Reviewed by True
TITLE: The Captain and the Father of the Bride
SERIES: The Captivating Captains #8
AUTHORS: Catherine Curzon & Eleanor Harkstead
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 256 pages
RELEASE DATE: April 20, 2021
BLURB:
If Leo marries his best friend, they’ll inherit a fortune. The only trouble is, he’s already fallen for her father.
Yacht captain Leo’s never stayed in one place long enough to fall in love. That all could change when he’s left £1,000,000. But there’s a catch. Leo can only inherit the money if he takes a bride before the year is out. And Leo’s the kind of man who’s only interested in taking a husband.
So Leo and his best friend hatch a plan. She’ll be his pretend bride, and he’ll use his new-found wealth to support her animal sanctuary. What could possibly go wrong?
Archie’s the closest thing to perfect that Leo’s ever seen. Dashing, mature and sexy as hell, after one hot night in a London hotel, Leo can’t stop thinking about the legal eagle who’s stolen his heart.
When Leo meets the father of his bride-to-be, he’s in for the shock of his life. Can Archie and Leo join forces to give themselves and a stricken seal pup a second chance, or will a grasping lawyer with a chequebook in place of his heart scupper the happiness of the captain and the father of the bride?
REVIEW:
Leo never expected to inherit a yacht and a million, the latter only if he’ll get married within a year.
He was Gunther’s yacht captain and friend. Now the late man wants him to be happy and married.
He’s gay, that wasn’t what Gunther had in mind with that wish, wasn’t he?
Out of nowhere, Liv, his best friend, offers to marry him, just to cross Gunther’s nephew Conrad, who’s outraged with his uncle’s last will. He’ll fight it, up into the courtroom.
In a hotel bar, Leo meets Archie, the man who is everything he ever wanted. This is his last chance to have a guy’s arms around him and a sexy night before he’ll be married.
Oh well, go with the flow!
They have the most amazing, hot steamy night, where you know for certain everything is just so right. Leo has to go, afterwards, Leo can’t forget this fabulous man, he’s painfully missing him.
Liv and Leo have to convince their families they are getting married. Liv takes Leo home to meet his to-be father-in-law. Leo can’t believe his eyes, there’s Archie…
Archie is shocked, his daughter didn’t even have a lover and now, she wants to marry Leo?
Conrad is one dirty son of a b@tch. He does everything to get what he wants.
Except for the bad guy, most characters are friendly, respectful, understanding, and accommodating.
We can watch some wonderful environments, attorney chambers! yachts, sea, and… seals!
Emotionally everything is going smoothly, for me, I would have loved some kind of hurt or resistance.
The plot around the inheritance was well put together, everyone gets what they deserved!
The authors created a wonderful dynamic with engaging characters, lovely family, and friends.
It’s a quite entertaining narrative, fast-paced, enough developed, and an enjoyable writing style.
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