Purple Hearts by Tess Wakefield

Purple Hearts

A Novel

Tess Wakefield

Atria/Emily Bestler Books/Alloy Entertainment · Print & ebook · April 25, 2017

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Who it’s for
A marriage of convenience brings sharp wit, medical pressure, and military discipline into an uneasy romance.
Themes
Marriage and love, Medical bills and financial hardship, Military service
Genres
Military Romance, Fake-Dating Romance, New Adult Romance

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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM! When a soldier with a troubled past and a struggling songwriter agree to get married for the military benefits, neither expects much after saying “I do.” What happens when a marriage of convenience is anything but? Cassie Salazar and Luke Morrow couldn’t be more different. Sharp-witted Cassie works nights at a bar in Austin to make ends meet while pursuing her dream of becoming a singer/songwriter.

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Luke is an Army trainee, about to ship out for duty, who finds comfort in the unswerving discipline of service. But a chance encounter at Cassie’s bar changes the course of both their lives, and within forty-eight hours this unlikely pair finds themselves husband and wife. How did that happen? Cassie is drowning in medical bills after being diagnosed with diabetes. When she runs into her old friend Frankie, now enlisted in the Army, she proposes a deal: she’ll marry him in exchange for better medical insurance and they can split the increased paycheck that comes with having a “family.” When Frankie declines, his attractive but frustratingly intense friend Luke volunteers to marry Cassie instead. What she doesn’t know is that he has desperate reasons of his own to get married. In this unforgettable love story, Cassie and Luke must set aside their differences to make it look like a real marriage...unless, somewhere along the way, it becomes one...

Bargain Meets Feeling

A marriage of convenience brings sharp wit, medical pressure, and military discipline into an uneasy romance.

Come here for

  • Sharp-witted banter beside medical bills and military benefits
  • An unlikely romance with practical stakes and emotional friction

Expect

  • A bargain marriage tested by two very different temperaments
  • Singer-songwriter ambition alongside the rigors of Army life

Where it sits

New Adult Romance72%
Military Romance69%
Fake-Dating Romance45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Military Romance
  • Women's Fiction
Authors
Tess Wakefield
Publisher
Atria/Emily Bestler Books/Alloy Entertainment
Published
April 25, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Marriage and love · Medical bills and financial hardship · Military service
Reading lane
Military Romance