With the first few books of this series under my belt, I wasn't sure what to expect from this story, but I have to say I was actually pleasantly surprised by this book!

For me, this was a quick and easy read that engaged me from the start. I liked how the relationship between Carson and Ella grew, even though it was a bit of the insta-lust/love trope. I wish that the financial troubles that Carson's company was having was better explained, though. I really enjoyed the twist at the end with regards to the rival company!

This is one that I would really recommend, and definitely one I would purchase for myself!

I have been enjoying the Misadventures series very much. Each is a standalone and different in every way. In Misadventures of a Backup Bride by Shayla Black, we get a sweet and sexy story with great characters! It was so much fun to read.

No one is more surprised than Carson Frost when he inherits his father’s flailing business. He hardly knew the man, having been raised by his mother and stepfather. But he wants to make it work, but the company needs an influx of cash and quickly to stay afloat. Carson knows no bank will loan him the money, so he turns to a business rival. To his surprise, he offers to help; with the condition Carson marries his daughter.

Though Carson accepts his offer, he quickly learns Kendra, his fiancé, and he have nothing in common and next to no sparks. She is nice and pretty, but is that enough to build a marriage? As the date gets closer, Carson begins to have second thoughts and decides to concoct a long lost love he cannot give up. To make his story true, he hires an aspiring actress he met a few months ago to help. What he did not count on was the sparks to really fly between them.

I loved Carson and Ella. Though their relationship was supposed to be fake, the more time they spent together, the more they realized their connection was real. But Ella knew that love could leave you heartbroken. Could she really fall for a man so hard and so fast? Wasn’t that a disaster waiting to happen? Could she really trust Carson? But Carson is set to convince her love can be real and true.

I loved this story! It was sweet, charming and sexy. Carson and Ella had such a strong connection and chemistry. They were great characters and the story was fun and full of surprises! This was my first ready by this author, but I will be definitely checking out her other books soon!

A cute story of Carson Frost being forced to hire a fake girlfriend to get out of a bad business deal, that involves an arranged marriage. Ella Hope is an aspiring actress, but hasn't forgotten the one time she met Carson, and the feelings are mutual. A charming, sexy story, that I couldn't put down!

I very much enjoyed this book . i couldn't put it down because I just loved the story.

I do highly recommend

I am a big Shayla Black fan and any one of her book will keep you riveted on your seat. Can Ella and Carson make believe that they are in love to save his father's company? This fake girlfriend/actress will not only help with help Carson keep the company, but she will also take his heart at the same time. Their chemistry is intense and you see form the start that they are meant for each other. This is s match made in heaven. I voluntarily reviewed an arc.

4 1/2 Star for Misadventures of a Backup Bride. This story was fun and entertaining and had me turning pages. I loved Carson and Ella and their story was perfect. I am enjoying these stories with these great authors. I highly recommend this book for a weekend read. I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book from publisher via NetGalley.

This is such a fun series and I am loving them all! This book had it all from sweet moments to sexy moments.

Carson never thought he would inherit his birth father’s multimillion-dollar company after he passed. He didn’t know his father so it came as a complete surprise. When he takes over the company he realizes it’s in worse shape than he thought. He wants to save the company and the only way he can get a loan is very unconventional.

Carson has to marry the daughter of his rival in order to get the loan he needs. They have zero in common so Carson has a plan to have a long lost love interest. Ella is someone Carson met a while ago and had instant chemistry. He has an offer for her she can’t refuse.

These two both have demons they have to conquer to move on. I really liked these characters and their story. I really enjoyed this book by this author, it was my first time reading a book by her and it won’t be my last.

Such a fantastic story! 4.5 Stars!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've been following the series of books and I finally got chance to read and review one of these stories. And what a great one I chose.

This book follows along the familiar story of the pretend to be my fianceé plot but with an added twist that made it unique and super enjoyable.

This is a fast-paced, not too long and not too short, book which I absolutely enjoyed. Not a lot of fluff; not a lot of filling conversation. Just get right down to it story with all of the hot, steamy love connection that we need in our lives.

Because of the fast pace of the book, it can be difficult to find a connection with the characters. However, the author did a marvelous job giving us a guy who was down to earth, loving, caring, but a little bit of a bad ass too.

I just loved how he was all in once they realized how fiery hot they could be together. His connection to his "fiancée" was written in such an amazing way that you almost felt like you were in the room with them. Sizzling.

I'm glad I got to check out this book. I love the concept of the series and definitely will be picking up more. These hot stories will get your heart pumping and your motor running. Just what we need for these cold nights.

Just Wow. Shayla Black has written a story that pulls you in gently, taking small pieces of your heart as you fall deeper into this amazing story.

Ella and Carson’s story flows with ease and the chemistry is off the charts. Sometimes in life all the words can be spoken but yet it means nothing and it takes a gesture no matter how small to be shown what you really mean to someone.

A story with hidden surprises, not everything is as it seems, moments you find yourself smiling and laughing and moments your heart simply melts

A stunning 5 star read.

Misadventures of a Backup Bride by Shayla Black was a delightful, steamy, and all consuming romance that I could not put down! From start to finish this book had me hooked in to everything I was reading with these characters, it gave me a story that was fast paced and worked so phenomenally well, and it gave me a reading experience that was fully enjoyable through every word. This story was well written, it was enrapturing as all get out, and it gave me a love story that made me blush and hit my heart in the same breath!

This is the first book that I have right by Shayla Black, but I know that it will not be the last. I absolutely loved her writing style. She made it so easy for me to fall right into the story with these characters, and I love how she let me feel and experience it all with them. Her effervescent writing gave me these characters, their personalities, their story, and it just gave me them. I loved that. I loved how I felt like I was living this book with them and it made this book even more enjoyable to read because of that.

What I loved about Misadventures of a Backup Bride was the premise of the story, how this author perfectly blended a story of steam and sexy with sweet and heartfelt, and how I just fell in love with these characters.

What you get with Carson and Ella as the story unfolds will melt your heart among other things, and will have you rooting for them! This story follows them as they see if a bargain and an agreement between them could lead to much more than either of them thought. Carson needs a bride. He's trying to save his family business, and he's trying to be a good guy who does the right thing. Ella is an actress who is trying to help Carson do just that. What starts off as the two of them agreeing to help each other out, soon find them falling hard and fast for each other. This story follows them through every twist and turn, through every high and low, and as these to try to see what could be with the very real and very heartfelt feelings that have grown between them.

What I loved about Carson was that he was so genuine and was a good guy trying to do the right thing for everyone involved. That pulled me into his character, and it seared me to him with what I got with him in the story. He was a man that completely stole my heart through every word that I got with him. Ella was a female character that I immediately connected to. She was real, she was sweet, and she was an independent woman ready to do what needed to be done. What she didn't expect was to fall for Carson so quickly and so deeply, but I loved that throughout all of those feelings she had for him, she was still smart and headstrong and not afraid to fight for what she wanted. I loved both of these character so much, and the way that Shayla Black makes them so real, so authentic, and so easy to love will have you rooting for them every step of the way!

This was another phenomenal addition to the Misadventures Series. This book had it all. It had the spark and fire between these characters that I could not get enough of. It had their love and the world a feeling that developed between them. It had a story that was unique and consuming. It had the writing that brought it all together, and I truly can't say enough how much I loved it! This was a well-written, fast-paced, and all-around phenomenal read. If you are looking for something quick and enjoyable, then run yourself to this amazing book this second!

It will make you blush and melt and you will love every single sweet and sultry second you get within its pages!

Carson Frost inherits a confectionary from his late father but is cash-strapped. So he accepts a loan from is father's rival with the stipulation that he has to sign over a permanent stake in the company and marry the man’s daughter.

Two weeks before the wedding Carson gets cold feet and claims he’s in love with someone else. The investor says he’ll still hand over the cash as long as Carson walks down the aisle. Carson panics -- now he needs to find a fake bride to jilt him at the altar.

Ella Hope is an actress who needs money to pay her rent so she his happy for any paying gig. But what started out as fake is suddenly becoming very intimate.

Another 5 star read from Shayla Black. This book has plenty of steam, heat and a few laugh out loud moments. Loved it!

Misadventures of a Back up Bride was as quick, easy read. No girlfriend, no problem. But to find a girlfriend who will agree to "marry" you in two weeks may be a bit tough to find. Not to mention that you need to convince the competition who has agreed to help your and your newly inherited company out of bind. Once the wheels are set in motion it's hard not to cross the boundaries of the contact and even harder to no completely fall in love.

I bow down to the master story telling of Ms. Black. I adored this story from start to finish and couldn't help but root for Carson and Ella to make it "real." A funny, smart, well written story I couldn't put down.

Oh I love this book, it's a fun fast pace romance book with laughters and steamy moments.
A desperate man to save his company searching for a fake bride, oh yeah this one has interesting story.
It was supposed to be a fake relationship, but when the attractions is so deep and they're begin to feel more towards each other, everything become complicated.
I'm a bit dissapointed with the ending, but with all the smiles and laughters and some steamy moments, I really like this book.

As for characters. Love Ella and Carson. Their banters are my fav part in this book and I can feel the pull between them.

I love the story, I like the characters, so overall, I like this book.

If you're looking for insta-love romance with laughters, you must try this one.

Reviewed on behalf of The Book Boyfriend Addict (www.bookboyfriendaddict.com). A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

“Hello. Ella Hope? I’d like to hire you to jilt me.”
I couldn’t possibly have heard that right.

In order to secure the funding he needs to keep the confectionary he inherited from his father in business, Carson Frost is forced to make a deal with his father’s rival and biggest competitor. To get the money, he simply has to marry the man’s daughter. With the wedding fast approaching, Carson gets cold feet and does the only thing he can think of to get out of it – admit that he is in love with another woman. Not buying his claims and hoping to call his bluff, Carson’s competitor/financier agrees he’ll still hand over the money if Carson agrees to marry this supposed woman he’s in love with. Ella Hope is a struggling actress in Los Angeles so when she gets a call from Carson, the handsome man she met at a party a few months earlier, she sees it as a way to earn a few month’s rent. And having to spend time pretending to be in a relationship with the charming and sexy Carson Frost is just an added bonus. Their relationship may be fake but their chemistry is very real and it doesn’t take long for things to heat up between the two. Will they be able to stick to the plan or will their newfound feelings toward one another throw a wrench in things?

'Hours of being near Carson Frost? Days of kissing him? Weeks of being “in love” with him, even if it’s only for show? Yes, please. '

This was another fun and sexy addition to the Misadventure series! As is true of these stories, this one is a fast-paced, sweet and hot romp that was quite fun to read. Carson and Ella’s attraction was instantaneous and the insta-love was soon to follow. Carson was stuck between a rock and a hard place when he called up Ella and enlisted her help. She was sweet and a good sport when it came to the ruse they were playing. They had great chemistry resulting in plenty of steamy scenes, I never knew bread pudding could be sexy, but Carson figured out a way to make it so! Even though things moved very fast, there was still plenty of heart and even a few surprises thrown in. If you’re looking for a quick and easy read that’s low in drama but high in fun then I would recommend checking out this latest misadventure!

“Everything’s changed, hasn’t it?”

It's very hard for me to be convinced when it comes to insta-love and I didn't buy it in this story. That's my only complaint about this book. I thought Carson and Ella had amazing chemistry but to be in love after four days is too far fetched for me. This would have been more believable if the story had been stretched out over a couple of months and I think that could have worked in this book. Other than that, it was very romantic and perfectly steamy. I liked the little twist at the end with Shaw. An epilogue a year or so into the future would have been nice too since this story takes place over the course of about two weeks.

4.5 Hot Stars This book had a different twist to the fake relationship genre. Carson the CEO of a billion dollar candy company needs a fake girlfriend to get rid of his real fiancee. He hires Ella, a Hollywood actress that he meet in the past when she had been dating his friend. His future father-in-law Gregory Shaw agreed to loan Carson the money he needs to save his company if he will marry his wayward daughter Kendra but the closer he gets to the big day he knows is needs to get himself out of this doomed marriage. Carson hopes that if he can prove he is in love with someone else Shaw will let him out of the marriage part of their agreement. Let the performance begin.

This book has many twists and turns. Things are not always what they seem. Be sure to read this creative romantic adventure. I think you will pleasurably surprised.

I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book provided by Waterhouse Press/NetGalley.

This was a wonderfully funny romance. As the title suggest it is about a fake bride who becomes a real bride. It was really well written with lots of hot sex scenes. The story moves at a great pace and the characters are very believable. Even though this is the forth book in the series, it can be read as a stand-alone story.

I am really enjoying all the books in the Misadventures series! The various authors and their stories are such a variety and it's all very entertaining. Ms. Black's story of the backup bride is romantic and funny!

Carson Frost inherited a candy company from his late father that he never really knew growing up so he was surprised by the inheritance. However, the company is in dire need of cash to pay off debts even though the company is profitable. There is obviously a cash flow issue so Carson makes a deal with his competitor to get a loan - Carson has to give up a percentage of his company and marry the man's daughter! Carson tries to get along with his fiancee but there's an age difference (8 years) and he feels that she's just not ready for marriage!

As the wedding gets close, Carson gets cold feet and decides to lie and tell his future father in law that he can't marry his daughter because he is in love with someone else! His future father in law wants proof so Carson hires Ella Hope (a woman he had met and was attracted to once when she came to a party with his friend!) to play his fiancee!

Ella Hope remembers Carson from the only time that they met and she knows she's attracted to him. Ella needs the money to help pay off expenses and since she wasn't getting any parts in her acting career currently, she decides to take Carson up on his offer.

When Ella and Carson meets face to face, there is instant chemistry between them. This of course makes their fake romance a lot easier. As they get to know each other, Ella and Carson falls for each other for real but since everything is so new they are not sure if they are ready for a real future together. However, Carson's future father in law forces both Carson and Ella to make decisions about their future together with some threats of his own regarding Carson's company and the loan that Carson needs. Carson and Ella has to decide if they are ready to go through with the terms of agreement that Carson's competitor has laid out for them.

This instant attraction and romance between Ella and Carson is such a lighthearted read and is very entertaining with how they go about their fake romance. Loved them both!