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Ms Elizabeth Adams does it again. This storyline is so evocative, so overwhelming. She pulled me in and was not able to stop. I am actually writing this review after reading the book for the second time. I finished it and reread as soon as I finished because I didn't want to leave the world of Lizzy and William.

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No Epilogue!

l absolutely love this novel and read it once every year! The narrator is FANTASTIC and one of the best that I have heard on Audible. Why not 5 stars in all categories? It is because in the actual novel there is a very good epilogue to Will and Liz's story. I hate that is wasn't included in this narration.

So sorry

This book had something for everyone: ageism, sexism, racism . . . Rags to riches story where a bright young female grad student makes her fortune by getting paid to marry a rich, handsome and powerful Brit so he can get his green card. This connection enables her to pay for grad school and a designer wardrobe, get a great job with flexibility, buy gifts and private jet flights for her family and even gets her boss fired when he harasses her. Surprise surprise (spoiler alert) they fall in love. We learn that a 60 year old woman can only be beautiful because she got lots of plastic surgery and that “ethnic food” gives rich folks food poisoning. I was shocked that the racial slur expression “gypped” got past the editors, but it was certainly consistent with this writer’s obvious racial bias. The biggest conflict in the book is when rich Brit gets upset with the real estate broker for not finding him the appropriate beach house in the Hamptons. The protagonist’s conflict with her mother (the only realistic part of the book) magically resolves in one conversation (suggested by the rich husband, of course) and they all live happily ever after. Plot flaws included rich Brit presenting grad student with a mystery key that turns out to be for a brand new BMW convertible. The author should know that a BMW key says BMW right on it, and couldn’t possibly be mistaken for a house key or any other kind of key, as suggested in the story. I should have stopped listening to this book early on, but held our hope that it would improve. I feel embarrassed by the writer that she wrote this book and disappointed that such a weak and sexist story has a place in modern literature. However, the narrator has a lovely voice and did an excellent job reading the story.

Pleasantly pleased

I don’t know what I was expecting. Because I love Elizabeth Grace’s Voice. She is fantastic, with what ever she reads. And, I love me some P&P variables.
This was great and I was pleasantly pleased I love everything about this book. I had to read it straight through. It made me fill as if I was walking through life with them. I looked forward to the days, months. And life’s family and friends. Plus, It took my mind off of this pandemic for a minute. A FREAT READ!!!

Awesome Story

great story and a great listen. characters are well developed and plot was thorough.

This is a great modern version of P&P

This is very loosely based on P&P without all of the Lizzy hating him misunderstandings. He is very rich and in need of a “temporary” wife. She is a college student from a farming family. This story tells how they learn to live in each other’s world. Will they fall in love? Will they admit it to themselves, or each other, if they do?

Elizabeth Grace is now another favorite I watch for as narrator. She does a great job of providing distinct voices for each character and her women sound like women, without being high pitched or nasal, while the men sound masculine without sounding forced. She also provides emotion and meaning with her narration. Highly enjoyable!

Very enjoyable modern variation

Elizabeth Grace did a wonderful job reading Green Card. I enjoyed the story a great deal. It was fun to watch Elizabeth discover the Will’s world and vice versa. The story is low angst.

A Marriage of Convenience Becomes Convenietly Real

After relishing the author's Ship to Shore earlier this year, I was determined to continue with her backlist and new releases. I had my eye on this particular one since I spotted the title. I've seen romcom movies with this theme and thoroughly enjoyed them so I was eager to dive into Green Card. The author slowly builds from fake to real in a relationship full of friendship and heartwarming feelings, a conflict that was low angst, but still added tension to the plot, and an entertaining plot and engaging cast of characters.

Green Card opens with wealthy business mogul, William Harper, in a tough spot after a spiteful ex sets immigration on him. The only way to keep from being deported is to get his green card through marrying an American. William enjoys New York and hesitates only for a moment before letting his best friend and lawyer, Andrew Jamison, talk him into making his pitch to Jamie's girlfriend's sister, Elizabeth Barrett. They are a pair of opposites and first encounter and subsequent encounters start out rough, but slowly he finds an unexpected friend and their fake marriage- two year agreement suddenly starts to feel pretty real.

Elizabeth Barrett has a lot of brands in the fire all to live away from her family home and finish her education. Her flaky roommate ditched her leaving her with all the rent and it's one set back too many. Starched up William Harper isn't her idea of husband material, but the contract can relieve her struggles tremendously and it's not like any of it's real, right? But, getting to know each other and seeing behind the facade to the real person makes her want things she can't have. Or can she?

I do love when opposites meet and the sparks start to fly. Then, there is the strangers getting married and forced into proximity to add a few more pinches of spice. And, the humor moments were off the hook at times (sending your sorta friends- sorta not real hubby to the drug store for some girly stuff said how real it was, but also had me rolling at the real life. It was a set up to a story that I was bound to love- and I did. Granted, the story took it's time and the relationship built brick by brick. There were times of conflict because of course the pair of them had some marital spats, but the angst stayed relatively low all things considered.

His family and her family moments had me sitting up for both the modern-day class differences and because I got to see them really come together as a couple and have each other's backs. William's struggles are most deeply with a parent who has passed on and Liz's are with a live parent who doesn't like her. My heart went out to them both.

The book covers the whole two-year time span with time skips from event to event with the real life and dialogues playing a large role. Many people might find this pace a tad slow, but for the most part, I didn't mind. I liked being with this pair in their world.

As to narrator, Elizabeth Grace, I enjoyed my first encounter with her work. She voiced William and Liz so perfectly. I could see the characters and the whole story so well in my mind's eye. She did male and female, age, class, and emotions spot on. I look forward to listening to more of her work.

In summary, I ask myself why I waited so long. This was delightful through and through. So easy and entertaining, swoony, and heartwarming. I do believe I need to get going on that backlist for more. For those who like slow build, easy reading contemporary romance for a marriage of convenience plot, here's one to tickle your fancy.

Great pacing, tone and storytelling!

Well written and likeable characters. A great read to escape into the pages of delicious angst and sweet romance. This would would translate well to a movie!
Talented voice actress—great pacing, tone and characterization!