Between Commitment and Betrayal: An Arranged Marriage Romance (Hardy Billionaires)

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We have Declan and Everly who are forced into a marriage of convenience. Declan is a former NFL superstar but now runs a billionaire empire. Everly comes from humble beginnings and is running from a past that still haunts her. OH MY GOSH. My emotions were literal all over the place with this. I honestly have never felt so many emotions reading a book. Love. Anger. Hurt. Steamy. Sadness. All of it. I can’t even describe it to you without giving it away. Declan is a possessive Zaddy & wants literally nobody but Everly which makes me all tingly & happy. AND HE IS PIERCED JESUS CHRIST. So hot. And he is not shy at ALL in the bedroom 🔥 There’s drama and there’s angst. The difference between the two is the development that leads to either one or the other. I prefer the latter, with it being the result of a natural progression of events. With angst, there’s a build-up, a proper story that gives way to palpable emotion. Drama just exists. There isn’t always a catalyst for it, and if there is, it is almost never significant. It just exists for the sake of it. Unfortunately, in this novel, all we got was very stereotypical drama. Do you know what it’s like to have your body taken hostage and controlled by someone you thought would never hurt you? To give that trust and then they proceed to do their worst with it?” 😢

I cut her off fast. I needed to say it out loud anyway. Maybe if I could convince her of it, I’d believe it myself. I didn’t want her love this way. I wouldn’t have it be like this. Not with the weight of a will bearing down on us . She needed to love me and I needed to love her without conditions.” There was so much angst and sexual tension in the book. Declan & Everly's life was suddenly entwined because of her fathers stipulations. While I liked them as a couple, there were so many instances that left me feeling frustrated. For example, Everly's stepmother and stepsister. They acted like they had full rights on her dad's property and she was just a poor outsider all while Everly was his biological daughter. She should've atleast grown a spine and fought for her right especially when she knew that those bitches were so horrible. And both Declan & Everly did not understand the meaning of marriage until the very end tbh. She was dumbly flaunting an asshole of a man child even after they got married and he constantly failed to create boundaries between his ex and Everly's stepsister who were after him. Their constant interference was grating on my nerves. I mean they were supposed to create a good image about their marriage in the media but his ex (who also manages his PR by the way) goes and spreads rumours of him dating Everly's bitch of a stepsister. I mean I get how his ex was good at her job and blah blah blah but how stupid is that you continue to let her run your PR even if you know that she wants to tarnish your marriage. All the OW/Om drama was too much for me to handle. Declan is 🔥🔥!! He takes no bs from anyone. He makes the rules and others follow. That is until Evie who fights him on so many things. I loved how strong she is, she doesn't let things break her. There are so many amazing things about this book I barely know where to start. Between Commitment and Betrayal pulls you in in so many different ways. Between Commitment and Betrayal, a forced proximity, arranged marriage, sports romance, is the first installment of the Hardy Billionaire Brothers series. Let me begin by saying, there’s no doubt in my mind that this will be someone’s comfort series or favorite book. It just wasn't for me and that's okay.And how many times did I need to read about him getting annoyingly possessive of even a man who LOOKED at her? Dammit, it got so annoying so fast,

I love a possessive man in a book, but not to the point where all I’m thinking about is “can this man just shut up for one second and let her do her job of training a man” or whatever the hell her job was. If she isn’t spending time with loved ones or working on a project, it’s likely that she is calling them. If you call her and she doesn’t answer, she’s probably reading or watching some mindless drivel on television. Synopsis of the Book Between Commitment and Betrayal This story was basically just the mcs wanting to piss each other off just because they had nothing better to do. There was literally no emotional connection between them, just smut. And every time they interacted I wanted to claw my eyes out from how pathetic and unreal they were. THE BETRAYAL!!! i felt like it was so unnecessary? like he was trying to get her to trust him and then did a complete 180 at the drop of a hat. he could’ve just told her he loved her and wanted a baby with her not because of the will??? instead he breaks her heart and starts “dating” HER SISTER??? he tells her he will have a baby with her instead and nothing will change between them ARE U FR??? anyway he’s seen all over with her sister and then he finally tells everly that it was all a setup to get her moms studio, he was never going to be with anastasia, etc. this girl folds so fast lmao like she was all hell bent on divorce, she’s quitting, moving on but he tells her that and it’s all forgotten. embarrassingThe only thing that links us together is the fact that both of our names are contained in the will that was written by my father. When it comes to contributing to a team, I think of myself as being more of a team player than he does. i hate to say this bc i loved corrupted chaos by this author but this book was so bad 😭 i was expecting so much more.

And Evie "dating" another man while married to Declan, even though she says several times how she feels nothing for this other man, made me not care very much for her character. She's afraid of trusting and getting hurt, well then date no one while being in a fake marriage. This story is so sexy and spicy, full of drama and emotion, it made me feel so much, sadness, angst, anger, tenderness and pain, and some plot twists blew my mind . So so good. I can’t wait for more of this world. However, there are some sensitive topics, proceed with caution. Highly recommended if you are a fan of:they would hook up and the next minute everly was throwing her boyfriend in declan’s face and telling him to go out with her sister. it got old real fast. declan wanted everly outside of the fake marriage but did nothing when ow would hang all over him and try to get between them like are you sure you’re 34???