The Runaway Mail-Order Bride

Mail-Order Brides #3

by Alexa Riley

Willow Adams has been left with no choice. She’s run away from home and straight to a mail-order bride agency. She has no idea what to expect, but never in her wildest dreams did she anticipate him.

Dane York needs a marriage of convenience. He doesn’t have time to date, but he needs to have a certain image for his company, and some things are expected. Everything is perfectly planned out... That is, until he lays eyes on his new bride.

This classic trope is made to order with an obsessed billionaire and an innocent blushing bride. Grab your cozy socks and cuddle up with this ridiculously sweet novella.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Novella, Contemporary Romance, Erotica, Marriage Of Convenience, Erotic Romance

80 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 8, 2017

About the author

Alexa Riley is two sassy friends who got together and wrote some dirty books. They are both married moms of two who love football, donuts, and obsessed book heroes.

They specialize in insta-love, over-the-top, sweet, and cheesy love stories that don’t take all year to read. If you want something SAFE, short, and always with a happily ever after, then Alexa Riley is for you!

Feel free to follow us each on twitter @smut_sasshole & @SassNSmut

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This third book in the Mail-Order Bride series was written by Alexa Riley, and was a quick, sweet and sexy read! Like her other books, this had sizzling sex, and a fairytale feel to it. Is there such thing as “Fairytale Porn??!!!” Lol! If there were; that is what I would call this!!!!

[Gi's Spot Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awwww... This was SOOOO sweet!!!
Without a doubt one of favorite Alexa Riley’s!
I loved that Dane and Willow’s story, beyond being absolutely endearing, super sexy and AR’s perfect instalove goodness, had some extra flare added that just made it even more delicious! Can’t wait to read the rest of this series’ books! Bring on the Mail Order Brides! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3



ARC kindly provided by the author for an honest review

[TJ *Book Twins Reviews* · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a sweet and cute novella! It's sexy and features a dominant, over the top male lead. However, its more on the sweeter side of Alexa Riley.

Willow is on the run from her past. In order to escape, she decides to sign up with a mail-order bride service. She's immediately paired up, but has no idea who her future husband is. Believing she'll have limited contact with her betrothed, she prepares to sign the necessary paperwork being her wedding day, when in storms the man of her dreams.

Dane can't believe his reaction to Willow. He's immediately and irrationally attracted to his petite bride to be. Shortly after meeting her for the first time, he decides the marriage will be more than one of convenience.

These two sizzle together! I loved their sweet happily ever after. The epilogues were super cute!! Recommended to fans of sweet and sexy novellas, Over the Top Alphas, and the Fake Relationship/Mail Order Bride trope.

[♡Tonya♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's Live!

**ARC RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW **

This was hands down, one of my favorite Alexa Riley reads!! It was sweet and swoony with the instalove and steam that we've come to expect. I loved that the minute Dane saw Willow on the screen, he knew his plan for a marriage of convenience was going down the drain.

--no cheating
- no ow/om drama
- no pushing away
-virgin heroine- hero was NOT a manwhore
- no violence (she is running from a stalker ex that she dated for a month
-fantastic epilogues that was well into the future and I loved it

[Deborah · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

I do have a weakness for Alexa’s books and this is a good one.
As always we have the hot alpha male and the sweet innocent female, insta-love, sweet OTT romance and the epilogues.
I do love a good epilogue and here we get four, yes four.

Willow is on the run and desperate and so she applies to be a mail order bride, it’s a bride on paper only for about 5 years followed by a payoff.
Her husband-to-be is billionaire Dane York who wants a wife to keep other women away and it seems like a good plan until he sees Willow for the first time and all thoughts of a marriage without sex is gone he wants her forever.

I really liked this book, yes I would have preferred the back story to have more depth and angst but ultimately it was just a means to an end.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short sweet and sexy read. Characters were adorable they had chemistry and we got so many cute epilogues! Alexa Riley knows how to melt my heart!

[SB*needs low angst books* · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think I need to give up most AR because many just end up not working like they use to. Some I can't get into the couple and some feel like I am missing something. This was a little of both for me. It was ok but I just wasn't into either character enough to enjoy it much.

[Maria... · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Stars

I enjoyed this book so much!

I love this series "Mail-Order Brides" and this one didn't disappoint me at all! Dane was amazing and OTT hero as I love them, and Willow was the usual sweet heroine as always! I loved their sweet story and their HEA!!!

Hopefully more as good as this one will come!

[Umaiya ❄️Ramblings of a Scattered Mind❄️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the sweetest, most unrealistic thing ever and I hate how much I want it.

[Hilda · Rating 2 out of 5]

It wasn’t bad. It was actually really cute. It was just too perfect. Definitely read if you love Cinderella and are looking for that fairy tale love story. Willow is a gorgeous girl a small town golden boy sheriff decided was his even though she didn’t want to be. Her only option is to become a mail order bride and run away from her problems. Then comes millionaire Dane York and you can guess what happen next. Again, it wasn’t bad just too perfect, so perfect it felt fake. *I know it’s fake.

[Janie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[Eda** · Rating 3 out of 5]

** 3 "sweet" STARS **

[Jacqueline's Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a sweet read and I picked it up b/c of the premise and it’s Alexa Riley. It was super short, to the point and super sweet. Tickled all the hot spots.

[Sabrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can Dane to depositing a billion dollars on my account? 💵

[Kayla Brunson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Update: Still enjoyed this in 2021!
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I don’t know how I am just reading this now, but I loved it! Willow and Dane were so damn sweet together. Another hit for Alexa Riley!

[Serena Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

...la pequeña sonrisa que me da rompe mi corazón frío y muerto.




The runaway's Mail Order Bride de Alexa Riley libro 3 serie Mail-Order Brides


Mí humilde opinión:

Willow escapa de su casa, dejando a su familia para protegerlos. Un ex, que es un policía, la acosa, acecha y teme por lo que pueda hacer.

Así que cuando ve un anuncio de una agencia de novias de alquiler, no duda.

Ahora va a casarse según el contrato por cinco años, el tiempo que necesita para que su ex la deje en paz y así volver a casa.

Dane es un empresario multimillonario, no busca una relación estable, al menos no hasta más adelante. Pero la casamentera de su madre no deja de presentarle mujeres y sus socios son gente con familia. Por eso decide hacer algo drástico y práctico, pedir una novia de alquiler. Solo estarán atados por contrato y ella se llevará un dinero, cada uno por su lado, al final, todos ganan.

Sin embargo, nada lo prepara al ver a Willow, no la buscaba pero allí está ella, la mujer de su vida.

Al demonio el contrato! Lo que haga con Willow va a ser real y para siempre.



Alexa Riley tiene unas historias seguras, dulces y sexys. Leí algunos libros de ella y me gustan bastante.

Finalmente una boda en esta serie!

Con vestido y fiesta! Ya que son novias de alquiler, esperaba ver anillos y velos!

Me gustó montón está historia. Mí escena favorita fue la del vestido rosa, yo quiero un vestido así! Y ese baile juntos con beso que acababa más? Increíblemente sexy!

Un insta-love tan dulce de leche que termine diciendo awww al final.

Al fin epílogos!!! Tres! Súper lindos y variados, ayudaron a dar cierre redondo a la historia de amor a primera vista de Dane y Willow.

[Elizabeth Neal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Willow is trying to outrun the cops, well, a specific one, and no, she's not a criminal. What she is though is desperate to escape her abusive ex, the sheriff, but he refuses to let her go, and no one, aside from those closest to Willow, believes her. So now, she's leaving all she knows behind, including her parents and best friend, without any idea whether or not she'll see them again, or if her plan will work. What's her plan you ask? Well, she's going to be a mail-order bride. Yes, apparently they still do that. Five years of her life, in name only, with a payment at the end? The latter isn't important, but being "hidden" for so long? It's like an answer to prayer.

Dane, a very wealthy man, has no time for anything besides work, and that includes his mom's numerous matchmaking attempts, and guilt trips about his single status. But, as a businessman, he needs to project a certain image, and so he decides on an arrangement, in name only, with specific stipulations. Well, that is until he sees her, and then all his previous notions change, because she will be his in truth, in name, in love, in all ways.

Dane and Willow quickly fall for one another, though there are some adjustments on both their parts, and life is finally looking up for Willow as she's happy and safe. Or at least she is until her ex finds her.

Will Dane get Willow's ex to leave her alone for good? Will they get their HEA? Of course, the answers to both questions are yes, because safe, sexy, and sweet reads are their specialty.

One-click now and follow along as a way out, albeit for different reasons for both Dane and Willow, leads to the type of love fairy tales are written about.

**I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.**

[Ivy Deluca · Rating 3 out of 5]

So. It's an Alexa Riley novella, filled with alot of smut, a paper-thin premise, barely a conflict and about 30 epilogues of sweet and salty goodness.



Yep, that's what I thought. If you're a fan, you'll like it. If you're not, keep on stepping. Ridiculously sweet smutty times is right up your alley, then you may enjoy this.

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[*CJ* · Rating 3 out of 5]

"The Runaway Mail-Order Bride" is the story of Willow and Dane.
A damsel on the run from a stalker ends up answering a mail order ad for a 'marriage of convinience', which soon turns into something more as our alpha hero spots the gorgeous heroine.
Then the story goes as expected, but I do love the multiple epilogues and sweet lovemaking.
Safe
3/5

[Laura Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super short, insta love and too many epilogues but I liked it.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

5***** stars for the sweet Willow and the over the top possessive Dane!

Wow, that was a very intense and steamy story... once again AR nailed it!! Here you gonna learn what happens when your mail order bride plans go into a different direction.

Dane wanted a bride just by name and well when he saw that at his doorstep Willow arrived well... the plan went to the window, cause we talk about insta love/lust all caveman, possessive style just how we like it!

Willow is going to shake Dane's world with her playful and sweet personality... so what are you gonna get as a result?? ... well, of course, lots of steamy and enjoyable scenes and dialogues.

I really enjoyed reading it, it is a fast-paced plot and you can read it in every situation!! So that pretty sums everything up and of course, I can't wait to read their next creation!!

ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review!

[Tash · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this story. Mail order stories are some of my favourite troops/cliches?. Either way I loved this sweet one where the hero is the typical Alexa Riley male character and the hereoie is one who isn't going to let him have his way exactly.

[Delta · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 Short-hot-sweet-and-to-the-point stars!

If you are a fan of mail-order-bride stories, can completely suspend reality, and are in the mood for some light-hearted escape reading, The Runaway Mail-Order Bride will do nicely.

[Jillian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute, insta-love story.

[Emilia Redington · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very, very weak...it doesn't compare with the first and especially the last one in the series. You can see from Mars that the writer is different.

[İlkim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bu ne kadar çok epilogdu öyle... Neyse uzun zamandır ilk defa fena olmayan bir şey yazmışlar :D

[Jami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Runaway....

Willow is trying to get away from her ex that has gone cray cray.... Dane is trying to get his mom off his back about finding a wife.... what started out as a business transaction turned into so much more!!!

-safe read
-h is a virgin
-H has been celibate
-no ow/om drama
-good epilogues (1 year, 4 years, and 10 years)

[lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow that was awesome! it was hot , steamy and sweet
and with 4 epilogues I am a happy girl ♡♡

[MamaBear2019 · Rating 5 out of 5]

AR books always make me feel good.

[Lynsey A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super sweet, insta luv story. Safe read. Eye roll worthy but very cute, still.