Synopsis:
I should know. I was handed one on my eighteenth birthday by my mogul of a father. And it’s all because he refuses to believe that I can take care of myself, that I don’t need a man to fall back on in case my college dreams fail. But as much as I hate to admit it, his doubt comes from a logical place. It all stems from the nightmare incident that happened to me when I was seven years old. An event that has left scars of both the physical and emotional variety on me, leaving my body weaker than most.
But what is the ultimatum, you ask?
I either marry a man of his choosing for a stable financial future, or else I don’t get his check to go to college and complete my dreams of becoming a doctor.
Tell me, how do you trust a man who only wants to marry you for the check your father is so obviously writing him? The answer is you don’t.
But when Jagger Wells, my ridiculously gorgeous intended, explains the real reason behind his going along with this scheme, I begin to see the man beyond the pretty face; a guy just trying to do right by his family. And I decide that maybe there’s a way we can both get what we want without having to sign a marriage certificate in the process. All it would require is a little acting on our part and a couple of well-placed lies.
After a while, though, it doesn’t feel like we’re tricking our families anymore, but ourselves. That’s when lines blur, feelings become something real, and the truth is ultimately questioned.
In the end, I discover that I am not the only one with scars.
(This is clean contemporary/NA romance)
If I'm going to be honest, I never thought this book would turn out to be different from the synopsis. When I read the first chapter of this book, I was completely sucked in and couldn't stop myself from turning the page continuous to catch what was happening next.
Cyril Montae's parent are forcing her to accept a proposal to get married with a stranger, so that she would later be able to earn her inheritance and do what she's always been wanting to do. Problem? Cyril doesn't want to be put under the pressure by her parents after what happened to her a few years back and how her life started to change. Marrying Jagger Wells, a totally, hot, over-the-top male species that is way out of her league, is not what Cyril expect along with the feelings that she developed through the progression of the book.
TBH, I've never read a book with characters that had a severely damaged past such as Cyril and Jagger. I really enjoyed Cyril's strong personality after everything that happened to her when she was young but what made me love this even more was the fact that she never let her past interfere with her future and the plans that she made for herself. Jagger, on the other hand, was different yet interesting to read because he is not like the other damaged male characters in other books. Unlike others, the pain that Jagger experienced in his past was so deep that everyday was like putting a knife through his chest and it affected him till the day that he realized his feelings for Cyril.
Overall, I really love this book and am hoping to pick up more books by this author in the near future.
