The Wrong Wife: A Best Friend's Brother Marriage of Convenience Romance
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The Wrong Wife: A Best Friend's Brother Marriage of Convenience Romance Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

L. Steele (Author), Shane East (Narrator), Aure Nash (Narrator),
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He’s my best friend’s brother.

My new boss.

And now my fake husband.

Knight Warren. The country’s most sought-after heartthrob, and retired military vet, is my complete opposite. He's grumpy where I’m sunshine. Surly where I’m...happy-go-lucky. He’s the hardened ex-soldier. I’m still trying to find my calling. The only thing we have in common is that we both love his sister...who’s also my best friend. So when she asks me to help Knight find a wife, I can’t say no. Turns out he'll inherit his father’s empire as long as...he gets married within the next month.

I agree to work as his assistant and interview the women who apply for the position. But Knight hates every one of them. With the deadline drawing close, he proposes I marry him. In return, he’ll pay off my debts and take care of my mother’s medical treatment.

Only he has conditions—I need to pretend I belong to him, be in a fake marriage with him...for an entire year! But what happens when the chemistry between us ignites? Forced to live under his roof, I know I’m falling for him. As the days pass, I begin to think he reciprocates my feelings. Until he introduces me to his real wife....

This is a billionaire, forced-proximity, one-bed, boss-employee, fake-relationship, and a best-friend’s-brother novel. It is a complete stand-alone.

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  1. Listening Length
    13 hours and 58 minutes
  2. Author
    L. Steele
  3. Narrator
    Shane East, see all
  4. Audible release date
    September 12, 2023
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Laxmi Hariharan
  7. ASIN
    B0CHWMN52Z
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 13 hours and 58 minutes
Author L. Steele
Narrator Shane East, Aure Nash
Audible.com Release Date September 12, 2023
Publisher Laxmi Hariharan
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0CHWMN52Z
Best Sellers Rank #9,632 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#771 in Contemporary Romance (Audible Books & Originals)
#10,554 in Contemporary Romance (Books)

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Marriage of Convenience?! Say no more!
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Marriage of Convenience?! Say no more!
I love marriage of convenience stories, especially when one is grumpy and seems extremely disinterested in the marriage while secretly harboring feelings for the person they’re marrying, which is exactly what happens here. Lots of angst, lots of possessive alphahole behavior. Struggles with survivor&/ guilt and is tormented by his time as a POW, which has rightfully hardened his heart.The love story was good. It felt organic how they had strong physical attraction to each other but he was standoffish and she’s a little awkward. But he does show her he loves her long before saying it.It felt a little long at times, but the dirty talk was not only a major turn on for the heroine, it was very good dirty talk.The narrators did a great job. My only complaint, and I think this was more with the manuscript and then in turn how it sounded on audio, is that the FMC kept saying “eh?” and it just got annoying/sounded weird. And this is just personal preference, but her referring to Night as “sir” like it’s his name when she was thinking about him, just felt different.
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C. F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating and heartwarming
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2024
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Also heart wrenching in some parts as well. Penny has no filter and is funny and refreshing while Knight may be broken but slowly begins to pick up the pieces. He may not be the same as before but he's a new version of his old self with love for Penny and the family they become. And filled with hot, hot steam! I loved it all!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fans myself
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024
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I'm surprised my kindle didn't start smoking. The twist was amazing. The PTSD was heartbreaking, but oh so happy he finally gets help.
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Alinda Miller
3.0 out of 5 stars So, so Good....Until it wasn't
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2023
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First let me preface this review with, I'm a huge fan of L. Steele but I feel that this wasn't one of her better books.

It was so good....up to the 60% mark. Knight was such a tortured soul as one would expect given what he went through. He was really mean to Penny but she stuck it out because she knew he was dealing with PTSD and was posturing to push her away. She was a ray of sunshine to his darkness. I was totally inline with where the story was going, how it flowed and their chemistry? Out of this world! You knew how Penny felt from the get go and that Knight was beginning to feel things for her he wasn't ready to deal with. This PTSD was a major theme up to this point.

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After their "fake" marriage, refused to look at her during the ceremony and also refused to kiss her afterwards then he left Penny in the middle of the reception. He went to a bar and got drunk. Penny went home by herself and Knight's friends dragged him home late totally wasted. He comes into Penny's room the next morning, the poor thing was still in her wedding gown (a tear or two here), with no apologies, to F her into submission. At this point in the story, I was okay because their relationship thus far had revolved around this behavior and we knew why he'd done it. Not excuseable but the reason was well established.

Unfortunately, it went downhill fast from here. It was almost as if Ms. Steele ran out of steam. I don't know happened but the characters began behaving weirdly and flat if that makes any sense. Instead of being righteously angry at Knight for humiliating her at their wedding, she was like "Oh you want to F? Ok sure! Let's forget everything and get it on. We'll just pretend that never happened." And rather than use this as the catalyst for her finally having enough of his BS, she forgave him immediately. What she got mad at and gave his rings back was over the dumbest of dumb things, the fact that he hadn't told her he was trying to adopt the daughter of one of his men that had perished in the mission that had gotten them all captured. Seriously?! Out of all the crap he put her through, THAT's the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back??? And she even admitted to Mira that it was such a noble thing for him to do but because he didn't tell her, she just couldn't live with him any more. And why he was so scared to tell her that, I just couldn't fatham. I just sat there with my mouth open.

Knight did a 180 in his attitude and his feelings for Penny but he made no effort to go after her to explain why he was adopting this little girl and the worse thing? The PTSD was basically forgotten. No explanations on why or how, he just, poof, was over it. It was totally weird and such a let down.

There was absolutely NO grovel in this book. He did say he was sorry but that was it. And the "Real" wife depicted in the blurb? Nope that was a total misconception. She turned out to be the wife of one of Knight's men who had a mental breakdown when she was informed that her husband had perished. In her pychosis, she believed that Knight was her husband. I can understand Penny's shock hearing this woman, who escaped her handler, say she was Knight's wife. That was believable. What wasn't was how mad Penny got even though Knight explained it immediately. Again, another instance of how out of character these two were acting.

I do have to say here that I was so surprised to find out Adam, who was a major player in the book and one of Knight's men who was on the mission with him, and with whom Knight met with everyday, was actually ghost! What a plot twist! I did not see that coming and I LOVED it! Adam also turned out to be the husband of the woman who thought Knight was her husband and the father of the little girl Knight was trying to adopt. Unfortunately, that plot twist was not capitalized on and was over it a matter of one sentence. Such a missed opportunity!

Even though this book turned out to be disappointing to me, I do, as a general rule, love L. Steele's books and I will definitely continue to read her work.
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QsMoni
5.0 out of 5 stars Soldier with severe PTSD falls for little miss Sunshine
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2023
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I'm going to make a couple reviews on this, one as unbiased as possible and the other as a military wife of 16 years.

The main male character was a POW in Russia for six months. While there, he was tortured, sexually assaulted, and witnessed extremely horrific things to others in his command. He comes home broken, empty, anxious...a shell of who he once was. He's decided to shift his energy and focus into taking over his billionaire father's company instead of healing.

Main female character is described as a plus sized sunshine. She speaks without filter, smiles a lot, seems indomitable. However underneath all that cheer, she's stressed trying to pay the rent at a care home for her mother who has early onset dementia. She's recently out of a job and panicking.

Next thing she knows she's working for the main male character as his personal assistant and as you would expect, things get heated.

Things I liked-

The spicy scenes were *chefs kiss*. He takes the whole dominant alpha thing seriously in bed.

In the beginning I found the dialog cute and funny and entertaining. Little miss sunshine was fearless and friendly and intrepid in all the best ways.

The whole tortured hero who thinks the sweet heroine is too good for him thing was sweet. The attempts at being decent were sweet.

The writing style was solid. Editing was solid.

Now to speak as someone married to someone in the military for 16 years and has been immersed in military culture for just as long.

PTSD is no joke. The degree this guy has it is terrifying, his refusal to get real help was reckless and dangerous and even selfish considering how it ultimately impacted those around him. The things he experienced went far beyond a standard deployment, and as details were revealed over the course of the book I was horrified, both with what happened to him but also at the lack of support and understanding of the people around him. Despite their attempts at compassion, the things his friends and family did were highly insensitive and triggering at times. He was home from that horror only two days before he was expected to attend a fancy party on behalf of his sister. I mean who does that to someone after something like that?

Not only was I sickened at him floundering through his significant mental health issues which I won't get into because it would be a spoiler, there is a limit to how bad someone should get before there is no excuse not to get treatment. And when others know about it, they should be encouraging it to. He is a prime candidate for those who unalive themselves and on more than one occasion used words that should have been a red flag in that regard. I'm sorry but the degree of trauma here and the lackadasical response to it was very triggering. There are various secrets revealed over the course of the book and one of the last ones towards the end was extremely serious and worrisome and totally glossed over like hugs and kisses would fix it. I was horrified.

Also while there are literally thousands upon thousands of romance novels dedicated to walking red flags... and I have loved many of them... I found myself uncomfortable at times with Penny's perception and mental response to some of the things that bordered on abuse that Knight did... I love a good, innocent, sweet, sunshine character but there is a fine like between being sweet and being a doormat. It was at times hard to root for them as a couple...and harder and harder to respect her as time went on and she took everything he dished out rather passively.

All in all, I found the book to be well written but I did find it quite a bit triggering.

Trigger warnings (if you want them)
PTSD
Torture
Sexual assault
Death
Military/war/POW
BDSM
Rough sex/Kinks
Anxiety
Severe mental health issues
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Sophie Koufes
5.0 out of 5 stars 🥵 Best Tropes and Romance!😭
Reviewed in Canada on July 26, 2023
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The Wrong Wife (Morally Grey Billionaire) by L. Steele

This book is everything. L. Steele has outdone herself and completely surpassed my expectations. Besides getting to see some of the characters from the previous books, humor, and Laxmi's signature writing style, we get so much more that I don't want to spoil it. Knight & Penny's romance will surprise you.I won't give anything away, but just get ready for an emotional roller-coaster ride of highs and lows. I cried, I laughed, and then I cried some more. An unforgettable read.
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Mimi
5.0 out of 5 stars Good, Mind-blowing
Reviewed in Germany on August 12, 2023
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It took a while for me to finish the book.
But it was good.
Had me crying when knight said goodbye to Adam.
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samantha tulloch
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!! and very spicy 🌶️
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2023
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Where do I start? L Steele is one of my favourite authors and has done it again, I love her style of writing. You can feel all the emotions written on the page. I had so many emotions whilst reading this book, from sadness, anger, frustration there’s so many times I wanted to jump in my kindle and give penny a shake. Penny is such a lovely character but at times the way knight treated her and she let him, left me frustrated, he had his own demons to contend with, going through the book we can start to understand his behaviour. If you love spice then this is also the book for you. I also love the little twist at the end..Would definately recommend reading this book.
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Heshw
5.0 out of 5 stars wow!
Reviewed in the Netherlands on July 26, 2023
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💙 What an rollercoaster. After reading all L. Steele’s beautiful books, you might think ok how can get this get better? Well, I assure you Knight makes you angry but he is hard to withstand and Penny amazes you at every and each turn. Little Dove has so much love to give. 🕊️
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Christine L.
4.0 out of 5 stars Putting your stick on the ice
Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2023
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This is my first foray into a book (world) by L. Steele. It is a series of books that can be read as a stand alone but once you have read one book you can go back and read the one about your favourite couple.

I have to admit that I have wavered about *** or ****. This book almost became a "did not finish" for me so I too, a break and read some reviews. I seemed to be the only one feeling this way and so I persevered. I am glad I did the book got better the further I read though I never warmed up to the main female character (Penny) and it took a while to understand Knight as at the beginning he was such a jerk.

But as the book continued and improved greatly, understanding his character was easier and as the worked toward their HEA you could do nothing but root for the couple.

I am glad I finished this book.
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