Marriage of Inconvenience, an all new romantic comedy standalone in the USA Today bestselling, Knitting in the City Series by Penny Reid, is available NOW!

There are three things you need to know about Kat Tanner (aka Kathleen Tyson. . . and yes, she is *that* Kathleen Tyson): 1) She’s determined to make good decisions, 2) She must get married ASAP, and 3) She knows how to knit.

Being a billionaire heiress isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it sucks. Determined to live a quiet life, Kat Tanner changed her identity years ago and eschewed her family’s legacy. But now, Kat’s silver spoon past has finally caught up with her, and so have her youthful mistakes. To avoid imminent disaster, she must marry immediately; it is essential that the person she chooses have no romantic feelings for her whatsoever and be completely trustworthy.

Fortunately, she knows exactly who to ask. Dan O’Malley checks all the boxes: single, romantically indifferent to her, completely trustworthy. Sure, she might have a wee little crush on Dan the Security Man, but with clear rules, expectations, and a legally binding contract, Kat is certain she can make it through this debacle with her sanity—and heart—all in one piece.

Except, what happens when Dan O’Malley isn’t as indifferent—or as trustworthy—as she thought?

Excerpt:

Staring at his chin, because I couldn’t quite lift my eyes any higher, I cleared my throat. “Should we get ready for bed?” “Sure,” he said, his voice a rumble. Dan’s eyes were on me, I felt the weight of them. My hands came to the hem of my skirt and I hesitated, feeling winded for some reason. Sneaking a glance at him, I immediately wished I hadn’t. His gaze was watchful, but it was also unmistakably hot in a way that seemed at once both avaricious and accusatory. The vice tightened around my lungs. Kiss him! Just freaking kiss him! You want numbered steps? Fine. You kiss him- check. He kisses you back- check. Then you make out- check. Check the boxes. I licked my lips, balling my hands into fists at my sides again, preparing to follow my hasty list. But then he said, “Undress me.” My breath caught. On instinct, my eyes lifted and collided with his in much the same way our bodies had collided at the top of the stairs just moments ago. Jarring. Startling. Thrilling. This time I couldn’t look away because this time I was falling. He made no move to catch me. “What? What did you say?” His eyes narrowed, which served only to increase the intensity of his gaze from smolder to inferno. “Take my clothes off.” I stared at him, licking my lips again, and shaking my head. That wasn’t one of my steps. Lifting my chin, I moved to kiss him. He leaned to the side, evading me even as his eyes dropped to my mouth. “Take off my shirt and I’ll give you a kiss.” He’d used his naughty-secret voice. An explosion of heat erupted in my belly, and now I was hot all over. I couldn’t figure out if the heat was embarrassment or arousal or both. He didn’t give me a chance to figure it out. His hands lifted and he undid his cuffs; then they moved to the top button of his shirt. “You better take over,” he said darkly, “or else you’re not getting that kiss.”

Review:

3.75 stars.

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This was a pretty good book. This is Kat and Dan's story. Kat is the last single member of the knitting group in this series. She is a shy, billionaire heiress with horrible family troubles. Dan is regular joe type guy from Boston who works for Quinn as a security specialist and is a friend to the knitting ladies. Kat and Dan have been attracted to each other ever since they met, but he was biding his time on making a move on her. While in Vegas for Janie and Quinn's bachelor/ette weekend, Kat has too much to drink and ends up praying to the porcelain gods with Dan holding her hair back. Nothing happens between them, but when they wake up the morning, Kat assumes the worst, that she had a blackout drunk one night stand like she used to in her teens. Dan sets her straight, but embarrassment and miscommunication keeps them from getting together and instead they begin avoiding each other. Now two years later, Kat, who has been living very simply and working an office job, is being threatened by her evil cousin. He is trying to take away her family's company from her by declaring her incompetent and mentally ill. (She is not mentally ill, but her mother was, and she had a period in her teens where she was not mentally healthy due to her father's treatment of her) In order to keep him from becoming her guardian, Kat decides she must get married in order to have her husband become her default guardian if her cousin gets his way. Dan immediately comes to mind because he is a good man and she trusts him. So, despite some trepidation, Kat asks him to marry her, he agrees to help her, then the fun begins. As the two spend time together, the truth comes out about their miscommunication and they start to fall for each other. They have a good bit to deal with together as Kat's cousin plays super dirty and Dan's criminal brother causes trouble too, but it all works out for them in the end.

I have to say, the miscommunication that kept Kat and Dan from getting together for two years was kind of silly to me. Who hears a drunk woman you have been attracted to/crushing on say "I am not very good at monogamy" and assume that means they are a polygamist? It seemed like a major misunderstanding and unnecessary angst, causing hurt for both Kat and Dan. Thankfully, the truth came out and it got cleared by at 38% so they could begin a real relationship.

Kat comes off like this perfect person, perfectly dressed and always calm on the outside. But on the inside, she is neurotic, always worrying, feeling guilty, and blaming herself for everything. I didn't dislike Kat, but I felt very bad her. She had so much internal struggle and made the simplest things difficult. It was exhausting at times being in her head. Because of her overthinking, it was hard for me to identify with her or feel a connection to her due to her obsessing over everything in her life and how unhappy it made her. This also made it hard for me to feel a lot of chemistry or connection between her and Dan because she was so insecure about their relationship. I liked them together though and knew they loved each other, in general. Dan was pretty great with her and very patient. I just felt like they never got to a really comfortable point and were still walking on eggshells with each other by the end. Their relationship was very slow burn, but it didn't bother me because I was so distracted by Kat and her issues. I liked the epilogue that gave a glimpse at life fifteen years in the future for the whole Knitting in the City gang. I did think it was a little anticlimactic way to end the series, though.

While I did enjoy this book, it isn't my favorite from this series. I just felt like it was missing something to take it from "liked it" to "loved it". Still, I was glad that Kat and Dan got their HEA. And also, that Kat got her due with her family's company, along with putting her cousin in his place and finding a new family with Dan's family. I am sad to see this fun series come to an end and I look forward to more from Ms. Reid in the future!

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Penny Reid is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Winston Brothers and Knitting in the City series. When she’s not immersed in penning smart romances, Penny works in the biotech industry as a researcher. She’s also a full time mom to three diminutive adults, wife, daughter, knitter, crocheter, sewer, general crafter, and thought ninja.

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