The Un-Arranged Marriage

Name: The Un-Arranged Marriage
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Laura Brown
ISBN: 9798765074367

Author: Laura Brown

Narrator: Kelli Tager

Unabridged: 10 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/04/2023

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

Their mothers are the worst matchmakers . . .

Mark Goldman has never gotten along with Shaina Fogel. Ever. Even when they were in diapers, their bestie mothers wanted them to grow up and get married. Not happening. Mark prefers his quiet, reserved life. But a family wedding is about to change everything Mark thought he knew about his archnemesis.

A week of wedding events with Mark Goldman? Shaina would rather have a week of root canals. Maybe the guy is hot, but for their entire lives, he's never once acknowledged the fact that she's hard of hearing. So it comes as a massive surprise when she discovers that Mr. High-and-Mighty and Annoyingly Sexy simply didn't know. And now she needs his help.

When it's revealed that the weeklong wedding events are actually a weeklong competition—for a dream vacation—Mark and Shaina do the unthinkable: work together. And the second the animosity begins to fade, something even more electric takes its place. Only now it's not just an attraction between enemies. And nothing could be worse than the fact that their mothers might have had it right . . .

Contains mature themes.

About Laura Brown

After spending her childhood coming up with new episodes to her favorite sitcoms instead of sleeping, Laura Brown decided to try her hand at writing and never looked back. A hopeless romantic, she married her high school sweetheart, though they didn't even go to the same high school! They live in Massachusetts with two cats with cerebellar hypoplasia, and an energetic kid who keeps them on their toes. Laura's been hard of hearing her entire life but didn't start learning ASL until college, when her disability morphed from an inconvenience to a positive part of her identity. It's important to her to create strong, competent characters with hearing loss, as she didn't have that growing up. At home the closed captioning is always on, lights flash with the doorbell, and hearing aids are sometimes optional.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon

I really enjoyed this childhood enemies to lovers story featuring a woman born hard of hearing and the childhood friend who never understood her disability. When Shaina and Mark are forced to drive together to a family wedding and work as a team to win a trip, they finally realize their feelings mig......more

Goodreads review by The

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I thank Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for allowing me to read and review this book. This book is so adorable and wholesome. I cannot even begin to express how much. I was hooked from the first pa......more

Goodreads review by withryelle

OVERALL RATING - 3 / 5 "He cupper her face, kissed her. Not deep. Not soft. A binding kiss, one for keeps." - The Un-Arranged Marriage by Laura Brown This book felt like a breath of fresh air that pulled me out of my reading slump. I absolutely love, love, LOVE the LGBTQ+ and disability rep in th......more

Goodreads review by Fedythereader

Thank you to the author and the publisher, Entangled Publishing LLC, for sharing with me an ARC of this amazing romantic book through NetGalley! I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. "Wake the mouse, don't let it sleep" "It was love at firs......more

Goodreads review by Leith

I really liked this fun rom-com! It’s not an enemies to lovers trope as much as a lifelong misunderstanding. Their mother’s have been trying to pair them up since they were babies, and they naturally rebelled against it. As a result, they missed a few pertinent facts about each other. Shania is almo......more