Tall, Dark, and Deported

Tall Dark and Deported is seriously sweet and fluffy so if you like romance that sparkles you really should read this.
Mateus is going to Vancouver when the flights are delayed he meets a Businessman Crawford. They bond right away and when Mateus runs into issues with his green card Crawford steps up and says they are engaged to keep him from getting sent to jail.
I loved that Crawford was such a stand-up guy to help out Mateus, but I think I loved Mateus more ( yeah I like them tall dark and handsome with an accent.
The story is fun, faced paced and one that lets you escape reality and just enjoy.

Forced by his boss to fly to Vancouver to audit an underachieving hotel, Crawford Hargrave is less than thrilled. Not because he doesn’t want to go there, but because he’s being forced to work with his unpleasant ex-husband, Davis. His boss makes it clear that this trip is expected, if he wants to keep his job. Crawford wants to keep his job, so he acquiesces to his demands, albeit unwillingly.

Mateus is a Portuguese import, who’s helping his brother and his wife take care of their orchard in Washington state. His visa is about to run out, and if he can get a work visa, he can stay, but the orchard won’t be financially solvent for a few months yet. All he needs is to cross over into Canada, get his passport stamps, thereby automatically re-upping his American visa for another three months, giving him the time he needs to get the work visa.

What can possibly go wrong?

Except maybe everything?

Crawford and Mateus meet at the airport, and there’s an instant attraction, so why not spend some time talking? The situation begins to unravel when their flight is canceled, and Mateus realizes he’s on borrowed time in his need to get across the border before his visa expires. He can’t afford the delay. Crawford offers to rent a car so they can drive together. Sounds good, right? Except complications set in a t the border, and when Mateus is threatened with imminent deportation, Crawford unexpectedly speaks up and says hey, that’s my fiancé.

What’s easier than getting married for a green card, just long enough to look good and go their separate ways? But life is never that easy, and the two men haven’t figured that anyone will want to follow up with them to make sure their marriage isn’t a sham. As if that isn’t bad enough, there’s the matter of Crawford’s bitchy ex he has to deal with. That and maybe falling in love with a total stranger?

What’s a man to do?

Tall, Dark and Deported is part of Dreamspinner’s Dreamspun Desires line, which are guaranteed to be hot, romantic, and come with a happily ever after ending.

This book is no slouch in any of those departments. The main characters are sexy, and yet extremely likeable, as well as hot. While it was frustrating as hell to watch them dance around each other, denying and refusing to act on their attractions, it was also damn hot. The writing is good, the story is very pleasing, and the only regret I have is that I didn’t get to see their marriage actually consummated.

I highly recommend this, but only if you like hot sexy men and combustibility and seeing little assholes get their comeuppance!

Before I dive into the review, I want to state that I didn’t read the blurb before I started reading, so everything was a bit of a welcome surprise! We meet Mateus as he’s struggling to find a way to stay in the US and decides to take a quick trip to Canada to reinstate his visitor’s visa… only everything works against him! The flight he’s on is delayed, then canceled… and when he thinks he has a solution thanks to the hot guy he met at the airport, Crawford, he’s stopped at the Canadian border.

What unfolds from there is hilarious – well, I’m sure for the characters’ it was more sweaty palms than laugh-out-loud funny, but either way, Crawford jumps FULLY outside of his comfort zone when put on the spot and Mateus is stunned into following along. And once they “have” to be together, they fall in love… well, sorta.

This book is filled with a lot of light-hearted fun, laughter, and two people falling in love unexpectedly. It’s not insta-love, although definitely insta-lust, but instead, even under a deadline, they are able to let their relationship grow over time into something meaningful to both of them. This is a good read for anyone who loves a “Pretty Woman-esque” love story, people changing their entire lives on a dime, and finally waking up to see what’s right in front of them. Definitely worth a read – and one of my favorite reads from the Dreamspun series!

Review Copy of Tall, Dark, and Deported provided by Dreamspinner Press for an honest review. Reviewed by Mel at Alpha Book Club.

This was one of my favorite formats back when I first started reading romance novels in high school. So it was so much fun to read in this MM treatment.

Two people with little in common yet are thrust together for convience sake with an expiration date. But as expected they start to develop feelings. Even though it has a plot line that is easy to predict this story was so much fun to read.