What Goodreads says:
"Her
sisters have found wedded bliss with their wealthy,
wonderful
dream men, but not Julietta Conte. She’s stayed
on terra
firma as top executive of the family’s corporation,
La Dolce
Famiglia bakery. Work is her passion, and her
trendy
Milan apartment her sanctuary . . . until Sawyer
Wells, a
masculine masterpiece in a suit, lures her out of
hiding
with an irresistible offer: an exclusive partnership
with his
international chain of boutique hotels.
Julietta’s
been burned before—and trusting her brother-in-
law’s
friend, whose powerful gaze alone has her
rethinking
the best use of a conference room, is the
riskiest
proposition. But with a once-in-a-career chance
to take
the bakery global, will she mix stone-cold business
with red-hot seduction?"
Trope: Each book in the Marriage to a Billionaire series shares one
trope. Mama Conte is determined to
see all of her daughters married and will do what ever is necessary to make it
happen. She uses trickery,
sickness, the modern version of a shotgun wedding, and in this book she uses a
promise given years ago as a hammer.
In this book it leads to another trope: a marriage of convenience.
Plot: Both Julietta and Sawyer are buttoned up personalities who
put work first. Neither is into
emotions. Both think that they can
have an affair and walk away with no trouble. There is a nice addition to this book. Sawyer has a young protégé who plays an
important part in the story.
Characters: Both Julietta and Sawyer are great
characters with interesting flaws.
All of the characters from the previous book appear and play a part in
The Marriage Merger. Sawyer’s protégé
is an interesting new character who added depth to the story and could have his own book sometime in the
future.
Tension: There is a business deal and the protégé that provided the
external tension. The fact that
neither Sawyer nor Julietta want to deal with emotion provides the internal
tension. There is plenty of both.
Writing: The writing in The Marriage Merger is brisk. The tension continues to build
throughout the story. There is
never a break in the action making it hard to put the book down.
Galley Books published The Marriage Merger by Jennifer Probst in 2013.
I received an eARC of The Marriage
Merger from Netgalley.
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