Reviews for Contract Bride to Have and to Hold

The average rating for Contract Bride to Have and to Hold based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-06-19 00:00:00 Jack Vaughan Heroine marries her bff�s husband and adopts their infant son after bff dies in an accident. Hero wanted the heroine to adopt his son to keep his in-laws from gaining custody if anything ever happened to him. They married within a week of the accident, maintained separate bedrooms, and have barely interacted for the past eleven months. Heroine had had a crush on the hero since she was 17. Now she realizes he�s never going to care for her, so she offers the hero a divorce with shared custody. Hero is shocked and gruffly tells her he doesn�t want a divorce. From that moment the hero changes his ways. This is all about the hero realizing that his grief is over and that he has to make a new life with the heroine. I thought the author did a great job showing how his indifference turned to ardent lover. He starts to notice her hair and her eyes. He spends time with her and the baby. He puts away all the photos of his first wife. They buy new bedroom furniture and wedding rings. (He never wore a ring for his first wife, but he did for the heroine). The virgin heroine finally has sex and can�t put off telling the H her feelings. Hero reciprocates for an HEA. The bff was barely present in the story � and her parents were horrible. I don�t know if the hero�s first marriage would have lasted based on how the bff was raised and how young she was to be tied down to a ranch. Hero had to admit that the bff had hired help and wasn�t interested in the house/cooking at all. Heroine had been a foster child and a secure home was the pinnacle of her dreams. I just thought they were great together. This is a very quiet book. No drama. No cruelty. No Ows. No judgey neighbors. So not a typical Susan Fox.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-08-30 00:00:00 Jewelrit Stewart A re-read I don't whether it's the corona virus or this is such a sharp contrast to much of the unedited drivel on Kindle Unlimited, but I bought this slow, sweet romance this time around. Very s-l-o-w-b-u-r-n second chance romance. The heroine has been in love with the gruff rancher who was married to her more lighthearted best friend, now dead. MOC to take care of the baby left behind. The widowed H is rough, tough and gruff but wakes up to what a treasure his new wife is. The heroine is likable but dwells a little too much on her guilt over ... nothing really. Neither the hero nor her best friend had the slightest idea she was in love with him so unneeded conflict there. StMargarets has a more comprehensive review. DNF. If the town isn't shunning the heroine, the father twisting the knife, or the hero isn't peeling strips of her hide with the side of his tongue what's the point?