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The Billionaire's Marriage Bargain
Kenzie is determined to walk away from Dominick Masters. He never loved her, or wanted a child. But now she needs a favor from her estranged husband. In return for his help she must spend a weekend at his country mansion--at his bidding! Kenzie has no choice but to agree, but finds being alone with Dominick a delicious temptation--though stolen passion has its price. How will Dominick react when he hears Kenzie's important news?
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 2007
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Carole Mortimer
1,299 books911 followersI have written almost 250 romance novels in contemporary and Regency.
I am a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US and in 2012 I was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for my 'outstanding service to literature'.
I am very happily married to Peter with six sons, and live on the Isle of Man
I am a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US and in 2012 I was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for my 'outstanding service to literature'.
I am very happily married to Peter with six sons, and live on the Isle of Man
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December 4, 2021
Whew!! There are so many haters of this story. I'm definitely the odd man out though, because....
I liked this story. It didn't have a ton of angst or drama, but it was entertaining watching Dominick realize he DID love his wife and he didn't want to lose her. Then to experience Dominick finally fight to get her back. Dominick's parents had a horrific loveless marriage, so he vowed to never let that happen to him. Unfortunately, fate had different plans and he found himself smitten with a woman so strongly that he married her to keep her with him-vowing to never truly fall in love with her or have children with her. Kenzi came from a very loving family, and she wanted that magical love in her own marriage, and she wanted children too. Kenzi's dreams of a family completely clash with Dominick's cold and emotionless marriage ideas. Throw in another man who is hellbent on stealing Kenzi away from Dominick, and this story had the bit of drama that made it interesting and entertaining. I enjoyed this one very much.
May 11, 2022
Despite the awful title the book was good.
CM is a very good writer and her book are always entertaining and rarely boring.
This one has angst and also a very good insight on the characters' feelings.
It also shows the hero's change and how he slowly realized his feelings for the heorine.
The heroine is a model and the hero wanted her as soon ans he saw her.
Since she was still a virgin and wouldn't have an affair with him, he decided to marry her.
He had a sad childhood and his parents made his life hell, so he doesn't do feelings and he doesn't do family.
He is aloof and only wants to have sex with her.
When she tells him she would like to have a child he absolutely refuses.
The heroine leaves him.
She accepts to be the face for a make up company and the owner of this company tells the hero she is having an affair with him.
The hero is furious.
Four months later he is planning his revenge, but the heroine calls him and asks him a favour.
Her father had a heart attack and she didn't tell her family she and the hero have separated.
The hero accept for a price.
He will ask her to spend a weekend with him , will have sex with her once more and then he will dump her.
But of course the hero is bitter and hurt by her rejection and by her cheating (of course she didn't cheat but he believed om)
He takes her to a house he bought before she left him, a beautiful house he wanted them to live in, and they have passionate sex together. Then he coldly tells her he bought the sares of the makeup company she works for, so now she will have to work for him.
She's sad and disappointed, and tells him she hates him.
The hero of course is in love with her even if he thinks he doesn't do love, and this is the reason why he plotted this revenge on her.
Now he's more hurt than he was before, but he still thinks she has an affair with ow.
When they meet again some weeks later the heroine faints and they find out she's pregnant.
Since she's hurt and hates the hero she doesn't tell him it's his, and the hero is shattered.
He has just understood he's always been in love with her and he has made so many mistakes that he can even understand why she cheated on him.
He goes back to her apartment to tell her that if she doesn't want to marry om he wants them to stay married, and he will love her and the child.
Enter om, who of course is furious and reveals he lied about having an affair with heroine to have her as a model for his failing company.
The hero tells the heroine he loves her and wants a family with her.
All is well in the end.
The plot is quite simple and an old one, but the book is written very well, CM deals with feelings and personal changes very well, there's a lot of angst because the hero is hurt and he wants the heroine to suffer too, but then he accepts his feelings for her.
He seems to be cruel but of course you understand immediately that he's hurt and in love with her. He was selfish when they were married but he understands his mistakes.
The heroine is in love with him but she has a backbone and even if in the end she lies about the child, this was necessary to make us believe that the hero wanted her for himself even if she was pregnant with another man's child. So, everything was ok.
I liked it, both were celibate of course, and both are very much in love with each other.
CM is a very good writer and her book are always entertaining and rarely boring.
This one has angst and also a very good insight on the characters' feelings.
It also shows the hero's change and how he slowly realized his feelings for the heorine.
The heroine is a model and the hero wanted her as soon ans he saw her.
Since she was still a virgin and wouldn't have an affair with him, he decided to marry her.
He had a sad childhood and his parents made his life hell, so he doesn't do feelings and he doesn't do family.
He is aloof and only wants to have sex with her.
When she tells him she would like to have a child he absolutely refuses.
The heroine leaves him.
She accepts to be the face for a make up company and the owner of this company tells the hero she is having an affair with him.
The hero is furious.
Four months later he is planning his revenge, but the heroine calls him and asks him a favour.
Her father had a heart attack and she didn't tell her family she and the hero have separated.
The hero accept for a price.
He will ask her to spend a weekend with him , will have sex with her once more and then he will dump her.
But of course the hero is bitter and hurt by her rejection and by her cheating (of course she didn't cheat but he believed om)
He takes her to a house he bought before she left him, a beautiful house he wanted them to live in, and they have passionate sex together. Then he coldly tells her he bought the sares of the makeup company she works for, so now she will have to work for him.
She's sad and disappointed, and tells him she hates him.
The hero of course is in love with her even if he thinks he doesn't do love, and this is the reason why he plotted this revenge on her.
Now he's more hurt than he was before, but he still thinks she has an affair with ow.
When they meet again some weeks later the heroine faints and they find out she's pregnant.
Since she's hurt and hates the hero she doesn't tell him it's his, and the hero is shattered.
He has just understood he's always been in love with her and he has made so many mistakes that he can even understand why she cheated on him.
He goes back to her apartment to tell her that if she doesn't want to marry om he wants them to stay married, and he will love her and the child.
Enter om, who of course is furious and reveals he lied about having an affair with heroine to have her as a model for his failing company.
The hero tells the heroine he loves her and wants a family with her.
All is well in the end.
The plot is quite simple and an old one, but the book is written very well, CM deals with feelings and personal changes very well, there's a lot of angst because the hero is hurt and he wants the heroine to suffer too, but then he accepts his feelings for her.
He seems to be cruel but of course you understand immediately that he's hurt and in love with her. He was selfish when they were married but he understands his mistakes.
The heroine is in love with him but she has a backbone and even if in the end she lies about the child, this was necessary to make us believe that the hero wanted her for himself even if she was pregnant with another man's child. So, everything was ok.
I liked it, both were celibate of course, and both are very much in love with each other.
October 27, 2013
By the time I hit chapter 14 I wanted to stop reading. The whole story was stupid, Kenzie says she's in love with Dominick but really both of them are just in lust. The 'plot twist' just before chapter 14 is obvious and stupid. Also it really annoyed me that Dominick didn't believe Kenzie about not having an affair with Carlton over Carlton saying she was but the second he confirms he didn't ever sleep with her then its instant belief, what makes this worse is that she instantly forgives him. Kenzie has no backbone, None.
This is the second book I've read by this author but I don't think they'll be another as both were awful.
This is the second book I've read by this author but I don't think they'll be another as both were awful.
March 26, 2022
This was okay. Just total lack of trust in the hero's part. He believed something someone told him and didn't believe the wife when she denied it. And then of course she gets pregnant and he thinks he's not the Father and she tells him he's not! I almost threw my Kindle. I hate stupid heroines. It's not a bad book and it's safe but I think I am over miscommunication tropes or maybe even romances. My give a f$#& scale has been trending to Hell No!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 7, 2015
Abusó de los signos de exclamación hasta el hartazgo y sólo por eso fui incapaz de poder leer con normalidad la novela. Sinceramente, la odié, aunque es uno de mis géneros favoritos. Es una falta de respeto para con el lector. Como la tengo en físico, o va a parar al canje o al fuego de la parrilla (más probablemente). Que esta porquería por lo menos sirva para hacer un buen asado ^^/
January 25, 2021
First, comes marriage then comes love?
Dominick is a dick, from the very beginning he is seen plotting against his estranged wife who, in his words, "abandoned their marriage bed for another man." I wanted to empathize with Dom as he had a rough childhood and doesn't believe in love or family but oh boy did he make it hard. His very vague rationale for Kenzie leaving him was frustrating and for a billionaire was not very logical or sensical.
Kenzie, who left Dom because she wanted real love and a family, instead of lust, needs his help so she seeks him out to strike a bargain (hence the name Billionaire's bargain). I am totally in awe of Kenzie who is a super successful model with huge ad campaigns but comes across as a shy virgin (no kidding, she is a virgin).
I enjoyed the story as a whole and as a quick, no-fuss read, but overall I am still confused as to the rationale of Dom thinking she was cheating and Kenzie thinking that Dom loved her in the first place to marry him?
I think this is a classic example of falling in lust before love and how important it is to have discussions about the future.
Dominick is a dick, from the very beginning he is seen plotting against his estranged wife who, in his words, "abandoned their marriage bed for another man." I wanted to empathize with Dom as he had a rough childhood and doesn't believe in love or family but oh boy did he make it hard. His very vague rationale for Kenzie leaving him was frustrating and for a billionaire was not very logical or sensical.
Kenzie, who left Dom because she wanted real love and a family, instead of lust, needs his help so she seeks him out to strike a bargain (hence the name Billionaire's bargain). I am totally in awe of Kenzie who is a super successful model with huge ad campaigns but comes across as a shy virgin (no kidding, she is a virgin).
I enjoyed the story as a whole and as a quick, no-fuss read, but overall I am still confused as to the rationale of Dom thinking she was cheating and Kenzie thinking that Dom loved her in the first place to marry him?
I think this is a classic example of falling in lust before love and how important it is to have discussions about the future.
March 25, 2023
Better than modern ones but worse than the oldies.
August 9, 2011
I don't know how these heroes who are such egotistical idiots get made out to be billionaires. Anyone that stupid could hardly make 1 thousand, let alone a billion. And if by some weird stroke of luck he did make that much money...well, a FOOL and his money are soon parted.
Both the hero and heroine are fools of the highest degree.
Don't waste your time!
Both the hero and heroine are fools of the highest degree.
Don't waste your time!
March 3, 2019
3.5 stars
March 18, 2017
3.5stars
June 8, 2021
Kenzie is determined to walk away from Dominick Masters. He never loved her, or wanted a child. But now she needs a favor from her estranged husband. In return for his help she must spend a weekend at his country mansion--at his bidding! Kenzie has no choice but to agree, but finds being alone with Dominick a delicious temptation--though stolen passion has its price. How will Dominick react when he hears Kenzie's important news?
November 27, 2012
I feel as if I've read this novel before or one so similar to it that I could anticipate line after line. I'm afraid I didn't care for this one anymore than I did for the other one.
April 11, 2025
Considerably more explicit than others by this author.
Tried again as it was in an anthology but nope, not for me.
Tried again as it was in an anthology but nope, not for me.
March 29, 2021
Heroine great, hero IRREDEEMABLE! Complete ass, and suddenly changes for no reason!! He doesn't believe anything the heroine says! Treats her like shit, manipulates her, gets everything he wants theeeeennnnn 'wahhhh why am I not happy?!' because you are you sir. Even the other guy's motivations are really weak and dumb. Then we have that random girl near the end. I liked the heroine's family! All normal and chill. I like the heroine because she could look back and see the compromises she made for the hero and the red flags she ignored. But this hero is so freaking stupid. Read it but hope the hero drops dead before the end. It's for the best.
March 26, 2022
Kenzie and Dominick's marriage is on the rocks.
He believes she left him to have an affair with a man for whom she is now the face of his company.
Kenzie in her turn believes Dominick has never loved her.
But when Kenzie asks Dominick for a favour, he is determined to get his favour in return.
When they attend a family function together they suddenly get closer but then soon a shattering revelation follows, can their marriage survive...?
A sweet, love story of misunderstandings.
He believes she left him to have an affair with a man for whom she is now the face of his company.
Kenzie in her turn believes Dominick has never loved her.
But when Kenzie asks Dominick for a favour, he is determined to get his favour in return.
When they attend a family function together they suddenly get closer but then soon a shattering revelation follows, can their marriage survive...?
A sweet, love story of misunderstandings.
December 24, 2020
Divertissant. Même si les phrases verbales toutes à la suite m'énervaient. Depuis quand Carole Mortimer ne sait plus écrire de vraies phrases avec un sujet, un verbe conjugué et des compléments ? elle avait l'art de me plonger dans des tourments et là...
October 16, 2019
Reviews by Michaela and Sara sum it up .
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December 11, 2019Long standing misconceptions
Good story which really highlights the importance of trust and communication in marriage and what happens when it isn't present.
Good story which really highlights the importance of trust and communication in marriage and what happens when it isn't present.
February 19, 2021
"Δυο μέρες μαζί"- Κάρολ Μόρτιμερ, Σειρά Χρυσά, νούμερο 1376
August 13, 2024
3.5***
January 23, 2013
This book was extremely disappointing. The author couldn't describe how the characters were feeling, and because she was unable to express the tone of the scenario, she would end EVERY sentence with an exclamation mark. There were more !!!!!!!! then periods. So instead of writing how the characters had a heated conversation in hushed tones, or his face was red with the fury he was holding in, she just wrote what they said and ended it with an exclamation point. When reading the sentence you had to stop and think to see if they expressed themselves by yelling at one another, if it was just a high temper conversation, or were they just whispering, etc.
Further more Kenzie is a spineless bimbo who needs to find her self worth. The whole entire time she is bitching on how Dominick doesn't love her and how he is infatuated with her, when I saw no proof that she loved him at all and that she wasn't just as infatuated with him as he was with her. Kenzie went on and on, about how she loved him, BUT she never said what she loved about him. It was I love him. the end nothing about his kindness, his humor, his personality or anything. But to give her credit Dominick had no good qualities for anyone to love. To make it worse if my husband believed the word of some man, that he didn't even like, over mine I would be LIVID! Especially with something so deceiving as me cheating on him.
Dominick is an absolute dick. He believed his wife had an affair with another man, when she claims she never did and there is no proof whatsoever that she did. This say more about his self-confidence then anything, but Mortimer never expresses the fact. The only quality about this man is that he is successful (which I have NO idea how he was able to do so). If Kenzie mentioned any good attribute about the man, it was not nearly enough because is don't remember a single one.
Overall I would never recommend this book UNLESS you want to stay single for the rest of your life, and you like the over use of an exclamation point.
Further more Kenzie is a spineless bimbo who needs to find her self worth. The whole entire time she is bitching on how Dominick doesn't love her and how he is infatuated with her, when I saw no proof that she loved him at all and that she wasn't just as infatuated with him as he was with her. Kenzie went on and on, about how she loved him, BUT she never said what she loved about him. It was I love him. the end nothing about his kindness, his humor, his personality or anything. But to give her credit Dominick had no good qualities for anyone to love. To make it worse if my husband believed the word of some man, that he didn't even like, over mine I would be LIVID! Especially with something so deceiving as me cheating on him.
Dominick is an absolute dick. He believed his wife had an affair with another man, when she claims she never did and there is no proof whatsoever that she did. This say more about his self-confidence then anything, but Mortimer never expresses the fact. The only quality about this man is that he is successful (which I have NO idea how he was able to do so). If Kenzie mentioned any good attribute about the man, it was not nearly enough because is don't remember a single one.
Overall I would never recommend this book UNLESS you want to stay single for the rest of your life, and you like the over use of an exclamation point.
May 14, 2023
Standalone/Cliffhanger: Standalone
Ages of H and h: Kenzie is 27 and Dominick is 38
Was There Descriptive Sex:
Descriptive Sex &/Or Drama Between H/h With OW/OM: No however OW lied to Dominick and said that he and Kenzie had been having an affair for ages
>>If So, Before or After H/h Hookup:
Contains Cheating:
Amount of Sex In The Book:
HEA/HFN/etc Ending:
Will This Meet My 'Safety Gang' Buddies' Approval: Yes
Any Triggers/Warnings: No
>>Detail:
Do You Recommend This Book: Yes.
Will You Re-read This Book: Probably
Would You Read More Books By This Author: Yes
My Thoughts
I’m a sucker for marriage in peril books, especially when the hero is still madly in love but acting like an unreasonable idiot.
Ages of H and h: Kenzie is 27 and Dominick is 38
Was There Descriptive Sex:
Descriptive Sex &/Or Drama Between H/h With OW/OM: No however OW lied to Dominick and said that he and Kenzie had been having an affair for ages
>>If So, Before or After H/h Hookup:
Contains Cheating:
Amount of Sex In The Book:
HEA/HFN/etc Ending:
Will This Meet My 'Safety Gang' Buddies' Approval: Yes
Any Triggers/Warnings: No
>>Detail:
Do You Recommend This Book: Yes.
Will You Re-read This Book: Probably
Would You Read More Books By This Author: Yes
My Thoughts
I’m a sucker for marriage in peril books, especially when the hero is still madly in love but acting like an unreasonable idiot.
June 17, 2015
Kenzie Miller vuole lasciare suo marito, il re degli alberghi Dominick Masters. Lui non la ama, e non ha mai voluto cementare davvero la loro unione, così lei ha deciso di chiedere il divorzio. Ma prima di mettere in atto il suo piano Kenzie ha bisogno di lui, anche se sa che Dominick esigerà in cambio un prezzo molto alto. Forse troppo alto. Un intero weekend nella sua residenza di campagna, durante il quale Kenzie sarà a completa disposizione del marito, costretta a esaudire ogni suo desiderio per ottenere ciò che vuole.
November 3, 2016
This was another so-so read from CM. Sometimes I have this urge to re-read whatever books of hers I liked because I can't seem to understand these extremes of liking some and then not even feeling anything for other books. I felt a total disconnect from this story and the H almost had me pulling at my hair. Ugh.
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March 11, 2017Miniseries: Wedlocked!
Category: Passion
Category: Passion
November 27, 2013
Typical Harlequin story
June 14, 2016
this was just ok. just an OK read nothing to strong that made me go yeah or right on.
April 14, 2017
Leído el 05/07/2010
TITULO: DELICIOSA TENTACION
TITULO ORIGINAL: The Billionaire’s Marriage Bargain
GENERO: CONTEMPORANEA ROMANTICA
RESUMEN: Estaba a punto de pagar el precio de una pasión robada… Kenzie decidió abandonar a Dominick Masters cuando se dio cuenta de que nunca la había amado ni tenía la menor intención de darle un hijo. Pero ahora tenía un problema y no le quedaba más remedio que pedirle ayuda a su marido, a pesar de haberse separado. Sabía que Dominick le pediría algo a cambio… pero no esperaba que ese algo fuera pasar una semana de pasión con él y estar completamente a su servicio.
Kenzie no tuvo más remedio que aceptar, sin imaginar que estar con él fuera a resultarle tan tentador… Pero, ¿cómo reaccionaría Dominick cuando oyera la noticia que Kenzie tenía que darle?
TITULO: DELICIOSA TENTACION
TITULO ORIGINAL: The Billionaire’s Marriage Bargain
GENERO: CONTEMPORANEA ROMANTICA
RESUMEN: Estaba a punto de pagar el precio de una pasión robada… Kenzie decidió abandonar a Dominick Masters cuando se dio cuenta de que nunca la había amado ni tenía la menor intención de darle un hijo. Pero ahora tenía un problema y no le quedaba más remedio que pedirle ayuda a su marido, a pesar de haberse separado. Sabía que Dominick le pediría algo a cambio… pero no esperaba que ese algo fuera pasar una semana de pasión con él y estar completamente a su servicio.
Kenzie no tuvo más remedio que aceptar, sin imaginar que estar con él fuera a resultarle tan tentador… Pero, ¿cómo reaccionaría Dominick cuando oyera la noticia que Kenzie tenía que darle?
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