The Unwanted Wife: Nathan & Skylar's story. A Brother's Best Friend Marriage of Convenience Romance (The Davenports Book 1)

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Last update: 02-28-2025


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★ Amazon #5 bestseller ★

He’s my brother’s best friend
My fake husband...
And doesn’t believe in love


Nathan Davenport, CEO of the Davenport empire is my
complete opposite.
He hates chocolate. I’m a
size sixteen dessert chef.
He only wears black. I love glitter and pink.
He’s
grumpy, while I look on the brighter side of life.
Too bad his piercing eyes, and high cheekbones haunt my dreams.

When he offers to loan me the money to save my bakery.
I have no choice but to agree.
Except he has
conditions:

I must
pretend to be his wife for a year
I must
fake my feelings for him so his family believes our relationship.
I must stay by his side for the duration of our arrangement so he can claim his inheritance.

I don’t even like the man, surely I can get through this charade without developing feelings for him?
Except living in
close proximity with him, our chemistry escalates
I know I am falling for the
wrong man.
For when I tell him: “I love you,” he growls: “Love was never part of the equation...”

This is an opposites attract, forced proximity, one-bed, marriage of convenience, and a brother's best friend, billionaire romance with a plus size FMC. It is a complete standalone.

Tropes
Brother's best friend
Fake relationship
Enemies to Lovers
Curvy FMC
OTT possessive
Emotionally wounded hero
"My wife"


From the Publisher

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Nathan & Skylar
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Standalone
Marriage of Convenience
Secondary-trope Brother's Best Friend Age Gap. Ex-boyfriend's father Bridegroom marries the wedding planner Best Friend's Brother Christmas Romance
Plus size FMC

Top reviews from the United States

  • Kalu
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Unwanted Wife
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
    Thank you L. Steele for delivering a beautiful story. This brother’s best friend marriage of convenience Romance has become my favorite this year. Nathan and Skylar’s story is so unique and it has an unexpected twist that I didn’t see coming which makes the book even more interesting that you can’t put it down. The book starts with PRIMROSE HILL map, this first page got me hooked since I was able to see the townhomes where Sinclair & Summer, Michael and Karma, and Dr Weston and Amelie were living. This page gives you an idea where all the characters live and how they interact with each other. If you have read her previous books it gives you a thrill to continue seen all these characters interacting with Nathan and Skye but if you haven’t read any of her books, this book is so well written that you can follow their own story but I bet you would be interested in knowing each of the characters stories. Nathan and Skylar story starts with Skylar struggling financially to keep her bakery afloat. She is an independent woman who followed her dreams but she is going through a rough patch and needs money to keep her business running. That’s when Nathan comes to the picture. When he first showed up to the bakery, he seems arrogant and full of himself not interested in investing his money to help Skylar. However, when he sees her again something snapped inside him which made him come up with this marriage arrangement in which both would benefit from it but what he didn’t expect was to get emotionally involved that he couldn’t walk away from her. I love the fact that Skye push him to show his real feelings towards her and made him realize that since the moment they kissed on her 18th birthday, she was it for him. I loved the possessiveness, and loving side of Nathan. He worshipped Skye in a way I have never seen before and it actually makes you jealous… lucky girl. He protected her and cared for her even when she didn’t notice. If that’s not love idk what is. After they get married, they go through this newly wed phase where they can’t keep their hands from each other especially after Skylar lost her V card to him. Everything is going good for both of them when reality hit and changed Skylar’s life forever. Nathan finally comes clean and fears to lose her which made him change his mind, instead of thinking about revenge, he wanted to become the better version of himself so his wife would be proud of him. At the end they get their HEA.
  • Nic D
    4.0 out of 5 stars starling and her marine
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2024
    First, I will start out by saying read your trigger warnings if that kind of stuff bothers you.

    This book had all kinds of emotions. One moment I was laughing, then I was crying, and then I wanted to punch Nate in the face. The banter in this book was great. There was a lot of foreshadowing though, but it wasn’t exactly the feeling I was getting and did turn out differently and threw me for a twist. However, there is no cliffhanger and it is a standalone.

    Skye was one of us. A spicy book nerd who lived vicariously through her books. She was a plus size girl who was pretty confident in herself, though she felt rejected in real life because the only guy she had ever offered herself to denied her. One day, destiny called and he walked into her bakery. Little did she know there was a lot more than just what she was offered at hand.

    Nate is this hardened marine who’s only family consisted of the father he never met’s other children. Then there was his non-blood relative Ben (Skye’a brother) whom he spent most of his days with on missions. He made a promise to Ben that he would help take care of his sister while he was not around, and he was determined to do just that.

    He offers her a proposition that she can’t refuse. She marries him and he gives her the money she needs for her bakery. You soon find out there’s more motives behind this, mostly being that it gave him a chance to be with her, even though he promised himself that he would never cross the line. But, we all know how that ends.

    I was telling myself that I had this book figured out and then the twist got me. I loved it. It was so good and the spiciness in this book….. You’d better grab a glass of water. If you love banter, spice and the brothers, best friend trope then I highly recommend reading this.

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    Read it you’ll beglad you did.
  • Deborah A.
    3.0 out of 5 stars It didn’t match the hype
    Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2024
    The book was ok, I skipped all of the ????️ scenes. The age gap was weird, and personally gave me the ick. I don’t think it’s romantic to have someone who is 33 lusting over a child that just turned 18. It might not be grooming but it still felt weird. The age gap, made it hard to get into any of the romance. Even if the book is set when they’re older, he knew her when she was a child and not legal. I know it’s supposed to be fiction, but this is the tethering lines that shouldn’t be crossed. Some parts were long and winded, also difficult to understand. The premise of the story is better, but could do with some changes to make it better.
  • Mom23
    5.0 out of 5 stars a bit slow but great read
    Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024
    Nathan is trying to protect Skylar. She keeps blocking something out and she can’t remember it. She misses her brother and is in love with his best friend but he walked away from her and now he’s back and wants to help her but the catch is to marry him. Nate has always wanted Skylar. Ever since they kissed on her 18th birthday but he walked away since she was to young but now he’s back. To help her with her business and protect her even if he’s holding back things she knows but blocks them out. Will they see that they are meant to be together or will she just walk away broken hearted forever?
  • Kathtoo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Emotional
    Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2024
    This was an emotional ride, full of sizzling chemistry, laughter, tears, and " A never saw it coming" moment.
    Nathan and Skylar will definitely entertain you, and make you want to know more of the family.
  • Bookswithrook
    4.0 out of 5 stars Starling
    Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2024
    The storyline was good, I liked the characters well enough. Honoring her brother and his best friend was a sweet sentiment. Could have done without the hard on for Taylor Swift. Also, I'm not a fan of Author's that mention their own books in their books, but that's just my opinion.

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