The Pact by Max Monroe

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

“I need a ride,” I said to a sexy stranger on a Harley. Three hours later? A six-foot-tall Marilyn Monroe was officiating our Vegas wedding at the Happy Chapel.

But it’s not love—it’s business—a marriage pact made out of desperation so my career doesn’t go up in flames.

Sure, Flynn Winslow is a hot, broody, mysterious man that women all over the globe would sell their souls to land for real, but I have my eyes on the prize and our marriage arrangement will end in three months with no strings attached.

Right?

Or will it all go out the window when I have to move in with Mr. Mysterious and our fake marriage starts to feel remarkably real?

I wish it were as easy as telling myself, Do not fall in love with your fake husband, Daisy, but apparently, when feelings get involved, not everything that happens in Vegas knows how to stay in Vegas.

The Pact

Married in Vegas for a green card!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙❤️💜
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍
Character development: 🙂🥰☺️😎🤣
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Daisy Diaz – she grew up in Vancouver, Canada in the foster care system. She is an interior designer who has always dreamed of working in the real estate industry. A little over a year ago, she got a job with one of the most prominent real estate moguls in the industry, with offices in a few different cities including Los Angeles, New York, and Las Vegas. She loves her job, especially when her boss pays for her flight and hotel on a trip from L.A. to Las Vegas.

The Hero: Flynn Winslow – he lives and works in New York but also has a home in Las Vegas. When his brother gets engaged, he and his three brothers get a penthouse hotel room and have a multi-day bachelor party in Vegas. Flynn doesn’t talk much, and he doesn’t drink as much as his brothers, so he sort of plays the designated straight man, to their drunken silliness.

The Story: Flynn and his brothers see Daisy at the casino as soon as she arrives in Vegas, and they have a memorable first meeting. Later, when she is at a work party hosted by her boss, she checks her email and finds out that she has mistakenly let her visa lapse. She freaks out and ends up getting a ride on the back of Flynn’s motorcycle. They later end up getting married. They are complete opposites, Daisy is outgoing, vivacious and rarely shuts up, while Flynn is silent, dark and broody.

I love the married in Vegas trope. This one was different than most in that it wasn’t a drunken accidental marriage, but a purposeful marriage of convenience for a green card. Of course, the two main characters think getting married and living apart will be an easy thing. But the reader can tell from the start that things won’t go so smoothly. I quite liked the story and the progression of the relationship between these two characters.

There was a bit too much rumination on the fact that Daisy was lying to everyone. I actually liked the fact that she has an anxious personality and Flynn was really good at calming her down. I got a bit tired of her constantly worrying about the fact that their marriage was fake. Though overall, I really did like the story and the characters.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Troy Duran and Avery Reed. I like both of these narrators quite a bit. Troy Duran has a deep and sexy voice which is perfect for Flynn. Avery Reed has a clear, feminine voice and is great at sounding nervous, so she worked well for Daisy.

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