Marriage Made on Paper
4 Stars

To distract the gutter press from a potential public relations nightmare, hotel magnate Gage Forrester convinces his no-nonsense PR expert to pose as his fiancée. Lily Ford agrees on the condition that their relationship remains strictly professional, but Gage has other ideas, and Lily is soon swept up by the intensity of their physical attraction. But can their intimacy lead to a stronger emotional connection?

A lovely office romance with a believable set-up, which is not always the case with category romances.

Gage and Lily have fantastic chemistry and their sex scenes are steamier than expected with a Harlequin Presents imprint.

The conflict revolving around both Gage and Lily's issues with commitment stemming from their parental relationships is realistic and is, thankfully, resolved with a minimum of angst.

All in all, an entertaining read and I will be reading the 2nd book in the duology. ( )

Wow, that was my first harlequin.

I don't know how to view this book. It doesn't seem right to criticize it for it's horrible writing or non existing plot or obvious one dimensional characters. It's a harlequin. Isn't it supposed to be book porn? The equivalent of a soft core porn film with a plot?

The problem is, that it's not even good at that. It's inefficient even as spank material. I mean ok, the nipple and touching descriptions sometimes were quite horny, but when the big climactic sex scene comes ~in an elevator~ you are bored, because the previous sex scenes were much more descriptive and, well, new. After the first 3 fucks, it's the same thing over and over again. With intervals about the psychological motives of the aforementioned one dimensional characters. Who cares? Aren't we all here just for the steamy hot sex? Well, where was it?

I wanted to give it 2 stars, since it's my first harlequin and since it was an easy read and it didn't make me loathe it. But I have 3 more harlequins in my bag and I'm hoping that at least one of them will truly deserve 2 stars.


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In this book, we have struggling PR agency owner Lily Ford, who agrees to take on internal resort developer Gage Forrester. Since this is a romance, we know that she's gonna take him on in more ways that one.

Lily is very resistant to love - and men, having seen her mother throw her life away upon boyfriend after boyfriend. Gage has already "done" the family thing, having acted as a guardian to his baby sister since he was twenty-five years old, so why would he want a wife or family?

The erotic tension between the two is hot from the get-go.

Business concerns and a need to protect Gage's sister lead the two announcing a fake engagement, but on a business trip to Thailand, the sun, sand, and sea make it impossible for them to keep their distance.

What I love: the crackling dialogue leaps off the pages. Maisey writes steamy sex scenes (and I like those too), but what is fantastic is the way she creates plausible backstories for her characters that both explain why they don't just jump into bed together, AND why their HEA is also a resolution of those characters' pain. She gets a tremendous amount of story into a work that's less than 200 pages; I am not sure if I am jealous or have a mad girl-crush. ( )

First off, if you've never read a Maisey Yates book, you need to find one and read it, now. Her latest release, MARRIAGE MADE ON PAPER, won't let you down. I loved Gage, who worked hard and partied harder. Then he contracts Lily Ford for PR for his company. Gage expects empolyees to be on call 24/7 and go above and beyond duty.

And to generate some positive PR for his company, Gage proposes to Lily! This may be a deal on Paper only, but Gage wants a traditionally white dressed bride.

And later Lily had a change of heart regarding Gage when she saw him in different roles. No matter how much she wanted to deny it but there was an attraction between them. Lily had a strong personality. But Gage is a tortured hero, due to his childhood upbringing and I love a tortured hero.

I loved the humor in the book. I was fascinated by how Maisey Yates brought together the characters.

I couldn't let it go, and I enjoyed every page, every scene, every chapter of this wonderful, fantastic, clever and emotional book.

Maisey Yates was a new to me author but nevertheless an author who understands that the best romance fiction is that which not only gives us great pleasure through deep characters and beautiful prose, but challenges us and leaves us emotionally richer and stronger long after the last word is read! ( )