Amanda's review posted on Guilty Pleasures 
 She needs $150,000. Alexandria (Alexa) McKenzie is looking for a husband with a long list of qualities she specifically requests and hopes that he has a very large bank account. He needs a wife. Nicholas (Nick) Ryan needs a wife in order to fulfill the request of his uncle's will. According to his will he must be married by the end of the week in order to inherit the architecture firm. It took his sister Maggie, Alexa's best friend, to suggest that he marries Alexa to get his inheritance. What I got out of reading The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst was a delightful story of opposite's attraction and a marriage of convenience. She created a wonderful story between a somewhat quirky heroine and a closed off, single-minded hero, opposites in most ways, and has them negotiate a business deal for them to both get what they each needed. What they didn't count on was not being able to keep their hands off each other and falling in love. 
 Alexa was adorable. I loved reading her thoughts and her conversations with Nick. She tested him and took him way out of his comfort zone which had me laughing out loud in places throughout the story. And once the no sex rule was broken they both felt the attraction and heated up the sheets. There is no denying it that she was falling in love with him again, after he broke her heart when they were young teens. She just hoped she could protect her heart for a whole year and come out of it unscathed. You know what you get with Alexa because she is all about giving and putting others before herself. She showed such depth with her poetry and love for her family I couldn't help but admire her. 
 Nick was so closed off to the idea of love, family and commitment it was very sad that he thought this was a way to live. After watching his parent's marriage dissolve he didn't want to have to rely on anyone but himself and kept it that way. It took Alexa's free spirit and love to break through his rigid facade and show him that he can be loved and deserve love from this woman, his wife. His big gesture at the end had me smiling to myself. I liked this story so much I read it in one sitting because I was so enthralled. I'm looking forward to the next book, The Marriage Trap, Maggie's story, the second book in the series.