Download or read book A Temporary Betrothal written by Dorothy Mack and published by Signet. This book was released on 1995 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accepting a marriage proposal from a man she loves, Belinda Melville joins in a ruse that will hide her intended's passion for Belinda's married cousin and is forced to choose between her heart and being in second place. Original.
Download or read book The Temporary Betrothal written by Lily George and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie Handley is a charming flirt—just like the fiancée who jilted Lieutenant Charles Cantrill after he was wounded at Waterloo. Yet her assistance in helping veterans is proving invaluable. And when she offers to feign a courtship to appease his family, he finds their arrangement curiously appealing…. Sophie has been groomed from birth for a life of easy comfort. Then financial ruin obliges her to reevaluate all her plans and dreams. Helping veterans and their wives helps her see what's truly important—and gives her the chance to enjoy the lieutenant's very appealing company. Somehow Sophie must help his embittered heart to see she's found her permanent place—by his side, and in his arms.
Download or read book A Temporary Marriage written by Summer Dowell and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kylee, will you marry me?" If she hadn't still been breathing, she would've checked for a pulse. "M-marry you?" "Not for real, of course!" Struggling graphic designer Kylee Morgan would do just about anything to help Ryan Hudson, her very attractive friend she's been harboring feelings for. But, marry him? That might be taking things a little too far even for her. Ryan is on the cusp of success with his new product line when things come to a crashing halt. He needs cash fast and his grandparent's trust fund is the perfect solution. However, there's one small requirement to get the money, he has to be married. Will Kylee and Ryan play a convincing married couple? Or will things fall apart when Ryan's family gets involved? Don't miss A Temporary Marriage, the first of The Fake Love series by Summer Dowell. If you like fake relationships and swoon worthy moments, than this clean romantic comedy will have you turning pages! 5 STARS "Loved this one so much!" 5 STARS "I was laughing out loud!" 5 STARS "So sweet and funny!"
Download or read book The Temporary Bride written by Jennifer Klinec and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Reading Lolita in Tehran, a true story of forbidden love set against the rich cultural and political backdrop of modern-day Iran. Jennifer Klinec is fearless. In her thirties, she abandons her bland corporate job to launch a cooking school from her London apartment and travel the world in search of delicious recipes and obscure culinary traditions. Her journey takes her to Iran, where she seeks out a local woman to learn the secrets of Persian cuisine. Vahid is suspicious of the strange foreigner who turns up in his mother's kitchen. Unused to such a bold and independent woman, he is frustrated to find himself, the prized only son of the house, largely ignored for the first time. But when the two are thrown together on an unexpected adventure, they discover a mutual attraction that draws them irresistibly toward each other--but also pits them against harsh Iranian laws and customs, which soon threaten to tear the unlikely lovers apart. Getting under the skin of one of the most complex and fascinating nations on earth, THE TEMPORARY BRIDE is a soaring, intricately woven story of being loved, being fed, and struggling to belong. *Includes Reading Group Guide*
Download or read book The Bird and The Fish Memoir of a Temporary Marriage written by Miriam Valmont and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afshin, a captivating Iranian graduate student, rents a room in Miriam Valmont's home. Landlady and tenant share an immediate and fast-growing attraction, despite the fact that Miriam is twice Afshin's age. When Afshin proposes a temporary Islamic marriage, Miriam readily agrees, driven by desire and curiosity. What shocks her, though, is the role Afshin invites her to play at the end of the marriage so that he, as a Muslim, can continue to express affection. The Bird and the Fish is the story of two people with radically different lives who find a way to honor a passionate love.
Download or read book Law of Desire written by Shahla Haeri and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an Iranian Muslim woman and a granddaughter of a well-known ayatollah, Shahla Haeri was accepted into the communities where she conducted her fieldwork on mut'a, temporary marriage. Mut'a is legally sanctioned among the Twelver Shi'ites who live predominantly in Iran. Drawing on rich interviews that would have been denied a Western anthropologist, the author describes the concept of a temporary-marriage contract, in which a man and an unmarried woman (virgin, widow, or divorcee) decide how long they want to stay married to each other (from one hour to ninety-nine years) and how much money is to be given to the temporary wife. Since the Iranian revolution of 1979, the regime has conduction an intensive campaign to revitalize this form of marriage, and Shi'i ulama (religious scholars) support it as positive, self-affirming, and cognizant of human needs. Challenged by secularly educated urban Iranian women, and men and by the West, the ulama have been called upon to address themselves to the implications of this custom for modern Iranian society, to respond to the changes that mut'a is legally equivalent to hire or lease, that it is abusive of women, and that it is in fact legalized prostitution. Law if Desire thus makes available previously untapped and undocumented data about an institution in which sexuality, morality, religious rules, secular laws, and cultural practices converge. This important work will be of interest to cultural anthropologist, religious scholars, scholars of the Middle East, and lawyers as well as to those interested in the role of women in Islamic society.
Download or read book His Substitute Wife written by Dorothy Clark and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Convenient Marriage Blake Latherop needs a wife in order to keep his business, and his betrothed has apparently eloped with another man. So when his fiancée’s sister, Audrey Prescott, steps off the train in Whisper Creek offering to be his bride, he’s in no position to refuse. But it’s hardly the marriage he had in mind. Audrey knows she shouldn’t have answered Blake’s letters in her sister’s name…but she couldn’t bring herself to tell him of his fiancée’s betrayal. Now the only way to fix things is through a temporary marriage. But as she comes to love her new life in the West, Audrey dreads the day Blake finds another solution to their situation. Because what started as a marriage of convenience has become so much more for her…
Download or read book Temporary Wife Temptation Mills Boon Desire The Heirs of Hansol Book 1 written by Jayci Lee and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their marriage is only for appearances... If their hearts don’t betray them
Download or read book The Billionaire s Fake Marriage written by MacKenzie Stowe and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I asked her to marry me to save my company, I never thought I would fall in love with her. Ryan: My company, my life's work, everything I've accomplished is on the line. I need to get married and fast. It will be easy to consider it a business arrangement. One that will be lucrative for both my assistant, Mika, and myself. I won't think about how this takes away the whole problem of dating an employee. But it doesn't take away my desire to make her mine. Mika: My career was all that mattered to me and getting ahead. When Ryan gives me an opportunity of a lifetime, I can't say no. But that was before I became his wife. That was before I moved in with him. That was before I started to fall in love with him. Now I want to find a way to stay with him forever. The Billionaire's Fake Marriage is a stand-alone billionaire office fake romance set in New York City with plenty of heat with a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhangers!
Download or read book Temporary Marriage written by Kay Thorpe and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Temporary Engagement the Fake Love Series written by Summer Dowell and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fake fiance is supposed to stay that way: fake. Elena is a thriving pharmacist who is completely confident in her single status. Well, relatively confident. But when her best friend calls in a favor for a needy brother-in-law, Elena can't say no. How hard can it be to fake an engagement for one evening? Mason is not one to beg for a date. In fact, he prides himself on his natural charm and charisma. But when his big mouth gets him into trouble, he needs some last-minute help. He just didn't expect his rescuer to be quite so attractive. Or so completely uninterested in him. What happens when this one night sham turns into more than these two planned for? 5 STARS "A book you don't want to miss out on!" 5 STARS "A fun read from start to finish!"
Download or read book Temporary Marriage in Iran written by Claudia Yaghoobi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposing a methodology that brings feminist theories of embodiment to bear on the Iranian literary and cinematic tradition, this study examines temporary marriage in Iran, not just as an institution but also as a set of practices, identities and meanings that have transformed over the course of the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. Based on analysis of novels and short stories from the Pahlavi era, and cinematic works produced after the Islamic Revolution, Claudia Yaghoobi looks at the representation of the sigheh women, or those who entered into temporary marriages. Each work reflects the manner in which the practice of sigheh impacts women by calling into question how sexuality works as a form of political analysis and power, revealing how a sigheh woman's sexual bodily autonomy is used as ammunition against what governments deem inappropriate gendered expression. While focusing mainly on modern Iranian cultural productions, Yaghoobi moves beyond the literary and cinematic realms to offer an in-depth examination of this controversial social institution which has been the subject of disdain for many Iranian feminists and captured the imagination of many Western observers.
Download or read book Not the Kind of Earl You Marry written by Kate Pembrooke and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Netflix's Bridgerton series will adore this stunning historical romance debut, where a wary wallflower enters a fake engagement with one of London's most eligible bachelors. The one woman in London who doesn’t want to marry him is now his fiancée. William Atherton, Earl of Norwood, is as shocked as the rest of London to discover his betrothal via an announcement in the morning paper. Furious at what appears to be a shrewd marriage trap, William tracks down his alleged fiancée before her plans can affect his campaign for a coveted political post. But then William realizes an engagement, however fake, may benefit them both . . . Miss Charlotte Hurst may be a wallflower, but she’s no shrinking violet. She would never attempt such an underhanded scheme, especially not with a man as haughty or sought-after as Norwood. Yet his suggestion to play along with the betrothal has its merits . . . and the longer they pretend, the more undeniably real their feelings become. But when the true culprit behind their engagement is revealed, can their newfound happiness survive the scandal?
Download or read book A Temporary Boyfriend written by Summer Dowell and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I need a boyfriend. For the weekend." Type A Madison Hudson has spent the last six years working toward the nutritionist position that's almost in her grasp. She's got the qualifications, the schooling, the perfect resume; all that's left is to impress her future boss. Something a white lie about an imaginary boyfriend can achieve. Computer nerd Eric Ward usually stays away from drama. But when his sister's roommate needs a boyfriend for a night, he can't find an excuse to say no. How hard can one evening be? Pity no one told him what a knockout his fake girlfriend would be. How long before their little white lie turns into a whole lot more than these two planned for? Don't miss A Temporary Boyfriend, the second book of The Fake Love series by Summer Dowell. If you like fake relationships and swoon worthy moments, then this is a romantic comedy you won't put down!
Download or read book The Billionaire s Temporary Marriage written by MacKenzie Stowe and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-03-21 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I only needed her to be with me for a year, but how do I convince her to stay? Cole: No one knows me better than Faith. When I'm in the biggest fight of my life. She is the only one I think to turn to. It was only supposed to be temporary. I never imagined I would fall in love with her. Or want to make her mine. Faith: Whatever Cole asks of me I will do. When he asks me to marry him, I can't say no. Despite the fact that I'm in love with him. And I know he'll never love me. He says it will only be for a year. But how to I convince him to make it forever? The Billionaire's Temporary Marriage, is a billionaire friend to lovers fake romance with plenty of heat with a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhangers!
Download or read book Marriage with a Proper Stranger written by Karyn Gerrard and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marriage of convenience leads to an unlikely chance at love for a beautiful widow and a mysterious Earl in this heartfelt Victorian romance. Riordan Wollstonecraft labors under the heavy burden of his forebears. For generations, a curse has followed the dashing young men of his family, guaranteeing the women they love an untimely death. The youngest grandson of the Earl of Wollstonecraft Hall, charismatic Riordan is quietly resigned to his fate. An educator who devotes his life to good works, he ignores any longing for something more . . . Widowed and penniless, Lady Sabrina Lakeside is desperate to avoid a second forced betrothal—this time to an aged marquess. Her chance encounter with Riordan leads her to an impulsive offer: a temporary marriage that could benefit them both. His agreement is as surprising as it is welcome. Before long, Riordan’s keen intellect and kind heart have Sabrina thinking their marriage of convenience could be something more. But her new husband is holding something back. Will giving in to their passion lead only to further heartache . . . or could it be the first step toward healing?
Download or read book Xeni A Marriage of Inconvenience written by Rebekah Weatherspoon and published by Loose Ends. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She just wanted to claim her inheritance. What she got was a husband... Xeni Everly-Wilkins has ten days to clean out her recently departed aunt's massive colonial in Upstate New York. With the feud between her mom and her sisters still raging even in death, she knows this will be no easy task, but when the will is read Xeni quickly discovers the decades old drama between the former R&B singers is just the tip of the iceberg. The Secrets, lies, and a crap ton of cash spilled on her lawyer's conference room table all come with terms and conditions. Xeni must marry before she can claim the estate that will set her up for life and her aunt has just the groom in mind. The ruggedly handsome and deliciously thicc Scotsman who showed up at her aunt's memorial, bagpipes at the ready. When his dear friend and mentor Sable Everly passed away, Mason McInroy knew she would leave a sizable hole in his heart. He never imagined she'd leave him more than enough money to settle the debt that's keeping him from returning home to Scotland. He also never imagined that Sable would use her dying breaths to play match-maker, trapping Mason and her beautiful niece in a marriage scheme that comes with more complications than either of them need. With no choice but to say I do, the unlikely pair try to make the best of a messy situation. They had no plans to actually fall in love.
