The Wife Situation
By: Lyra Parish
Book Series: Billionaire Situation
Book # In Series: 1 of 2
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Trope(s): Billionaire, Age Gap, Marriage of Convenience
Publisher: Self-Published
Publication Date: April 18th, 2024
My Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
My Reading Format: kindleunlimited
Synopsis:
The grumpy billionaire accuses me of stealing, has me fired, and now wants me to be his temporary wife. I think he’s lost his mind.
Easton Calloway needs a wifey, pronto, and he chooses me to temporarily fill the position. While I want to tell him to eff off, I can’t walk away from the temptation. So, I do what any broke actress living in New York City would do, and I agree to the terms and conditions.
It should be easy—a year of marriage, a cushy penthouse in the city, and a spending allowance. After three hundred sixty-five days, I’ll receive divorce papers and a check in the mail. All I have to do is pretend we’re happily married without falling in love.
Doable, right? Wrong.
The Wife Situation is a billionaire, age gap, marriage of convenience romance with a happily ever after! It’s a stand-alone with open-door scenes. Included: a rich AF hero who’s a professional on the streets, but a bad boy in the sheets and isn’t afraid to call his little heartbreaker my wife.
The Wife Situation is the first book in Lyra Parish’s Billionaire Situation series. If you’re looking for a playful romance that holds a great love story within, Easton and Lexi’s story is definitely for you.
I’m going to be 100% honest, I went into this novel with no expectations whatsoever. You see, I’m not a fan of billionaire romances and I’m not a fan of the fake relationship trope. I think these two tropes tend to be overplayed and usually lack originality. However, I do have to say, Lyra Parish definitely worked her miracles on me. I found myself intrigued by both tropes within this storyline. Parish did, what I thought, would be impossible and had me loving her spin on both tropes. I can’t wait to see what’s to come with this series!!
So let’s start my review with the storyline. Lexi is a country girl now living her New York City dreams. She’s close to feeling her dreams come to life. That is, until billionaire Easton Calloway gets her fired. It’s really a misunderstanding, but all the same. Lexi is now living her new york city dreams… without an income. That is until Easton comes up with a solution, in order to become CEO of the Calloway empire, he needs to abide by his grandfather’s wishes and that comes in the form of marriage before his fortieth birthday. What luck, he gets an actress fired from her hotel cleaning position, this could work in his favor. His negotiation, a year long marriage. Her negotiation, a promise to not fall in love with the billionaire. Game on. But along the way, something happens that neither is able to predict. The so-called Anti-Love girl, is about to fall head over heels for the billionaire. And the billionaire is going to do everything in his power to keep her.
I have to say, I absolutely adored every line in this novel!
I loved the sensitive and artistic vibes Easton brought to this novel. This man is an introvert with his heart on his sleeve. He wants marriage, but he made a vow to himself a long time ago, that when he gets married it’ll be for the right reasons. He’ll marry for love and nothing less. I loved how important that fact was to him.
Now let’s talk about Lexi. I loved how Lexi brought the energy and the unpredictability to this novel. This woman was dealt a bad hand with her first shot at love. Which leaves her guarded and insecure when it comes to relationships. I felt her fear, but the moment she let that fear go and stepped into love’s light had to be one of the best moments in this novel. That realization had tears flowing from my eyes. What can I say, I’m a hopeless romantic! Lexi is Easton’s wild card. Someone he never expected would walk into his life, but everything he wished for and much more.
Let’s not forget about the smoldering, set your kindle on fire, sexy time scenes. When I say the chemistry between these two is on point, I mean these two are an inferno! So that’s another factor for you to decide on. If you like fade to black romances without sexy time scenes, this may not be the book for you. But if you’re the type of reader that lives for the spice, this is most definitely the book you should be reading! Mr. Easton Calloway does not disappoint!!
I did drop a ½ star rating on this review and that was for the mere fact that the ending felt a little rushed. I wasn’t ready to see these two go! I wasn’t ready to close the book on their story.
Overall, aside from that one minor moment, I loved The Wife Situation by Lyra Parish. I loved the playful banter, the friendship, and I loved watching two people fall in love so effortlessly. I can’t wait to read more in this series. I’m definitely looking forward to Easton’s twin brother, Weston’s story! I have a feeling he’s going to be a lot to handle!!!
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Peace Love and Happy Reading,
The Staircase Reader 
I hadn’t heard of this one. It sounds pretty good!
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In all honesty, I was scared to pick it up due to the tropes. I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed Easton and Lexi’s story.
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