GRR Reviews Marrying Mr. English (The English Brothers) by Katy Regnery

Marrying Mr. English is a great romance that finally showed what those stupid "get married or else" wills should be... contrived non-sense to be seen through!

Trust fund playboy Tom English was supposed to marry by his 32nd birthday, or his grandpa will disinherit him. Tom had a fiancee lined up, only to see her elope with her ski instructor three days before his marriage. With one week to go, seems Tom will forgo his millions. Enter Eleanora Watters, a smart, sassy, but broke waitress. Ellie has zero designs on Tom English. He's 10 years older, probably bedded tons of socialites, and a fling with Tom English would only lead to a broken heart, something Ellie doesn't need. But when Ellie's cousin set them up on a blind date and they bonded over books, Ellie agreed to help Tom, and Tom agreed to help Ellie realize her dreams of owning bookstores and a small house. After a whirlwind marriage in Vegas Tom and Ellie went home to present the fait accompli... Only to be tossed out by the grandpa who saw through their scheme. But Tom refused to back down, for he had fallen for Ellie, and now, the two will have to live as a couple, on a limited salary, on their own, when he was blackballed from the financial industry. Forced to take a teacher's position and barely making do, Tom is determined to make something of himself...

While you know how things will turn out (it's not really a spoiler, is it?) the fun was how it got there.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Man needs to marry but has no fiancee, woman wants a cafe but has no money. They arranged for a marriage of convenience, but he had fallen for her for real, even as his plan backfired... Can they make a living as real couple?

Tropes: marriage of convenience, different worlds, fish out of water, waitress, weird will

Overall Rating:  5/5