The Marriage Trap

Jennifer Probst

Oct 2012 · Marriage to a Billionaire Book 2 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

The sexy second book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Marriage to a Billionaire trilogy by “one of the most exciting breakout novelists” (USA TODAY) Jennifer Probst.

To satisfy his late father’s wishes, hot and single billionaire Michael Conte must find a bride—someone who will fit into his traditional family back home in Italy—and fast, so his engaged sister will be allowed to wed. With no intention of being tied down, Michael “proposes” to fiery, free-spirited photographer Maggie Ryan: if she will play the part of his fiancée during her trip to Milan for a photo shoot, he will keep away from her married best friend, Alexa, and stop making Maggie nuts with their too-close-for-comfort flirtations.

But once in Italy, sexual tension sparks the hottest no-strings-attached arrangement on any continent. Could marriage be the most enticing trap of all?

Ratings and reviews

Jennifer Probst has done it again! She continues to deliver incredibly written love stories. I absolutely loved The Marriage Trap by Jennifer Probst, it is an incredible love story, and is the first book in her Marriage to a Billionaire series. I loved the book that I am looking forward to reading the other books in the Marriage to a Billionaire series. I have read other books by Jennifer Probst and always enjoy her wonderfully written stories. Jennifer Probst has once again shown that she is an amazing storyteller. I could not put The Marriage Trap down. I loved every moment on every page. I really enjoy how the book is told from the perspective of the main characters. I love getting the insight and feelings from the different characters. The Marriage Trap is wonderful love story and is filled with heartbreaking and heartwarming moments. I love the lighter moments where I find myself smiling and laughing out loud and the bittersweet moments that pull at my heartstrings and cause me to sigh, as I read the heartbreaking moments. The Marriage Trap is filled with such moments, and with so much emotion. It is filled with all those things that we have come to love and expect in a Jennifer Probst love story, especially the poignant and bittersweet moments that filled this page turner. One of my favorite parts is how Jennifer Probst incorporates the title of the book into the love story. Who doesn’t love a fake marriage that turns into true love? The Marriage Trap is the story of Maggie Ryan, photographer and sister of Nick Ryan and billionaire Michael Conte, who runs his family’s business, La Dolce Famiglia. Maggie’s sister-in-law Alexa sets Maggie up on a blind date with Michael. They both enjoy their time together, but Maggie believes that Michael is in love with Alexa. Maggie decides to follow Alexa’s example, and casts a love spell to Earth Mother, looking for a husband. Michael’s sister, Venezia calls him in a panic and is infuriated that their mother will not allow her to marry her fiancé, Dominick until Michael is married. Michael needs to find a fake bride quickly, so that Venezia and Dominick do not elope and cause even more distress to the family. Michael approaches Maggie to be his fake wife. Maggie agrees, but Michael must agree to stay away from Alexa and Nick. Nick and Maggie did not have the best childhood or the best parents, which is the opposite of Michael’s childhood. Maggie wants to protect what Nick and Alexa have. As Maggie and Michael spend time together in Italy being fake married, they share secrets with one another and they grow closer. Michael confesses how his dreams for himself changed with the death of his father, and he took over the role of the man of the house. Maggie and Michael’s relationship changes, and how Mama Conte sets them up for a real wedding. I love that both Michael and Maggie show their vulnerable sides and that each of them changed because of their feelings for one another. Then and unexpected plot twist changes everything for them and forces Michael to follow his heart and his dreams. I love his grand gesture to win Maggie back. I loved that The Marriage Trap is a more than just a romance, there are dilemmas that both Maggie and Michael are facing that need to be resolved. I love how all the storylines get resolved so incredibly. I loved the epilogue and how it was more than the happily ever after, and how the qualities that Maggie was looking for in a husband are finally revealed. The Marriage Trap is filled with the poignant and bittersweet moments, as well as the plot twists, that I have come to love and expect in Jennifer Probst's stories. I love that while in Italy, Maggie gave the love spells book to Michael’s youngest sister, Carina. I am so glad that Maggie got the happily ever after, and trusted Michael’s feelings for her. I love all the changes that both Maggie and Michael were willing to make in their lives and their amazing chemistry. Cannot wait to read the other books in the series Highly recommended this fake marriage love story.

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.

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.

About the author

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.