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Loved this book very much. It had just enough comedy & sweet romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend!

Hunter is Sam’s Practice Husband early in the story. They both expect to get something out of their marriage in name only. What they didn’t expect, was to actually fall in love. So when they did, neither of them knew what to do about it. Needless to say, they almost bungled it completely. Fortunately, they figured it out in the end. Ms. Adams always does a terrific job of getting her readers to feel her characters’ emotions, and this book was no exception. Well done!

I loved this book - not only the story of Sam and Hunter, but also the references to romance in other novels such as Jane Austen.

Sam is a perpetual student, currently on her third masters, and living off her grandfathers money. Hunter is an old friend from high school, just out of prison and in need of a home and a job - she can help with both if he marries her and becomes her practice husband.

Looking forward to the next book in this series!

Practice Husband, Trophy Husbands Book 2,  Noelle Adams

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews

Genre: Romance.

Hurrah, book two has lost that awful women's fiction category ;-)

I really enjoyed book one, light and a bit predictable but a fun read so I was keen to read book two. It didn't work as well for me though, an OK read but not more.

Somehow where I could accept Pop's machinations of Melissa I found it hard to see why Sam accepted it. There's a section where she says “Although I don't really mind living off Pop that much” and it made me so irritated. She's 26 – 28 maybe, is studying for her third masters, has no idea what she's going to do to earn money as she doesn't work and is happy to just live off her grandfather. I wanted to say to her “where's your pride, your independence?”
I find it hard to root for someone who's so happy to sponge off someone else. Yes she's kind, yes she helps Hunter but that help still came via Pop. Somehow that coloured the way I felt about her. At least Melissa was working, growing the business and being independent, but Sam? She's a grown woman acting like a teen, expecting Pop to just pick up her bills, and that grated on me.

Hunter, he was lovely. I was wary of his past, but the explanation for it was reasonable, and things like that do happen. I really felt for him in his family situation, that was sad. I'm not convinced he would have gone for Sam's ideas though, he seemed a little too independent for that but that's the way the story was written so I have to accept it.

I think if there was a bit more independence from Sam, and maybe a little better reasons for the marriage I could have really liked this book. I was cross at a grown woman just accepting money like that, and found it hard to accept that Hunter would agree to marry Sam, even temporarily, for such simple reasons, thought he'd have held pout a bit more, needed more benefit to Sam than just helping her open up, be braver in life. Its kind of a one sided bargain and he didn't feel the sort to take that, he seemed a proud person and I think he'd have wanted more concrete benefit for Sam.
Still, I enjoyed most of the story, its well written, I did like the little side plots, the everyday actions and the heat between Sam and Hunter. I'm hoping the third sister has a book more like the first one, where the reasons for marrying are more realistic and even handed.

Stars: Three, a fun read, but not up to book one for me.

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