Cliffhanger - 3 part series that should have been 1 ( )

An arranged marriage to save their family business. He is arrogant and cocky, i would have pushed the fidelity issues more. ( )

ARC Review: Hitched (Imperfect Love # 1) by Kendall Ryan

The fate of the family business lies squarely on the shoulders of a love - hate relationship. Noah lives his life by a love-em and leave-em motto. His heart does not factor into the equation. Olivia has dealt with her share of tragedy and heartache. Too smart to expose herself to anymore pain, she distances herself from emotional entanglements. With the family business in trouble can an ironclad will and two matchmaking fathers prove the catalyst for romance? I was pleasantly surprised. Kendall Ryan had me falling in love with Olivia and Noah almost right away. There is more beneath the surface than either realize. I loved the dual first person accounts. Hearing in their own words about insecurities and secret emotions humanized the characters and made it easier to be empathetic instead of judgmental. Tantalizing and habit-forming. ( )

3.5/5. super cute and it made me chuckle at parts. I wish their past was elborated more and they spent a touch more time getting to know each other better. but they are a great pair so I don't mind too much ( )

Hitched
by Kendall Ryan
#1 Imperfect Love novella series
Audio narrated by Ana Erickson & Teddy Hamilton
2-1/2*

Story about a couple of high-powered professionals who are given the opportunity to take over the operation of their fathers' corporation, valued at over $150 billion. The one clause that trips them up is the stipulation that they have to get married first (to each other) before they can share the business. They have known each other all of their lives but haven't been close as adults because Olivia is a workaholic and Noah's playboy behavior is a turnoff.

This was almost a DNF from the beginning because of Noah's obsession over his personal anatomy and his juvenile habit of discussing his "gift" ad nauseum. He obviously thinks that he doesn't need to offer anything else of himself to get the girl.

The arranged/forced marriage trope is not new and, unfortunately, doesn't really work unless it takes place in the past. Moments that could have been erotic were spoiled by frat-boy vulgarity and arrogance. The saving grace was that Noah did grow as a character and seems to have really fallen for Olivia, even though in real life there is no way that could have happened in such a short time and under those circumstances. You definitely have to suspend your disbelief and just go with it.

Fair warning: This is part 1 of 3 in a series about this couple, and it ends in a cliffhanger. ( )