ROMANCE

Would You Rather

by Allison Ashley
Mira: Harlequin. Aug. 2022. 320p. ISBN 9780778386490. pap. $15.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
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Noah Agnew has been in love with his long-time best friend Mia Adrian since he was 18. When he proposes marriage, Mia, who has a chronic health condition, does not respond with shocked joy. She knows the marriage would be on paper only, but she doesn’t want to be a burden to anyone. Their marriage, however, would allow her to return to school and still receive medical benefits. After a brief ceremony, she moves into Noah’s house and finds herself thinking often about the night they almost became more than friends. Noah has his own preoccupations; a coworker is blackmailing him about the insurance fraud. Despite brief blissful happiness, they utterly fail at the fake marriage and realize that they’ll need to address their fears if they want to make a real marriage work.
VERDICT Ashley (Home Sweet Mess) picks two tropes that can’t miss (marriage of convenience and friends-to-lovers), throws in a bit of sweet and a dash of steam, and mixes it all together to make a love story readers will thoroughly enjoy.
Reviewed by Kellie Tilton , Jul 01, 2022
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