Marriage at His Convenience

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I GOT RID OF THIS BOOK. (ALTHOUGH I PROBABLY GOT RID OF IT CLEANING OUT MY ROOM.) LUCAS ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE A JERK THE ENTIRE BOOK, EVEN AFTER MARRYING AMBER. AND IT SURPRISED ME. EVEN IF A LITTLE SHALLOW, MS. BAIRD MADE LUCAS INTO A SAINT HALF THE TIME. NOT MANY AUTHORS CAN DO THAT. I WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IN IT EXCEPT FOR LUC'S ATTITUDE. SOMETIMES HE WAS SO SNOTTY, I THOUGHT HE REMINDED ME OF A KID I USED TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH- A TOTAL LOSER. BUT AMBER- WHAT COULD ANYONE CHANGE ABOUT HER? EVEN IF SHE SEEMS A LITTLE WEAK KNEED WITH HER FORMER LOVER TURNED HUSBAND, I WAS GLAD THAT SHE COULD PULL HER OWN WEIGHT AGAINST THOSE WHO CONSIDERED THEMSELVES BETTER THAN HER. WHY DON'T THEY WRITE MORE BOOKS LIKE THIS ONE? BUT JUST CHANGE THE ATTITUDES OF A THE CHARACTERS. WOMEN CAN ONLY STAND OVER BEARING MEN FOR SO LONG.

I can't believe this book has less than a 5 star avg.! The emotions of this book's heroine is so realistic & touching that I've ended up reading this book over & over again, & I don't think I'll ever part with this book even if I ever get rid of all of my other dozens & dozens of romance books in the future! And yes, the hero of this book comes off as a first-class jerk until near the end, but at the end, it is revealed how much he has come to regret his monumentally bad & wrong decision, for how long, & why he was so cruel to the heroine in the beginning!

It's tough when the man you're in love with tells you (his mistress)that he's getting married....to someome else. I loved the sexual tension between Amber, the high-flying business-woman and Lucas, the guy who had it all and threw it away! Love is very seldom perfect--and this guy is far from it! Five years later, Amber inherits part of Lucas' company--and Lucas decides to marry (through blackmail!) the woman only worthty as mistress five years prior. The woman who would have once done almost anything for the title of wife to the man she loved... This has great conflict! Definitely worhty of reading more than once!