

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Series: Silhouette Special Edition | Publication Date: April 1, 2003

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037324536X
• ISBN-13: 978-0373245369
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,338,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but not as good as "The Wedding Bargain", April 26, 2006

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Gemma "bookworm" (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: His Pretend Wife (Mass Market Paperback)

From the back cover:

A sham marriage...that was all too real.

When a near-fatal accident landed loner Jack Slade in the hospital, Abby had only claimed to be his wife to keep her promise to him. Besides, Jack needed her, and she was determined to stay until he was healed. But would her heart recover when it was time to leave?

Jack knew better than to get involved with elegant Miss Abigail Pierce. For their marriage was only a pretense, wasn't it? The kisses they shared didn't mean anything; the fact that his icy heart was beginning to thaw didn't matter. Except that he wished Abby would stop being his temporary wife...and become his permanent soul mate.

And my review:

This book is the sequel to THE WEDDING BARGAIN, but it should be noted that HIS PRETEND WIFE does work as a stand-alone. You don't need to read the preceding book for this one to make sense.

Those who have read THE WEDDING BARGAIN will enjoy the return of characters Olivia and Drew, now expecting their first baby, and have appearances that are sprinkled throughout the book.

I enjoyed HIS PRETEND WIFE, but not as much as the preceding book. The non-communication between Jack and Abby when on until the last five pages of the book, which got to be really irritating. It took a real kick in the seat of his pants (several of them, in fact) before Jack would finally admit his love. I just wanted to shake him sometimes! Abby was a likeable character, but not one that really left much of an impression on the reader. Even by the end of the book, I didn't feel like I knew what made her tick. She wasn't as cold as she'd seemed at the beginning of the story, but she didn't feel like an old friend, which is what most romance reader will want.

Maybe I just expected more of this book since I'd enjoyed THE WEDDING BARGAIN so much. Still, that being said, this was an okay read to pass a couple of hours, and not a book I regret reading, especially if you've already read the preceding book and want to know what happened to Jack and Abby.