Book Summary: 

Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West” Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she’d signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways.

Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the heartless corporation his family built from the ground up. He is interested, however, in his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. There’s just one catch.

Due to an antiquated clause in his grandfather’s will, Liam won’t see a penny until he’s been happily married for five years. Just when Liam thinks he’s in the home stretch, pressure mounts from his family to see this mysterious spouse, and he has no choice but to turn to the one person he’s afraid to introduce to his one-percenter parents—his unpolished, not-so-ex-wife.

But in the presence of his family, Liam’s fears quickly shift from whether the feisty, foul-mouthed, paint-splattered Anna can play the part to whether the toxic world of wealth will corrupt someone as pure of heart as his surprisingly grounded and loyal wife. Liam will have to ask himself if the price tag on his flimsy cover story is worth losing true love that sprouted from a lie.

Mini Review:

I absolutely LOVED Anna Green. What I loved more than anything was that, despite everything she went through and the level of pretending she had to endure to fit into Liam’s world, you always caught glimpses of who she truly was – whether it was her drawing for Liam’s niece to cheer her up, making sarcastic comments, or simply speaking her truth. Her character was so refreshing.

In a lot of fake relationship stories, the female protagonist tends to lose bits of herself as she takes on another persona to fit in. Yes, there were moments when this started to happen for Anna, but it felt more like her fear of becoming her mother than a need to be accepted by Liam’s family. Their first encounter after going their separate ways will win anyone over – it’s the kind of moment that makes you want to dive right into the pages. After that, watching Liam and Anna interact was like watching someone desperately try to mix oil and water and force it to stay that way.

I’ll admit I was surprised by the level of spice in this book! And the nickname Anna had for certain parts of Liam’s anatomy? Absolutely priceless! But beyond Anna’s winning personality, the overall story had so much depth. The level of betrayal here would make even the most dramatic soap operas take notice.

Yes, the love story between Anna and Liam is captivating, but what really locks you in is Liam’s family dynamic (read dysfunction). You can’t help but stick around to see how it all plays out, what the resolution will be, and just how far Liam’s father is willing to go. (Spoiler alert: there’s definitely a special place in hell for that man!)