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A Matter Of Convenience (Destiny Coin)

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When Corinna Towers was still a child, her mother gave her the Destiny Coin and told her to learn what the coin said: Numquam tuas spes dedisce--never forget your dreams. Her mother died soon after, and Corinna was left with nothing of her mother but the coin. Many years later, Corinna lives with her aunt and cousin in Boston as a Cinderella-type drudge. Her cousin, however, is no wicked stepsister, and they are planning a daring escape-at-the-altar plan for cousin Katie. Katie is to marry Edward Grant, a loathsome man with a loathsome father--and a handsome half-brother, Stuart. Since Stuart nearly runs Corinna over with his carriage, they have shared a relationship sparked with antagonism--and attraction. When Corinna is instrumental in Katie's elopement, an event humiliating to both of the families involved--Stuart finds himself helping Corinna while helping himself, first in an engagement of convenience, then a marriage of convenience. While they both fall in love, lack of communication prevents them from sharing their feelings. Also, someone is trying to kill Stuart and doesn't care who gets in the way. Sometimes it feels like the plot and the subplot don't quite mesh, but this is a pleasant way to while away an evening.

Fast paced, entertaining and satisfying, this author has a gift for bringing a romantic tale to life. Characters and events in A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE sizzle across the pages, making the reader sorry the story has to end. I can hardly wait for the next book in the Destiny Coin series.

Gabriella Anderson has the gift. After helping her cousin leave her intended at the altar to run off and marry the man she really loves. Corinna makes an arrangement to marry a man she hardly knows and doesn't really like (Stuart). Stuart and Corinna agree to make this a "Matter of Convenience" for her to get away from her controlling and mean Aunt, and for him to fend off the mothers that are trying to get him to marry their daughters (he is very rich and handsome too). Then there are the scheming relatives and the long lost friend, the constant friction between them, not to mention the Destiny coin. This is a quick moving story that will keep you entertained from start to finish. You will laugh, and cry what more could you ask for in a book? Buy it, read it, and enjoy it! I certainly did!

I Read "A Matter of Convenience" on a long overseas flight. I though it was a great way to spend 4 hours. I look forward to the next book in the series.