Owen was a little too quiet for me. I enjoyed this book though. Owen and Chelsea were great together and I look forward to reading about Pops friends daughter!

A thoroughly enjoyable marriage of convenience story! Chelsea has intrigued me in the earlier stories--you can tell from the advise she gives the others that she is more than just a pretty face, but she doesn't always believe it. This story really shows her coming into her own. I see some other reviewers felt that they couldn't relate to her, but I don't agree. Obviously I can't relate to her specific circumstances about not working, etc., but I can certainly relate to her feelings of not fitting in and not always recognizing her worth. She really comes into her own with Owen, and it was a pleasure to see. Owen was such a sweet hero, and I just adored him. My only complaint is that he didn't quite feel 40 to me--had he been in his 30's, it might have felt more in tune for me. However, that's a minor complaint, and I really liked this story over all! I just adored what Owen revealed at the end. So excited for book 4!!

*I received an advanced copy. All opinions are my own.

I usually enjoy Noelle Adams books but latest Packaged Husband was just an okay read. I found the main characters, Owen and Chelsea boring and their interactions seemed juvenile. The entire storyline was predictable and silly and just didn't draw me in. I'd give this one 2.5 stars.

If you can get past the unrealistic set-up for this book, it was an enjoyable read. Chelsea is convinced that she has lived a life as a spoiled princess, being regarded as simply “the pretty one” in her family. And she really has done nothing, but now she’s in her mid 20s so she figures that she’ll try to build a career for herself advising people about “packaging.” So she sends a letter to Owen Masterson, owner of a chain of department stores that are losing business because their style is so old-fashioned. She gets an interview and somehow, in the course of that interview, he offers for her to marry him for a temporary marriage for a year to help him socially and with his “packaging.”

Yeah, like any of that makes sense, especially since from the start she isn’t doing much on her end except getting him to buy more tailored suits and giving him a haircut. It’s not clear what he thinks he is going to get from having a “temporary trophy wife” as she refers to herself. Then she goes to work as an intern in the purchasing department and slowly the store is able to get some stylish designers to make contracts with the store and they also find more than a contract in their business.

I enjoyed their developing relationship. He’s about 15 years older than she is and is obviously attracted to her but she has such a low opinion of herself that she can’t see it. He’s shy and doesn’t believe that this young pretty thing could fall for him. Complications will ensue, but they’ll be able to figure it out since they’re both kind people who genuinely love each other.

What bothered me was the whole phony set-up of the temporary marriage. Nothing about that seemed remotely realistic. Supposedly, she has two older sisters who also contracted temporary marriages that turned into the real thing. I haven’t read those books, but come on! I could buy one, but not three such marriages.

And I couldn’t help thinking that there are plenty of failing department store chains out there. The problem isn’t so much their old-fashioned style, but competition from the internet. If the author had wanted a more realistic solution to his business problems, she would have had Chelsea develop an online presence for them instead of still depending on walk-in business. Now that is old-fashioned. I know we have to suspend disbelief in a romance novel, but I’d like a bit more of realism.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

The story of Owen and Chelsea. Chelsea ends up marrying Owen, agreeing to be his trohpy wife for a year to help him improve his image and rescue his failing department store. But the more time they spend together the more the story is similar to that of her sisters - falling for the man she was only supposed to be with for a year.

I have loved this series of books, so pplease to find out there is going to be a fourth book!

Okay, it was kind of very foreseeable but despite that, I really liked this story. It is nice and entertaining and despite the fact that I expected many of those twists and turns, I was captivated and kept reading.
The last of the three Greyson sisters meets her match - or at least her temporary match that might or might not morph into something deeper and lasting.

Well, I must admit that I still have a hard time to understand how exactly you become independent and learn to stand on your own two feet if you marry a man who will pay and do everything for you, especially if you want to get out from under your grandfather's thumb who - surprise, surprise, holds all the strings and tries to rule your life. It sounds a bit like a bushfire where you light a counter fire in order to get rid of the fire (or something like that) but what do I know and at least for Chelsea, our heroine, it seems to work.
This book was funny and sweet and deals with growing up, becoming independent and living your own life. Not an easy thing, no matter what your circumstances but Chelsea masters it with charm and a capable mind and also some heartbreak along the line. With Owen at her side, things could be great but....well, it's not as easy as it looks, to be fake-married, right?

This book continues the series about three women and their grandfather's expectations of their future.
I found Chelsea a bit hard to relate to, she shops and doesn't work, provided for by her grandfather.
Owen is an older Hero.
No intimate scenes with anyone other than the Hero and heroine.
No ex drama.
No cheating.
HEA.

Noelle Adams is a master at the marriage of convenience trope, for which I admit I have a weakness. You can go into any of her books, no matter how short, and know that you will be reading a pleasurable story. This was not my favorite of her books but I was still content at the end. All of the elements of what is so special about her writing were there but I never truly warmed to either character (and in fact found the heroine's constant lamenting about her lack of worth grating. One or two times would have sufficed and made me empathize with her. Every few pages in a short book made me cringe).

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Owen is clueless. Or at least he is as far as Chelsea is concerned. He's sweet, but clueless. Chelsea is just starting to learn her worth. They kind of have a teenager relationship it seems. This is not a good thing.

This is the first book in the series I have read. It also is book 3 in a series about sisters who marry for reasons beyond love. It is also told in the first person by Chelsea and I did not love her. Essentially she is the pretty one and likes nice things and is very spoiled.

Essentially she is told to get a job and is recommended by her brother in law to Owen. Owen hires her to be his bride for one year. I didn't really understand why they marry. It is very society girl vs nerd, meaning Owen is this guy who is very stilted with Chelsea.

I did not love ths story largely because I found Owen very dull and boring/ Chelsea was not any better as she is a spoiled princess and is very proud of it. She marries to ger her grandfather off her back and Owen to make himeself look good.

The author is a gifted writer and have enjoyed her stories in the past but this is just not a story I enjoyed,