The Marriage Trap

· Marriage to a Billionaire Book 2 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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The sexy second installment in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Marriage to a Billionaire trilogy, this contemporary billionaire romance from “one of the most exciting breakout novelists” (USA TODAY) Jennifer Probst delivers passion, family loyalty, and a marriage of convenience that feels all too real.

To honor his late father’s final wish, hot, single billionaire Michael Conte must find a suitable bride—and quickly—so his traditional Italian family will allow his sister to marry. Determined to protect his freedom, Michael proposes a temporary arrangement to fiery, independent photographer Maggie Ryan: pose as his fiancée during her upcoming trip to Milan, and he’ll back off from pursuing her best friend and end their dangerously flirtatious standoff.

But once they arrive in Italy, their fake engagement ignites very real desire. What begins as a no-strings-attached arrangement turns into a slow-burn battle of wills, family expectations, and undeniable chemistry. As passion deepens and loyalties are tested, Maggie and Michael must decide whether their pretend relationship can survive the truth—and whether love is the one commitment neither of them planned for.

A steamy marriage-of-convenience romance filled with sexual tension, sharp banter, and emotional payoff, this installment in the Marriage to a Billionaire series blends family drama, Italian glamour, and irresistible attraction.
The sexy second installment in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Marriage to a Billionaire trilogy, this contemporary billionaire romance from “one of the most exciting breakout novelists” (USA TODAY) Jennifer Probst delivers passion, family loyalty, and a marriage of convenience that ...

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Kelly Struempf Chapman
March 19, 2022
I have re-read this series numerous times beginning in 2015. and continuing roughly every year since 2020 (see my review of book1.THE MARRIAGE BARGAIN.) I enjoy it each time. It is sweet simple romance with the perfect amount of realism to the characters that interweave throughout the books in the series. Book 1 features Alexa & Nicholas. This book features Alexa's best friend who is also the sister of Nick, Maggie Ryan. And you learn more about Michael Conte and are introduced to his large loving family. The Conte family will be featured more prominently in future books. ---- Do you know how the things we experience growing up influence our life as an adult and even who we are as a person? Writing about this is a wonderful way to quickly illustrate depth in characters. You see this in books 1 and 2 (Nick & Maggie have awful parents.) Also you see the ways the characters are able to overcome their issues with the acceptance of family and L-O-V-E. They get their HEA despite the influences that effect who they are as adults. Like I mentioned earlier it is definitely simplistic but who can resist a well-written happy ending (or the beginning portion of a lifelong love story,) even if it is fiction.---Read book 3 next, THE MARRIAGE MISTAKE.
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Kristin Pride
February 28, 2013
About the same as Alexia and nicks story only the roles were reversed. Michael being the one fully toward the relationship and with the large family and maggie with the broken soul. Loved the first book and wished they'd have continued alexia and nicks story rather then write the same book twice. All in all it was a good read.
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Jennifer Graziano
May 27, 2025
Origin of the alphabet; number line, computer is the same place. There isn't a calendar without a programmer; different ones in society are for companies to supply basic utilities; motor vehicles, food clothes & shelter. Computer programs give the answers to outstanding questions; humans do not. They also drive all artificial moving objects; humans do not. One program designs all the building and a different one does cars; the program includes after they are built schedules for them and us. Cameras are a derivative of computer separate from video recorder for unreal pictures and photograph obstructing justice to disappear or vanish includes video tapes & DVD's.
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Jennifer Probst wrote her first book at twelve years old. She bound it in a folder, read it to her classmates, and hasn’t stopped writing since. She took a short hiatus to get married, get pregnant, buy a house, get pregnant again, pursue a Master’s degree in English literature, and rescue two shelter dogs. Now she is writing again. She is the New York Times, USA TODAY, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of sexy and erotic contemporary romance. She was thrilled her book, The Marriage Bargain spent twenty-six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Her work has been translated in over a dozen countries, sold over a million copies, and was dubbed a “romance phenom” by Kirkus Reviews. She makes her home in upstate New York with the whole crew. Her sons keep her active, stressed, joyous, and sad her house will never be truly clean.
Jennifer Probst wrote her first book at twelve years old. She bound it in a folder, read it to her classmates, and hasn’t stopped writing since. She took a short hiatus to get married, get pregnant, buy a house, get pregnant again, pursue a Master’s degree in English literature, and rescue two sh...

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