| Title | : | The Marriage Effect (Washington Wolves, #3) |
| Author | : | |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 |
| Publication | : | First published June 12, 2019 |
Being a football player and legal guardian to his four younger sisters means his playbook is full. However, one of them just landed in the hospital, which gives his brother the shot he needs to challenge Logan for custody.
Legal counsel says there’s only one thing Logan can do—find himself a wife.
Paige McKinney doesn’t always think things through.
Like walking away from her modeling career without a thought of what might come next. She really doesn’t think it through when she proclaims herself Logan’s fiancé at the hospital, simply because the sexy—albeit grumpy—football player forgot his cell phone at a party and security won’t let her pass. It’s not her fault it was overheard by the worst possible person.
A bargain is struck, and a fake marriage is the perfect solution. But the simple solution creates a whole new problem: they’re not as different as they seem. The reluctant groom has fire inside him, and his impetuous bride is about to light the match.
The Marriage Effect (Washington Wolves, #3) Reviews
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DNF @ 75%
I had high hopes for this…the blurb sounded like one of my favorite jam combos (marriage of convenience AND sports), it had high ratings, and it was from an author unknown to me (meaning huge backlist potential).
But alas, I was bored out of my mind.
The writing didn’t grip me at all and the hero was basically running away from the heroine the whole time, despite the fact that there were allusions to previous fox in the henhouse behavior, if you catch my drift. In fact, there was specific mention of him trying to kiss the heroine of a previous series installment…not my favorite thing.
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2.75 stars
the way the heroine kept chasing and throwing herself at the hero while him running away . . .
was giving me secondhand embarrassment. but we gotta love her tenacity—especially because . . . i could never. 🙈 that said, i didnt really see the love blooming between these characters apart from the physical aspect of it because i feel like their objective (at least the heroine’s) was merely to reach sexual gratification. after they finally did the business, then it was HEA. i mean, so why . . . when . . . how . . . did they fall in love?? it felt like an insta-love/attraction being drawn out to get to the steamy scenes.
i wasnt so keen on the kids either mostly because they were at the age where they were no longer cute but borderline annoying. not a fan of the heroine as you can tell. cmon, an ex supermodel who’s been living off her (married) friend?? seriously, she was just too brazen, opportunist, and shameless for my taste. wasnt impressed with the prankings. adored the hero tho, his grumpy arse and his protective nature towards his sisters. also, i dug the fact that it was the heroine doing the grand gesture.
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After reading the Ward Sister's series, I HAD to go back and read Logan's story. I loved how this was a marriage of convenience and Logan was this cold, hardened football player who was just trying to raise his sisters. He agrees to marry Paige so that he can keep guardianship over his sisters, but he is determined to keep things platonic. I love a good single parent romance, so I was swooning over his relationship with his sisters and how close Paige grew to them as she lived with them. Then, there was a slow burn, undeniable attraction between Paige and Logan that I just loved. Logan's story was everything that I wanted it to be and now I can't wait to go back and read the first two books in this series!
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I can’t quite remember who recommended the first book in this series (The Bombshell Effect) to me, but I want to thank them, because without them I wouldn’t have been blessed with Karla’s magical ability to make me feel all the feelings while reading a flipping sports romance. The Marriage Effect was everything I was anticipating and so much more. A perfect combo of swoon-y, steamy, real, and emotional. Logan and Paige were just two people who needed the same thing at the same time, so they decided to help each other out. What they didn’t account for was the undeniable spark between them, and the perfect balance they brought to each other. They bring out the real sides of each other that they keep from most of the world. Logan and Paige are... everything. Add in four sweet sassy sisters, an irritating brother, and a whole team of Wolves and this story is a tasty recipe for sweet sports romance, that you won’t regret breaking your diet for!!
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LOGAN IS MINE!
I know our love story will be 5 stars, but clearly like the sane person I am, I will wait to review it.
Oh I can’t wait to see how we fall in love. 😂
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From all the books in this series, I like The Marriage Effect the best. Mostly due to Logan. He is that perfect hero who always done the right thing, always putting other needs first before his. He is also burn out emotionally taking care his 4 sisters plus managing his career. The story is marriage convenience. Between an athlete and super model.
I do like the characters development and characters chemistry between Logan and his bride, Paige. I am very impress with how Logan and Paige fits each other perfectly. This book is character driven. It focus more on the banter and conversation between Logan and Paige. The 4 sisters are bonus. I have a trouble connecting with Logan's mother. The reason she left Logan as a legal guardian to 4 sisters are not convincing. It's weird actually.
Overall I do enjoy this book very much.
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4 stars
The Marriage Effecet was a marriage of convince romance that was not only fun, but gave me feels.
I met Logan Ward when I read ‘Focused’ last month and I was intrigued. Focused is about Logan’s sister Molly and takes place years after this book. Logan is a NFL player but his most important job is being the guardian to his four younger half sisters. He would do anything for those girls, including getting married.
Paige McKinney has her reasons for needed to get married, and Logan Ward seems like the perfect candidate. She already knows him, and she knows he needs the help so they do it. They get married. Logan tries to keep his distance from Paige, but the attempts are futile. These two have way too much chemistry to stay away from each other for long.
The romance between Paige and Logan was quick, but it also felt like a bit of a slow burn watching them fall for each other. I love love loved the family dynamic between the girls and Logan and the girls and Paige. I’m even more excited to jump back into the sisters’ books!
Audio book source: Hoopla
Story Rating: 4 stars
Narrators: Stephen Dexter & Isabelle Ruther
Narration Rating: 4 stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance (Sports/Marriage of Convenience)
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Another football sports romance? I hear you asking.
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The heroine keeps throwing herself at the hero although he pushes her away. Nope, not my type of romance.
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4.5 Stars!
THIS BOOK SWEPT ME OFF MY FEET! I absolutely loved Logan and Paige’s story! I don’t know what it is about a hard-ass, broody, moody hero (who’s a bit of a jerk), but GAHHHHHHHHH! Logan RUINED me! I’m so obsessed with that man! So obsessed with the dynamic between him and Paige! I really adored this story! Read it in one sitting. And now that it’s done I’m just a puddle of swoony, mushy, feel good emotions. So sooooooooo sooooooo good! An absolute must read!
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Love me kids - this book is all kinds of AWESOME!!!
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❤❤ 4 STARS ❤❤
I love this series and this characters a lot!I can't hide that the first book is my favorite
but still I enjoyed this one a lot!What I loved in this story is how realistic it was!It has one of my favorite tropes marriage of convenience and the romance was the best part!
I adored Logan and Paige. They just fit together and I loved every minute they have together.I loved the dynamic between these two, they have an amazing connection.Also their relationship was full of emotions and sometimes I had the need to cry.
I loved the writing a lot and the pace was great too.I'm looking forward to see what other has for us Karla Sorensen.
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When Karla Sorensen releases a sports romance, I know a sure, beautifully written narrative full of belly-aching humour, delightfully sweet moments, heated chemistry and heartfelt emotions is guaranteed. The Marriage Effect doesn’t fail to ensure your mind is enamoured; your heart bursting with so much warmth and enchantment from this faultless marriage of convenience between two seeming opposites.Paige and I were the same. Whatever fire burned inside her, I had it in me too. I’d just never met anyone who made me want to let the flames consume me. Who made me want to see how hot they could burn, what heights they could reach, what we could reach together.
Irresistible and enigmatic, Logan Ward is an obsession waiting to happen—a man who broods and quietens, but behind the facade harbours a secretive characteristic: a loving sweetheart with an unwavering affection for his sisters. Full of sass, ferocity and unrivalled feistiness, Paige McKinney can’t be ruffled by anyone or anything, but she’s unsettled and the unforeseen weakness in this woman creates a complex, realistic character.
Despite coming across as opposites, this couple is bound together by an irrefutable connection that manifests itself through their marriage of convenience. It is filled with a combination of passionate chemistry, sexual tension and affectionate endearment, you won’t even realise this is slow burn as every moment shared is an enchanting intoxication that’ll ensure you remain invested in this couple.There was a time in my life when falling in love felt impossible and unattainable, and now I was in love with five people in different ways.
Packed with so much heat, tender moments and genuine emotions, this will become your newest sports romance obsession. But, no matter the sweetness, The Marriage Effect is also about bonds we share and sacrifices we make to protect our family that will fill your heart with many sensations.
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The Marriage Effect is a quick and cute marriage of convenience romance. Paige and Logan were great and so were his four sisters he was taking care of. The story itself wasn’t unique and nothing much happened beside Paige trying to convince Logan to let go of the control and just give in to his desires. The four kids played pranks on Paige which was sweet. The chemistry between Paige and Logan wasn’t quite there for me and maybe it’s because of the lack of intimacy between them for more than half of the story. A lovely epilogue to end The Marriage Effect which made this an okay book.
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4 Stars 🌟
This is probably my favourite book in this series. I loved Logan & Paige 😍❤ so much fun and super easy to read. I love me a grumpy Hero and I love me a sassy Heroine add in a marriage of convenience and this was just right up my alley. I absolutely loved all the scenes with the Ward sisters also. -
Pues después de meses sin poder leer nada este libro me sorprendió y me ayudó demasiado.
Fue una lectura ligera, tranquila y muy bonita. Me gustó mucho ella y él también.
Además los niños eran de lo mejor.
Tiene todo lo que me gusta, romance fingido, deportistas y niños.
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tbh, this was a bit disappointing for me. i felt like paige gave so much of herself to logan and the girls, but logan really only gave in to her, and mostly just for the physical. he kept waxing on about how he’s either indifferent to you or all in, but once he decided to finally be all in for paige, all we got was that they had a lot of sex. and at the first sign of trouble as a family, he wrote her right off as less important than his sisters and threw it all on her face; we didn’t see him fight for her at all and only apologized after paige’s grand gesture. all of the work fell squarely on paige’s shoulders— on getting logan to like her, on getting the girls to like her with zero help from logan, on asking everyone else for forgiveness. half the story was paige, but it felt like she disappeared because she was so busy attending to the needs of everyone else. and that made me sad. i wanted someone to fight for paige and understand her like how she was able to read the truth in logan even when he didn’t want her to see. i wanted someone to be passionate for her and about her, and instead we got... logan and this lukewarm barely-there romance. meh.
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This was adorable. Modern day marriage of convenience sports romance with a beautiful found family aspect. Low angst, sweet, funny, and swoony. If you're looking for a fast, happy comfort read this is it.
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4.5 stelline
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Reread in preparation for Molly's book, just as good as the first time!
4.5*
My favorite the series so far!
First of all kudos to this author for delivering NON manwhore heroes. These guys are football stars worth millions but not a single manwhore so far! (I think I'm in love!!) Sports romance author's please take note!
I liked the first, unfortunately the second book didn't work for me but I adored this one. Logan and Paige were both likeable mcs, I loved his relationship with his sisters he truly went all out for them. He did a lot of pushing away but honestly it worked really well here. Paige was an awesome h, she had her own personal growth by the end as they settled into family life. Her interaction with his sisters were Hilarious and sweet. For me personally I'd have liked to see Molly get a sterner punishment because her actions were scary but in my head she gets her own book with Noah who didn't turn into a manwhore either(hint hint dear author).All in all I enjoyed this one!
That epilogue was all the damn things
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This is a TOP TIER grumpy sunshine, marriage of convenience, sports romance. Logan and Paige had me smiling my booty off and I wish I could read this for the again first time!
Karla is an author who knows how to write heroines after my own heart—seriously, Paige and Allie both speak so deeply to my soul and who I am as a person, it means the absolute world to me.
I loved Paige’s sunshine to Logan’s grump, but also that Paige wasn’t perfect, she had her fears and flaws but still came out strong and wasn’t afraid to accept when she messed up. She is such an admirable character and one i won’t forget. Logan, that man tried to have a will of steel, but man did it bend under Paige. And who doesn’t love a man who is so deeply devoted to his little sisters? Let’s be real, it’s too swoony.
(I do recommend reading this series in order but you don’t haaaaave to)
I cannot wait to read the Ward sisters next especially after meeting them all here! I’m so glad i read this series first.
To end, here’s a fun quote:
“I swear, if you don’t kiss me, I will die,” she pleaded, settling her fingers on my skin in curved claws. I swallowed roughly and laid my forehead against hers. “Don’t be so dramatic.” -
4.5 stelline
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4+
Galeotto fu un matrimonio di convenienza. Nulla di nuovo, storia già letta e sentita, ma quest'ultimo capitolo è, a mio avviso, il più carino della serie perché vira più sul lato commedia romantica, pur mantenendo di base sentimenti buoni, sani, come possono esserlo la famiglia e l'amore incondizionato. I due protagonisti fanno scintille, ma chi dà quel tocco in più al romanzo sono quattro simpatiche ragazzine che, a quanto capito, saranno le protagoniste dello spin-off della serie e, porco cavolo, si allunga la lista dei libri da leggere. -
3 stars.
The story would have been better if the heroine hadn’t acted totally pathetic and thrown herself at the hero non-stop for approximately half of the book. Her behavior towards him felt super non-consensual at times, it was cringe inducing.
Then the ending? Oh man. No. No no no. NOPE. Her “grand gesture” was over the top, ridiculous, and just made me wish I had quit reading while the book was still decent. It ruined the ending for me, because frankly, the hero should have been the one groveling. He said some really awful things to the heroine and he barely had to apologize. Pfft.
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I love paigelogan and the ward sisters sooo much 🥺
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4.5- i love them hunnies
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HOW. How does Karla Sorensen get better with every. single. book?! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? Seriously, just when I think she can't outdo herself, there's no way she can write a better Hero, there's no way her heroine can steal my heart more than the last one did, there's no way her character and world development can make me fall more in love than the last one did... SHE DOES IT. It's absolutely incredible. The Marriage Effect completely knocked me off my feet, and then swept me up into its arms and carried me away into the sunset. A top read of 2019 for me!
I could probably write a complete essay and how much I loved this book and WHY, but I want to touch on some major points and keep this as short and sweet as possible.
1) STRONG HEROINES. This is a huge huge HUGE turn on for me, and Karla always seems to nail it. I have loved every single heroine in this series, but man, Paige might have stolen the show for me. Just in the first CHAPTER, she demonstrates how strong she is and I love how feminist this series is. The women are powerful and strong and vulnerable and smart. I just want to give a standing ovation to Karla for writing women that my future daughters could look up to, that I would be proud for them to read about. THAT is amazing.
2) Incredible world building. Karla has completely sucked me into this world of The Washington Wolves. I am OBSESSED with football, so I love a good sports romance, but I love it even more when it's done RIGHT. You can tell Karla did her research, and she doesn't just give us a romance, but an amazing sports story, too. She also ties all the characters we've come to know in the other books together so wonderfully. And now, with the editions of Logan's sisters, the world is even more rich. I loved it!
3) Slow burn angst. HELLO, I AM AN ANGST WHORE -- no one is surprised. But, I love the kind of angst Karla writes because it's natural and free flowing. It's not forced, no crazy dramatic schemes necessary. It's just that yummy, slow burn tension that makes you want to squirm every time the characters are in the same room. By the time they finally kissed, by the time they finally hooked up, I thought I was going to combust lol. SO FRIGGING GOOD.
4) Emotional writing. I love a good story that pulls on my heart strings, and man, this one fit the bill. There's a boxing scene with one of Logan's sisters and Paige, and I swear I was BALLING. It was so emotional, written so exceptionally well, and it packed a punch in the feels that knocked the breath right out of me. You know an author can write well when a scene between a woman and a young girl steals the show in a ROMANCE book. It showed me that all the characters were powerful in this book, not just the Hero and heroine.
5) True romance. I loved how the love between these characters developed so slowly and purposefully that I fell in love right along with them. It was so easy to see how and why they felt the way they did. The chemistry was real, the emotional, deep rooted feelings were true. It was just so well done.
Seriously, I could go on and on and on about this amazing book, but if you love sports romances, angst, well-written characters, strong heroines and the fake marriage trope -- this is going to steal the number one spot in your heart. YOU NEED IT.
Sorensen has completely shattered my expectations when it comes to romance. She should have her own genre, that's how much she's in a league of her own. I am a fan for life. 5 stars isn't enough for The Marriage Effect -- easily a top read of 2019 for me. -
“Paige, you’ll be my real wife. You’ll have a ring on your finger, and not that fake one that got us here. One I’ll buy for you. One I’ll give you in front of a very real judge, in a real courthouse, in front of real witnesses. In the eyes of God and the law, you and I will be husband and wife. You’ll be here, helping me take care of those girls, and none of it will be fake.”
Why is the fake marriage trope so good?
I loved the characters. Their story. The kids y’all 😭.
Logan always was an interesting character. We didn’t see much of him in the other books, what made me be so curious about him. In this book we learned by why he was so reserved and also why he doesn’t like to be in the spotlight.
I had a great time reading this book. We can say that Logan is the “grumpy” one of the relationship and Paige is the “sunshine”. I enjoyed seeing these two living together and trying to make their relationship look real. Paige's relationship with the kids was fantastic. It was really cute seeing how the girls started to get closer to her and accept her. I loved the family dynamic in this book. Every time I read an scene of all of them together, my heart would melt.
If you liked Sustained by Emma Chase I think you’ll like this book and if you didn’t like it, I think you would still like this book.
My girl Molly, one of the girls, has a book named Focused. I can't wait to read it and get to see these characters again! -
4⭑
Tropes;
Grumpy/Sunshine
One Bed Trope
Forced Proximity
Single Parent
Marriage of Convenience
Dual POV
I love marriage of convenience books so much and this did not disappoint one bit.
Paige and Logan find themselves in a situation where they both need to get married asap. Paige has been left an inheritance by her aunt but there is a clause that she can’t access the money unless she is married whereas Logan has custody of his four younger sisters but his brother wants to remove Logan’s guardianship over the girls.
I loved every aspect of this except the girl doing the grovelling💀that shit always makes me cringe lmao
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one day i’ll reread this book and write a review that can express my endless love for paige, logan and the ward sisters.
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Grumpy/Sunshine + marriage of convenience + single parent (kind of) + football romance skyxhxhsh
