Marriage of Inconvenience

        

Title: Marriage of Inconvenience

Series: Knitting in the City #7

Author: Penny Reid

Publisher: Cipher-Naught, March 6, 2018

Pages: 498

Genre: Contemporary Romance

There are three things you need to know about Kat Tanner (aka Kathleen Tyson. . . and yes, she is *that* Kathleen Tyson):

1) She’s determined to make good decisions,
2) She must get married ASAP, and
3) She knows how to knit.

Being a billionaire heiress isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Determined to live a quiet life, Kat Tanner changed her identity years ago and eschewed her family’s legacy. But now, Kat’s silver spoon past has finally caught up with her, and so have her youthful mistakes. To avoid imminent disaster, she must marry immediately; it is essential that the person she chooses have no romantic feelings for her whatsoever and be completely trustworthy. Fortunately, she knows exactly who to ask. Dan O’Malley checks all the boxes: single, romantically indifferent to her, completely trustworthy. Sure, she might have a wee little crush on Dan the Security Man, but with clear rules, expectations, and a legally binding contract, Kat is certain she can make it through this debacle with her sanity—and heart—all in one piece. Except, what happens when Dan O’Malley isn’t as indifferent—or as trustworthy—as she thought? 

Being committed to a mental institution against my will is my actual worst fear. A HUGE plot line in this book is that the threat of being committed to a mental institution against her will is hanging over Kat's head. It's absolutely terrifying. 

That being said, this book was fine. It's good, but also....I have some hold ups. I love a fake relationship. I love that Kat and Dan went into this fake marriage knowing what was up. I had a few times when their communication wasn't ideal, but it wasn't as big of a plot point as I expected. The part that was wild to me was the ease with which they shared the circumstances surrounding their fake marriage with the people around them. I get that this is the 7th book in a series that I have only read 1 book in. But they got married so Kat's cousin couldn't commit her to a mental institution against her will. So that he didn't have medical power of attorney over her and access to her inheritance and voting shares at her grandfather's company. So the fact that they told their very large friend group the details of this marriage, and seemed pretty careless regarding the timeline in general, was WILD to me.

I will say that I thought I had read a lot more Penny Reid than I have tracked on my Goodreads, StoryGraph or personal trackers. I would have bet money that I had read more than half of the Winston Brothers series, and I thought I had read 2 or 3 of this Knitting in the City series. But everywhere I look it's telling me I've only read the 1st Knitting in the City book. Feels like fake news, but I have no receipts. 

Ultimately, Kat and Dan are super horny for one another, and they just have to get over their own selves to make it work. Once they do, things go very smoothly. In and out of the bedroom. I can see why this is a comfort reread for my friend, but I don't think it'll be that for me. There were a couple of times when Dan used a specific word that made me feel very hinky. And no, it wasn't "fuck" he uses that like I use "like" and it was hilarious. But Kat is Jewish, and I assume her cousin is also Jewish, and there's a couple of times that it felt vaguely anti-semitic. IDK if it was. I'm not Jewish and I looked up some etymology to see if I was overreacting. Anyway, I think the fact that it came up at all is going to take it off of a comfort read list for me. 

Ratings

Stars: 3/5

Spice: 2/5