Marriage of Inconvenience

Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5
Rating: 5 stars out of 5

I think the Dreamspun Desires by Dreamspinner Press is one of my favorite series. These are shorter books full of hot gay men trying to or not trying to find love. The stories are always fun, imaginative, and sexy as hello. In this latest book by M J O'Shea we find ourselves behind the scenes of Hollywood public relations. Plot- Kerry works for one of the best PR firms representing entertainment A listers. Jericho Knox is the sexy star that is about to get his first big role playing a detective in a popular TV series. Just as his career is coming together, a photo of him in a very compromising position goes viral. Trying to put a positive spin on the picture, Kerry comes up with the idea of a fake secret fiancé that will bring Jericho out of the closet. What Kerry didn’t bargain for was being the secret fiancé. As they try to fool the press and the public of their loving relationship, both Kerry and Jericho become more than roommates. The chemistry in this book is brighter than any star. The pacing is pretty fast with some humorous parts. Great ending for this HEA couple with really good character development


SCORES on a scale of 1-5 Stars rate each of the Following 5
Categories
PLOT: 5 Stars
CHEMISTRY: 5 Stars
PACING: 5 Stars
ENDING: 5 Stars
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 5 Stars

Review Copy of Marriage of Inconvenience provided by the Dreamspinner Press for an honest review. Reviewed by Mollien from Alpha Book Club

I love how the whole things get started. Kerry is a sweet guy who almost seems like he isn't suited for the cut-throat world he lives in. You can a sense that Jericho isn't the person people think he is or even the person he thinks of himself as.

As these two are thrown together there is a lot of great tension as both of them have to learn to overcome their preconceived ideas about the other person.

Fun story where fake it until you make it seems to ring true.

M.J. O'Shea you've done it yet again!!

The whole concept of "Jericho and Kerry" may have sounded a bit lite in the loafers but dang, M.J. writes her stories like an old aged whiskey. Slow, burning and smooth.

She has yet to disappoint me.

Thank you M.J. O'Shea

I am not going to repeat the blurb on what this book is about, since by the time you have come to this comment you practically have the whole story including the ending thanks to the review by Alpha Book Club. I love this author because her books are so complete. You get to know her characters both the good and the bad in each person. She makes you understand who they are and why they do what they do. This book has so much going for it. BUT it ends too soon, there is no communication of the whys and wherefores between the two MCs to really understand why things went wrong and it badly needs an epilogue. I have found this to be a problem with several of the other Dreamspinner Desire books. So while I would recommend this read.... I hope that the author or at least the editors take the time to consider that they are doing a disservice to their readers and improve the quality of these books.

Reviewed by Erin for Diverse Reader

Even when you know before you read the first page of a book how it’s going to end, there is something just so comforting about reading those tried and true tropes we all love so much. Marriage of Inconvenience by M.J. O’Shea is your classic bad boy turned good boy along with a fake engagement that of course leads to true love. I’m not spoiling anything by mentioning this because as everyone knows, Dreamspinner Press’s Dreamspun Desires line is all about the HEA and how they get there.
Knox Jericho is your typical Hollywood bad boy. Attitude to spare, aloof, and condescending, Jericho hasn’t been in LA very long, but he sure is as jaded as they come. Kerry Pickering might not be setting the world on fire doing behind the scenes PR work, but that all changes when Jericho gets caught in the most uncompromising of positions and it’s up to Kerry and the PR firm he words for to rehabilitate Jericho’s less than stellar image. And of course, what better way to do that than by being in a committed, loving relationship? Thus begins Jericho’s and Kerry’s fake relationship … that as we all can guess, isn’t quite so fake after all.
I like what M.J. did with this often used plot device. Yeah, we’ve all seen this done time and time again, but Jericho and Kerry are so engaging that you can’t help but fall in love with these two. It takes a bit of time though seeing as how Jericho is such a jerk at the beginning, but once Kerry gets through his walls, this was really sweet and cute. It’s nice not to read a book filled with sex scene after sex scene, and I am much more of a fan of flirting and tender and intimate moments that full on sex all the time. I liked what M.J. did with both character’s families and the secondary characters throughout the book added a great deal to the overall story.
This is light and low angst and though I felt that the drama at the end was a bit much and made me roll my eyes a bit, it didn’t really take away from my enjoyment of Marriage of Inconvenience at all. This is a great book to escape into for a few hours and you’ll wind up with a smile on your face at the end.