Devon Carter, after struggling and working to create his own
empire in New York, finally has his chance to have it all.
Receiving a deal to merge his company with Copeland Hotels,
the clincher is he has to agree to marry William Copeland's
daughter to ensure her future security and happiness and to
keep her from fortune seekers. Ashley is kept ignorant of
the arrangement and believes the proposal to be founded on
love, as she truly loves Dev. Everything blows up in Dev's
face on his wedding night when Ashley mistakenly sees an
email from her father to Dev that reveals the deceit and
details of his proposition.
The free spirited and bubbly Ash makes every effort to carry
on with their loveless marriage in the hopes she can change
and be the woman Dev desires. Finding out she is pregnant,
Ash faces the truth and wants more for herself as well as
for Dev. Enchanting everyone with her happy and affectionate
style, Ash chooses to leave Dev after revealing her
pregnancy.
After Dev's friends and his new brother in law tell him what
an ass he is and of the change he has forced upon Ash, he
re-evaluates his true feelings knowing that he has
completely crushed his vivacious and beautiful wife with his
control. Winning her back must be something "big" to
convince her he truly loves her more than anything in the
world and aches to see her smile again. He prays the animal
shelter she so loves will be of help to convince her of his
genuine need to have her.
I truly enjoyed this cute story of misunderstandings between
two people destined to be together. Starting off wrong can
end so right for them. Ashley is such a vibrant character
and exceptionally lovable. Dev misconstrues his own feelings
through fear brought about by his past. He must learn that
success definitely takes a back seat to love. I can't wait
to read more from Maya Banks!
Devon Carter was her first; now newly wed Ashley wants their
passion to last. But her dreams of true love are crushed by
the discovery that their marriage is another of Daddy's
business deals. Her strategy: act the part of perfect wife
and make Devon love her.
But Devon misses the bubbly, no-holds-barred woman his wife
used to be. Who is this Ashley with the steely demeanor of a
society wife? And will he find a way to rekindle the fire in
her eyes…especially now that she's pregnant?
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