Fake Empire (Kensingtons)
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
A standalone, steamy, arranged marriage romance.
There's rich.
Then there's the Ellsworth family. The Kensingtons. American royalty.
Money buys power, and power always has a price. The fear of those who already possess both? Losing it. The best way to ensure keeping it? Alliances. And elites don’t marry down—they marry equal.
For Scarlett Ellsworth and Crew Kensington, that leaves one option: each other. Accepting that inevitability is very different from embracing it. That's the only thing they agree upon.
It was meant to be a union for better and for business.
Instead, it challenges everything Scarlett and Crew thought they knew about themselves, their families, and most of all . . . each other.
Customer Reviews
Enjoyable billionaire, arranged marriage with solid dual narration!
4⭐️ 3🌶️ 4🎧
Publisher: Tantor Media
Narrators: Veronica Fox + Aaron Shedlock
Narration type: dual
Writing perspective: first person, dual POV
Standard length: 11:14
Listening speed: 1.8x
Tropes: billionaire, arranged marriage, forced proximity, American royalty, hate to love, protective reformed playboy x successful ice queen
📖 Crew Kensington and Scarlett Ellsworth are American royalty, adult heirs to the richest and most prestigious families in the country. Their arranged marriage is a business merger, mutually beneficial for both of them. What they didn’t expect was to be a perfect match in other ways. Their verbal sparring and one upping was pretty fun to watch, and their chemistry was off the charts. Learning to trust each other was a challenge, but it was the first and really last step to them falling madly in love. When they got to the point of giving in to make the other happy, they were just adorable! They both learned so much about what they wanted out of life, and who they really wanted to be. There was some side drama in this that felt a little unresolved, but could be setting up future books in the series.
🎧 I don’t think I’ve listened to Veronica Fox before, and at first I thought she sounded a bit monotone with the narration. With that said, Scarlett, our FMC, tries really hard to not show emotion and is described as icy — so I do think some of this flatter speech is fitting. Once I got used to it, I really got into the book. And Veronica has a very clear speaking voice and did a nice job with male voices as well.
Aaron Shedlock did a nice job voicing Crew. His voice can easily shift from authoritative to warm which worked nicely for a powerful soon to be CEO and a man falling in love. He shows lots of emotion and range while narrating and made the male POV really enjoyable to listen to!