Pierce Ainsworth Westcott III, known as Trey, has his sights set on acquiring Ames Oil and Steel and he always gets what he wants. Always. Ames represents the ultimate of successes for him. Once named the World’s Most Eligible Bachelor, thirty-five year old Trey was born uber-rich, old-moneyed, and orphaned at fifteen. After attending Harvard Business School, he turned his five hundred billion dollar inheritance into more than one trillion. Today he runs Westcott Corporation, an iconic Chicago company for three generations. He loves work and has a single-minded focus. His father was obsessively in love with his mother but Trey never understood it. For him, love isn’t even on his radar. He doesn’t have time for emotions. He is focused on important things like running his empire. He is honest, though, and never makes empty promises of love.
Sophie Bristol, twenty-seven, has a stellar resume. A Princeton grad with dual degrees in International Business and Accounting, after graduation she had her sights set on a job at Westcott Corporation, back home in Chicago. Westcott has sixty thousand employees and is a great company to work for with upward potential. She finally got an interview and was hired three years ago. It wasn’t a great job, but it was a foot in the door. Two promotions later, she now works in Payroll. She lives close enough to visit with her mother and younger sister Emmeline, who suffers from muscular dystrophy. And she has a small but close-knit group of girlfriends. She doesn’t need a man – just her career. She was burned once before and she learned the hard way not to trust a man.
On the way to a meeting, Trey overhears a female employee defending him. Seeing her, he is taken in by her stunning Marylin Monroe-esque beauty and her witty intellect. When Trey later learns that Nolan Ames wants his family company to go to a family man, he won’t let something as simple as a marriage get in his way. One woman in particular comes to mind, and Sophie soon finds out that Trey always gets what he wants.
Trey and Sophie embark on an unconventional fake courtship. Sophie is reluctant, but Trey’s persistence eventually wears down her barriers and opens her reluctant heart, allowing the idea of love to return to her life. There are many problems with that idea, though, for both Trey and Sophie. Neither wants emotional entanglements. Trust and honesty are a challenge as they learn to navigate their way forward. Sophie is a closed book, which is an obstacle to their relationship. But unexpected complications appear somewhere along the way, threatening their plans. The couple eventually gets their well-earned happy ending.
Trey and Sophie’s fake marriage story is about corporate mergers, teenage mistakes, selflessness, and obsessive love. Their story is beautifully written. It is serious in tone. The plot is somewhat complex. Sophie’s painful past is told slowly as the current story unfolds. The characters are three dimensional and carefully crafted. Sophie’s character is complex, while Trey's is more straight forward. But even he has layers. The story is written in first person. The POV alternates between Trey and Sophie, with one chapter in Nolan’s POV. I rate this book five starts.
I received and advance copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Holy WOW!! Ms. Renshaw pulled out all the stops with this book. Sophie is a very driven woman with lots on her plate. She has a sick sister and a mom in remission, whom she does everything in her power to help. Trey. Well Trey is a a man on a mission. He wants to buy a company and he will do anything to get it. I mean anything. It was so emotional and heartfelt, I truly felt connected with Sophie. I voluntarily received an ARC copy of this book and I have left my honest review.
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B. Roscoe
Beautifully Written! Trey & Sophie’s Fake Marriage Story Has Corporate Mergers & Angsty Love!
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2020
Marns
💔💖💔 A Trillion reasons to love this fake-relationship story! 💔💖💔
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A Rich Businessman with a Marriage Proposal & A Girl with a Secret,
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so unexpectedly good and different
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