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Temporary Wife

Joan Kilby (1999)

SubgenreContemporary Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SettingContemporary
CSM age16

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Deception

Hero archetypes

BossCareer-Driven Hero

Synopsis

MARRIAGE OF INCONVENIENCE Unfair exchange? Veronique Dutot and Burton O'Rourke each has something the other needs. Veronique is a talented chef, while Burton happens to need a chef for a new cooking show he's about to produce. Veronique, on the other hand, needs her visa extended so she can live in Vancouver near her former mother-in-law. Burton proposes and old-fashioned solution to their very modern problems. A temporary marriage. A marriage of convenience. Veronique accepts although there's nothing temporary or convenient about the way she's starting to feel.

Tags

Workplace RomanceFish out of Water

Is Temporary Wife appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

A lighthearted contemporary romance about a chef and TV producer who enter a marriage of convenience. Expect kissing and romantic tension but no explicit content, mild emotional conflict, and a feel-good ending.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, moderate sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include deception.

Who'll love this

Teens will enjoy the sweet romance and the tension of two people pretending to be married while falling for each other.