REVIEW: His for a Price by Caitlin Crews

His for a Price by Caitlin Crews is the first part in Vows of Convenience series. Greek Tycoon Nicodemus Stathis has wanted beautiful heiress Mattie Whitaker since the first time he saw her. Now after ten years of waiting and delicious tension later, Nic has finally got her.

Mattie’s once powerful family dynasty is in ruins and needs a quick inflow of cash to secure her brother’s new position as the CEO. Only Nic can offer them a solution—a solution with vows! She might not have a choice, but Mattie refuses to be the sacrificial queen to his king but Nic is determined to make Mattie his wife in all the ways that matter and his slow deliberate seduction promises to do just that.

I have really mixed feelings about this one. Though it was superbly written with a sizzling hot romance and a well executed marriage of convenience plot, the characters did not work that well for me personally.

Nicodemus has wanted Mattie for ten years and she has resisted him steadfastly for that duration. He finally gets her with the help of blackmail. Nic is the ultimate alpha hero who gets what he wants, no questions asked. It was strange that after pursuing Mattie for so long he suddenly decides to leave her towards the end of the book. I generally don’t like super alphas like him and therefore he was not my kind of hero personally. Mattie is a spoiled heiress turned damsel in distress. She was what many people call a Paris Hilton kind of heroine. I don’t have any problems with heroines having wild pasts and therefore Mattie was likable enough but her present actions did contradict her past ones.

Overall, His for a Price by Caitlin Crews is a well written marriage of convenience romance.

Book Info:

Published September 16th 2014 by Harlequin Presents Series #3275 | (Vows of Convenience #1)

“This is all a big chess game to you, and I the convenient pawn…”

Greek tycoon Nicodemus Stathis was never able to forget beautiful heiress Mattie Whitaker. And now, ten years of delicious tension later, Nic finally has her right where he wants her.

Mattie’s once powerful family dynasty now lies in ruin, and only Nic can offer them a solution—a solution with vows! She might not have a choice, but Mattie refuses to be the sacrificial queen to his king.

But Nic’s slow, deliberate seduction wears down his new bride, and the word “checkmate” lies on his lips like a promise.