POPPY KISSES by Marie Marie Johnston is AVAILABLE NOW
Blurb:
I need a husband. Jensen needs a business makeover. A marriage of convenience should solve both our problems.
Moving back to Coal Haven should have been simple—start my tutoring business, settle into the historic house my grandmother left me, and move on from my past. But there’s a catch: I can’t claim the house unless I’m married.
Jensen Hollis. My childhood rival. The guy I spent years trying to outdo. The one who married our mutual friend while I watched from the sidelines. Now he’s divorced, a single dad, and—somehow—my only option.
It’s a perfect arrangement. A temporary marriage. One year with no feelings involved. At least, that was the plan… until playing house starts to feel a little too real.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
I’m really enjoying this fake-marriage series from Marie Johnston, and loved Poppy and Jensen’s story in Poppy Kisses.
The same as her siblings, Poppy has to be married to inherit the house left to her by her late grandmother. The house is charming, but it needs a ton of work. Her former friend, Jensen, is the single dad of one of the students Poppy tutors for dyslexia, and he suspects he is dyslexic himself. They agree to get married so Poppy can help Jensen build his carpentry business in exchange for renovating the house.
I loved the added layer to this fake relationship that they used to be friends back in high school, and Jensen dated the pretty, popular girl who used to be her best friend. But you never know what goes on behind closed doors, because Jensen’s marriage was anything but picture-perfect. He’d been hurt by his ex-wife, yet he had no idea that he’d said things to Poppy in the past, comparing her to his ex, that hurt her. There’s a lot for this couple to work through, and since their marriage-of-convenience doesn’t happen right off the bat, the reader really gets to go along for the ride as they navigate their rekindled friendship.
And when they finally get together? That slow burn was worth the wait!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Meet Marie Johnston:
Marie Johnston is a RITA® Finalist, and a best-selling and award-winning writer of paranormal and contemporary romance – and an avid reader of them both.
Several years ago, when kids started outnumbering adults in the house, Marie Johnston left her job as a public health microbiologist to stay at home. Settling into working part-time and shuttling kids around gave Marie the opportunity to think about what she wanted to be when she grew up. A die-hard science geek, she explored her previously thought to be non-existent creative side after much time spent making snowman crafts and coloring princesses. Having entertained thoughts of writing a book one day then subsequently deciding it would be too hard, she finally put the figurative pen to paper and began to type – and fell in love with story telling.
The Sigma Menace is the first series by Marie with Fever Claim being her first book EVER. She is humbled by the fact that people are willing to read to her books and looks forward to keeping readers entertained for many years.
Marie lives with her husband and four kids in North Dakota where the summers are gorgeous, the winters are brutal, and spring and fall are luxuries.
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