You wouldn’t think erotica can be absolutely charming but MISADVENTURES OF A BACKUP BRIDE totally is. Even during any of the scrumptious sexy scenes there is evidence of the innate charm radiated throughout this crazy but great story. Shayla Black has a way with words and dialog. Her talent is very evident in the two main characters, and I do mean characters, in this erotic romantic comedy. I am not usually impressed with this particular genre, but Shayla Black may have won me over as a fan.

The premise is rather crazy. Carson and Ella. Not exactly who one would envision as a couple. Ella is an aspiring actress who can’t get that breakout role. Who are we kidding Ella just hasn’t captured the interest of any casting company so she is doing the whole starving actress/waitress thing. Carson has just inherited his biological fathers struggling business. For some reason that even Carson doesn’t understand saving the business of his absentee father has become his main focus.

So, when faced with major financial backlash Carson accepts the only offer he can find. This financial backer has one demand, that Carson marry his daughter Kendra. This arrangement is mutually beneficial for both Carson and Kendra. With one major issue. There is no real affection or sexual attraction. And so Carson feels that he must make a last minute appeal.

The plan includes producing Carson’s true love, the woman who holds his heart. Well that just might take some doing. But Carson almost immediately conjures up this woman. A woman he has been thinking about for a while. A woman he has no right even thinking about, Ella Hope, his friends ex.

Unbeknownst to either of these people their attraction is mutual. Unrequited love aside, they both have spent time thinking of each other, in the abstract of course, but with this crazy plan concocted by Carson it would seem that the two of them will be spending a lot of time together.

All they have to do is prove to Kendra’s father that the two of them are crazy in love with each other. And that’s when the fun begins.

Shayla Black takes us down a merry path with these two crazy, endearing characters that capture your heart. This story is equally adorable, sassy and steamy. No doubt this book is going to win this talented author many new fans.

MISADVENTURES OF A BACKUP BRIDE is a charming feel good romance. There’s no reason to believe in a real relationship between these two characters. But Shayla Black has a plan and we are along for what is an amazing ride.

Loved this hot read. Ella agrees to help Carson secure business future. There’s an instant attraction between the two when they meet. As they enter into a pretend relationship that starts to feels real. They both have to make the decision to trust in their love for each other and their future. Recommended read.

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This book gave me all the feels!! Carson is being forced to marry a woman he does not live in order to save his fathers company. He enlists the help of Ella, a woman he met months before to help him get out of this agreement by pretending they’re head over heals in love.

Sparks fly immediately and they have to make some decisions about their future. This book is a fun read with some surprises thrown in.

It was a sweet short story, unbelievable at times, but I really loved the writing and the characters.
I think that it being so short, was to its detriment as both the story and characters really could have been explored in more depth.
I really enjoyed it but wanted more out of it.

Review This was a fun read; the story pulled me in straight away and I finished it one go. Overall it was pretty predictable and the story was far too insta love for my personal tastes but it made me smile and the characters had great chemistry.

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Who would think that a brief encounter months ago would come back and give you the opportunity of a lifetime. Well that is exactly what happens for Ella when she meets Carson for the first time at his friends birthday party, Ella was there as the party boys date but that didn't stop Carson from thinking about her in the months that have passed since then. Carson is getting ready to marry a woman he does not love in order to save the business his late father left him but two weeks before the big day Carson tries to back out of it by telling his future father-in-law that he is in love with another woman. In order for this deal to go through now he must marry the one he loves on the day he was to marry his current fiancee.

I loved this story and didn't want to put it down, the chemistry between Carson and Ella was phenomenal. You could tell right from the start that they were attracted to one another and as the story progressed so did their feelings for one another. If you have read any of Shayla Black's books you know they are HOT and this one is just as steamy so keep a glass of ice water handy...and maybe a fan ;)

The Misadventures series is one that I look forward to continuing, one of the best things about the series besides the great authors that bless us with their stories is the fact that each book can be read as a standalone. This is book four in the series but the first one I have read even though I have a couple of the other books on my kindle waiting for me to jump into them. I highly recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a good steamy read or the Fake Engagement/Marriage trope.

Cute and hot story. Kind of predictable but good none the less.

If you want a book with a lot of sex scenes then Misadventures of a Good Wife by Meredith Wild and Helen Hardt, Misadventures book two, is your book. Kate is still lost in her grief of losing her husband when her sister-in-law takes her to an island somewhere in the Pacific. While exploring the beach she encounters Price, her husband, alive. Price, a stock broker, was checking out a company who’s stock value had him questioning things. On the way to a meeting with the company, instead of being left pilotless in the small aircraft, Price jumped onto the pilot as he deserted the plane and parachuted down. He continued the façade of being dead in order to stay alive, but he hated being separated from his wife. These two have a very, very strong love bond. Kate and Price return to NYC where bad guys are on their tail as is the FBI, as things wrap up and come to a head.

I enjoyed reading this book and but had trouble believing the story, there were lots of holes in the plot. There was definitely a lot of time in this story spent with Kate and Price sharing sex, in detail, overpowering some scenes. I recommend this book to other readers and am looking forward to the next book in this series.

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This is just a quick review to say, I am loving this series. This book was fun and sweet and I can't wait to read more of these books. Meredith has some amazing authors working with her and she is amazing herself and I can't wait to see what they bring us next.

Misadventures of a Backup Bride is the fourth title in this series, but it's the first one I've read, mainly because I prefer my romance reads to be a bit darker in theme and tone, but when I saw who the author was, I was all in. I'm a Shayla Black fan and have been for years, and, as I expected, she wrote another hot romance that I read in one sitting. It gets 5 stars from this reader.

First, I'll admit to not being a fan of insta-love or the fake fiance trope, but in Shayla Black's hands it worked for me. Carson Frost, the hero, is described as looking a lot like Brock O'Hurn would look with a shave and a haircut--that also worked for me. He's inherited the billion dollar candy business from his biological father, which came as a huge shock to him since there'd been no relationship between father and son since his birth. When Carson takes over, he learns that while the business has thrived, its liquid assets are nil and his last hope for a loan is Gregory Shaw, a rival candy billionaire, with a flighty, college-age, bum-magnet daughter, Kendra, whom he wants to marry off to someone he considers suitable, and that's Carson. In return for the arranged marriage, Gregory will get 5% of Carson's business and not try to attempt a hostile takeover of Carson's highly-leveraged company--something Carson wants to keep to honor the father he never really knew. All Carson needs to do is marry the flighty Kendra. Unfortunately, he couldn't care less about her or she him, so he hires a struggling Hollywood actress, a woman he met six months earlier at a party. She was dating his friend, so he never made any moves, but he never forgot her either. Getting Hope to leave Los Angeles and come to North Carolina to take on the role as his fake fiance takes a lot of convincing to get Hope to agree, but agree she eventually does.

Gregory Shaw didn't just fall off the turnip truck and he's not a easy man to fool. When presented with the information that Carson is madly in love with another woman, Shaw demands to meet her, and to up the ante, he dares Carson to marry her within the next two weeks or the loan Shaw agreed to help bail out Carson's business will not only be rescinded, but will have much more serious consequences.

As most fake fiance novels go, there's certainly the element of insta-lust between Hope and Carson, and it doesn't take long before getting to know one another in order to fool Mr. Shaw becomes getting to know one another in the carnal sense too. If you've read any of Ms. Black's erotic romances, you already know just how hot this relationship is going to get--and does it ever! But in addition to getting it on whenever possible, these two characters begin to have serious feelings for one another, but remember, they live on opposite coasts, have different life plans and certainly didn't expect a real relationship to form out of the fake one they'd been forced into. Told in alternating points of view, we get to really understand and like these two, and we begin rooting for their relationship to succeed, but does it?

Will Carson and Hope manage to outwit Mr. Shaw? Will one or both of them offer to change their locations, their career goals, and their lives? Is two weeks enough time to truly fall in love? For answers to these questions, you'll simply have to read this well-written, delightful, heartfelt and sexy novel for yourself. I highly recommend it.

I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this novel. The opinions expressed are my own.

I am head over heals for Ella and Carson. This one had me hooked from word one, but I have to admit to having one scene that was so unexpectedly hot it had me fanning myself... and it involved food, that is all I'm saying about that.

A great read and a lot of fun.

Really enjoyed reading this book. Didn't want to stop reading it. Love Shayla Black books.

This was a great read of this series. Shayla Black has once again wrote another great story. What better story of insta love and trying to put one over on you business rival and what is supposed to be you fiancée father in law. Carson inherited his fathers company that needed money so he goes to Gregory Shaw who owns another candy company and mr Shaw offers the money if Carson marries his daughter Kendra, the problem is that neither Carson or Kendra love each other. So to get out if the deal Carson says that he is Love with some one else Ella. They the. Have to plan to show how much they love each other and try to trick Gregory Shaw, or do they really love each other.

This was a well written and did not feel rushed and it was hot and the story was for well written.

With the first few books of this series under my belt, I wasn't sure what to expect from this story, but I have to say I was actually pleasantly surprised by this book!

For me, this was a quick and easy read that engaged me from the start. I liked how the relationship between Carson and Ella grew, even though it was a bit of the insta-lust/love trope. I wish that the financial troubles that Carson's company was having was better explained, though. I really enjoyed the twist at the end with regards to the rival company!

This is one that I would really recommend, and definitely one I would purchase for myself!

I have been enjoying the Misadventures series very much. Each is a standalone and different in every way. In Misadventures of a Backup Bride by Shayla Black, we get a sweet and sexy story with great characters! It was so much fun to read.

No one is more surprised than Carson Frost when he inherits his father’s flailing business. He hardly knew the man, having been raised by his mother and stepfather. But he wants to make it work, but the company needs an influx of cash and quickly to stay afloat. Carson knows no bank will loan him the money, so he turns to a business rival. To his surprise, he offers to help; with the condition Carson marries his daughter.

Though Carson accepts his offer, he quickly learns Kendra, his fiancé, and he have nothing in common and next to no sparks. She is nice and pretty, but is that enough to build a marriage? As the date gets closer, Carson begins to have second thoughts and decides to concoct a long lost love he cannot give up. To make his story true, he hires an aspiring actress he met a few months ago to help. What he did not count on was the sparks to really fly between them.

I loved Carson and Ella. Though their relationship was supposed to be fake, the more time they spent together, the more they realized their connection was real. But Ella knew that love could leave you heartbroken. Could she really fall for a man so hard and so fast? Wasn’t that a disaster waiting to happen? Could she really trust Carson? But Carson is set to convince her love can be real and true.

I loved this story! It was sweet, charming and sexy. Carson and Ella had such a strong connection and chemistry. They were great characters and the story was fun and full of surprises! This was my first ready by this author, but I will be definitely checking out her other books soon!

A cute story of Carson Frost being forced to hire a fake girlfriend to get out of a bad business deal, that involves an arranged marriage. Ella Hope is an aspiring actress, but hasn't forgotten the one time she met Carson, and the feelings are mutual. A charming, sexy story, that I couldn't put down!

I very much enjoyed this book . i couldn't put it down because I just loved the story.

I do highly recommend

I am a big Shayla Black fan and any one of her book will keep you riveted on your seat. Can Ella and Carson make believe that they are in love to save his father's company? This fake girlfriend/actress will not only help with help Carson keep the company, but she will also take his heart at the same time. Their chemistry is intense and you see form the start that they are meant for each other. This is s match made in heaven. I voluntarily reviewed an arc.

4 1/2 Star for Misadventures of a Backup Bride. This story was fun and entertaining and had me turning pages. I loved Carson and Ella and their story was perfect. I am enjoying these stories with these great authors. I highly recommend this book for a weekend read. I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book from publisher via NetGalley.

This is such a fun series and I am loving them all! This book had it all from sweet moments to sexy moments.

Carson never thought he would inherit his birth father’s multimillion-dollar company after he passed. He didn’t know his father so it came as a complete surprise. When he takes over the company he realizes it’s in worse shape than he thought. He wants to save the company and the only way he can get a loan is very unconventional.

Carson has to marry the daughter of his rival in order to get the loan he needs. They have zero in common so Carson has a plan to have a long lost love interest. Ella is someone Carson met a while ago and had instant chemistry. He has an offer for her she can’t refuse.

These two both have demons they have to conquer to move on. I really liked these characters and their story. I really enjoyed this book by this author, it was my first time reading a book by her and it won’t be my last.