Wife for Hire by Christine Bell – a Review

Wife for Hire by Christine Bell is a wonderful cute romance novel, with some steamy sex scenes.  A very fun and enjoyable read.  Here is a blurb from Bell’s Website to give you an idea what the story is about.

Blurb:

He needs a wife for three weeks…

Owen Phipps is out for revenge. His mission? To expose the man who stole his sister’s money and dignity. All he needs is a “wife” who can play along. Too bad his last best hope is an actress who tries to mace him with perfume when he offers her the role of a lifetime.

Lindy Knight is a real sap. She loves too hard, feels too deep, and often finds herself saying yes when she should be saying “Let me think about it.” She can’t believe her good fortune when Owen offers her more than enough money to hold off foreclosure until she can find a job. Three weeks at a resort, money she desperately needs, and she gets to help bring a criminal to justice? Score.

It seems easy enough until the first time a couples bonding game turns intimate, and they realize how dangerous their mutual attraction could be. Can they keep their hands to themselves long enough to find the evidence Owen needs? Or are the close quarters more temptation than they can handle?

Review:

We meet Lindy from the start, as she comes home to a mess in her house.  She has little puppies that have torn her couch to pieces.  Poor Lindy, she was already upset when the doorbell rings and she sees this hot gorgeous man through the peephole.  Having forgotten that she answered an ad for a short job stint, the man on the other side was there to interview her for a job.

Then we meet Owen, who interviews Lindy to play his wife for three weeks at a resort.  You can see from the description, Owen wants to avenge his sister, who was fleeced by a con artist.  Owen wants Lindy to play his wife, as he tries to expose his sister’s former boyfriend.  However, when Owen meets Lindy, everything that shouldn’t go wrong does, and he questions whether she is the right person for the job. Some funny stuff here.  But Lindy needs the money, as she faces a foreclosure on her house, and she convinces Owen, she can act and will do a good job as his wife.

Owen, is not only sexy, but he is Irish and loaded.  He fixes up Lindy with expensive clothes and jewelry, to enable her to act the part as his wife.  Both Lindy and Owen were great together, the chemistry between them sizzles as soon as they leave for the resort.  Lindy wants to settle down, get married and live a normal life.  Owen has no intention of ever having any kind of relationship. Past experiences, especially with his family has soured him of any type of commitment.  I loved Lindy, who was a fun, smart, witty heroine.  She is the perfect sweet girl next door, and Owen is determined not to let himself fall for her.  They do act the part well. 

They both work the resort in finding information about the owner, his sister’s ex, who took all her money.  It’s a fun story, meeting other couples, and seeing Owen and Lindy act like a married couple.  So many funny parts, but the best is to see the two of them becoming more and more attracted to each other, and the sexual tension was hot.

Owen knowing that Lindy wanted a commitment, resigned himself to cold showers, but in the end, it was Lindy who decided even if it’s for a short time, she needed Owen desperately.  He of course jumped at the chance, and this is where the steamy sex comes to play.   

They both were great together, not only the sizzling sex, but just their banter, and their overall chemistry.  Christine Bell does a great job with this fun story, a good plot also, with somewhat of a mystery.  But most of all I thoroughly enjoyed Lindy and Owen.  I won’t tell you how this ends, as you will have to buy this book to find out.  I really enjoyed this book, as it had everything…romance, a great couple, sex, hysterical moments, and just plain fun. 

Reviewed by Barb

Copy provided by Publisher