I absolutely adore everything Harlequin Manga has put out recently and Love for Hire was no different. These mangas take no time at all to read and I highly recommend them.

I just can't seem to get enough of the romance mangas. Love them. Love the artwork and love that they are adapted from some truly excellent stories. This one is no exception. Beautiful. Romantic. Captivating. And pardon the similar reviews for all the books. I'm catching up and have loved all of them.

📚I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) from NetGalley and Harlequin/SB Creative as the publisher in exchange for an honest review📚

Book title : Love for Hire: a Harlequin Manga

Author : Jasmine Cresswell; Illustrator : Earithen

Release Date : 8 July 2019

Julie decided to lie to her family about having a fiance who worked as an international financier named Robert the past few years. She just did not want the family to worry and to become fuzzy with choice as a baker and single lady. Little that the family knew, Robert is a poor guy who kept coming to Julie's bakery after his long jogging. He was sweet, witty, good looking and sexy. Well, it is understandable because the family has an unwritten rule for their children to work in medical business.  

And when her first love decided to marry her sister. The family pushed her to come to the wedding with this Robert. Julie was desperate so she hired Robert to become her fiance and attended the wedding with her and everybody in the family likes him. It turned out that Robert played his role very well and they two were carried away. What Julie did not know was that Robert himself had his own secret which brought them to a misunderstanding and mess. 

I know the ending of the story will be a little bit cliché but well it is still an interesting manga to read. I love the parts when this sexy Robert struggles and keep his heart out from his attraction to Julie. I love it when he tries so hard to deal with his past that haunts him down. And when he allows himself to love and to be happy with Julie...? Ah it is super sweet. 

Full review: https://literatureisliving.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/love-for-hire-a-harlequin-romance-by-jasmine-cresswell/

This is a simple and well known trope - a beautiful but lonely woman hires someone to pretend to be her date and suddenly BLAMMO! Unexpected love. This one is even better because it has an extra tropey twist like a cherry on top at the end.

The manga illustrations really worked with this story and made it even more enjoyable, I can definitely see myself working through the whole Harlequin Manga collection in the not too distant future!

Julie is a baker. She has been lying to her family that she has a rich fiance, but when a family wedding comes up her family finally want to meet this so-called fiance. She asks a returning customer, who is apparently an actor for a living, to pretend to be her fiance.

This story turned out to be quiet good. Would like to read the original too.

Julie has made unconventional choices in her life, including starting her own bakery business. Choices come with trouble in the form of a family pestering her about her future and family plans. Julie therefore fakes an engagement to a billionaire… until she has to live up to her lie when she needs a date for her sister’s wedding. Broke, unknown, pie-loving actor Robert happens to step up to the challenge and plays the part quite beautifully. He seems to be a born billionaire… an excellent romance based on misunderstandings where love is the only and ultimate solution. Don’t waste time and grab it while you can!

I received this manga from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

Book #3! Still many more to go, but I don't mind. OK, maybe I do mind a bit as I would rather read these than review them, but thankfully writing reviews for these manga isn't hard, especially since I write them as I read them. So, I wanted to read this book next. The cover was really nice, I just adore the way the characters were dressed, and the blurb sounded cute and adorable. Though I have seen this plot before. Hopefully it is different from the other books I read featuring this plot.

Wow, ouch. Julie's younger sister is marrying Julie's first love. Dang, that is painful. *snorts* And it seems that our girl has made up some amazing lies. Ouch, though it is hilarious that her parents don't suspect anything. Gee, we never see this dude, gee, he is always away during family moment. Mmmmmmmmmm. Nah, he must just be busy. Oh, but later, on page 50, mom did express her doubts.

I just love that there is a guy around who has the same name as her imaginary fiance. And boy, I love that guy, he is just so funny. Though maybe he should give up after 20 times... Desperate, but still adorable. Sorry, I can't be angry at this guy, he is so funny. And besides, we all know he will play an important role in Julie's life very very soon.

His (and the staff's) reaction to Julie asking him to come with her to talk was hilarious. The conversation went better than I had expected it to go. I am glad Robert went along with it, though he is really a goofball. Dear heavens above, that guy is hilarious. I wonder if we can also see a more serious side to him, I do hope so.

Um, that is not a gentle kiss. But, sure, whatever floats your boat. :P

I can imagine Robert not being happy with the current situation. Yep, she just brought you along because her first love is getting married and she didn't want to be pitied.

Oh crap, the drama begins. Holy what John? You can't just say that to a girl, and especially not on the night before your wedding. No, just no.

Wow, girl, maybe he is richer than you may think. I am sure he wouldn't bring you to a restaurant to have you pay for food. That is just not how Robert works, at least based on what I have seen in the past pages.

I am rooting for these two to get together, they have a certain chemistry and their kisses are hot and steamy. Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhh, I just love this. The sex scene was just adorable, I loved their faces and I loved that Julie realised that she loves Robert and Robert loves her. That she never loved John (good girl).

Though I am worried, we still have 30 pages to go... and Harlequin loves throwing in drama. Please don't. *sighs*But there we go. Drama. Always. Why the fuck do we need this. Why can't Harlequin writers just be happy with how a story goes. Good grief. My suspicions regarding Robert were correct, but I was severely pissed at how he acted when he thought Julie was using him. What the actual fuck dude? You don't just do that to a girl. And why don't you just listen to the girl. She is 100% honest with you, and you treat her like crap. I get that you had ONE shitty experience with women, but that doesn't mean ALL of them are terrible.
Thankfully, and as magical as always, one little conversation with someone special has him changing his thoughts just in time for the happy ending that we all know is coming.

I am happy with the ending though again all that drama wasn't necessary. I am also sad we didn't get a wedding between the characters, I would have so loved to see that.

The art was even better than the other work by this illustrator. The eyes were much better in this one, and other things also were better.

All in all, still a wonderful manga, and I had quite a lot of fun reading it. It would have been 5 stars if the drama wasn't added/so dumb, but now I am rating it a 4.5 stars.

This is a really lovely manga romance about a woman who has created a fake fiance and finds herself in a predicament when her family ask to meet the fiance. Julie is a baker and has her own business but she feels like the blacksheep of her family because she isn't in the medical profession like the rest of her family. To compound everything Julie's first love John is getting married to her sister, and Julie has go to their wedding and take Robert (the fake fiancé) with her.

As luck would have it there is a rather peculiar young man who visits the bakery and he is called Robert and so Julie asks him to pretend to be her fiancé and he agrees but the wedding draws Robert nearer to Julie and they get to know each other. Julie feels attracted to him and from there a love starts to blossom, but do they have the ability to take the plunge into this new and true relationship?

This was a really good manga romance, and definitely a favorite. Julie is such a strong, fiesty character but she is also vulnerable in her own way. The art work is brilliant as usual giving access to all the richness of the story. Definately a good one for fans of manga romance.

Copy provided by Harlequin via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Julie's younger sister is getting married to Julie's first love. Her mother is expecting her to bring her fiance to her sister's wedding, but what happens when the millionaire fiance that she's been talking about for two years doesn't actually exist? Since Julie is super busy working hard in her very successful bakery she has to go and hire someone to pretend to be her fiance to keep up her lie. Julie decides to hire the funny, handsome guy who's been flirting with her for the last few weeks. Will he be a good enough actor to convince her family that they are madly inlove?
This is the second time i've ever read a Harlequin Mnaga and I must say that after the first one I read I didn't think I would've liked this genre. However I was pleasantly surprised. This was a short super fun read. I really enjoyed the story line and how fast paced it was. The chemistry between Julie and Robert was very good. I was smiling to myself the entire time I was reading. If you're looking for a quick romantic read to lighten your mood then I suggest you pick this up!

ARC received from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.