The marriage of convenience trope is one of my favorite tropes to read, so I was super excited to get my hands on this. This was a decent debut and I loved that our couple were POC.

The chemistry between Natalie and Garrett was explosive from the first time they met and it kept building through this short book. I was begging them to act on their feelings so many times. They also balanced each other out with their personalities. It was a good time to read about Garrett, who opposed thoughts of love and realized that he was falling in love with Natalie.

Now, I do have some issues. There were time jumps where I was left confused about what was happening. I know this book is a short one and maybe they cut it down for size, but I would have loved a bit more information or some page breaks. Also, the plot was pretty typical and I grew annoyed with Garrett and how he decided to handle his growing feelings for Natalie. Don’t push someone away just because you are starting to feel.

Overall, it was a decent short story and I’m open to reading more of this series. His sister Adelaide is next and I hope she gets her HEA.

I received an ARC via NetGalley for an honest review.

This was fun and a well done trope.

I don’t love the end conclusions that happened. It’s my leave favorite kind of bleak moment.