Desire

By: Kay Shanee

Narrated by: Aria Addison, Chance Smolders

desire /dəˈzī(ə)r/: a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen

Unsettled… That is the word Desire Chambries uses to describe how she feels. Although her preschool students bring her joy, her personal life needs resuscitating. She’d love to get married, but the dating scene lacks quality men. Most were barely boyfriend material and definitely not fit to be someone’s husband. At thirty-five years old, her hope of finding the man of her dreams and becoming a wife is fading fast, as is the idea of having children of her own.

One lonely Friday night, after being stood up for the third time, she sees an ad for Arranged Hearts on social media. Her interest is piqued, and before she second-guesses herself, she completes the online profile. Once she presses submit, things move rapidly, and she finds herself agreeing to spend the rest of her life with a man she’s never met.

Aziel Harris has to make some lifestyle changes since he plans to run for a second term as mayor of his hometown. His image has taken some major hits as of late, with women coming out of the woodwork to stake their claim on him. Not to mention, he’s raising his sassy three-year-old daughter, Azaria, alone, and single fatherhood as a forty-two-year-old was harder than running the city.

Unbeknownst to him, his assistant completes a profile for him with Arranged Hearts. Initially, he refuses to go through the process, but knowing a team of people are counting on him to continue his reign as mayor, he agrees to marry a woman he’s yet to meet.

Desire and Aziel didn’t expect marrying a stranger to be easy, but neither of them was prepared for the obstacles thrown their way. Will the arranged hearts commit to forever, or will ‘I do’ turn into ‘I don’t’?

©2024 Kay Shanee (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

Nice modern Arranged Marriage

I wasn't sure what to expect in a modern arranged marriage, but this book had a realistic storyline and was written well. I enjoyed it! Trope: Enemies to Lovers.

Delectable Desire

I loved and enjoyed this book. So far I’ve enjoyed the entire series. The men are men and the women are brilliant leaders. ❤️😊 I’m waiting for the other two. Or more… hint hint… Keep them coming!!!

Modern romance novel

Great book definitely recommend to read. Wasn’t what I expected but I sat at the edge the entire time.

Lets Get Married!!! 👰🏾‍♀️🤵🏾‍♂️💒💐

Desire is sick and tired of dealing with triflin’ men that do nothing but waste her time. At 35, her biological clock is tickin’ and she’s ready to say I do to somebody’s son and have a few babies. After being stood up for the third time, Desire is over the dating scene and has decided to let the elite matchmakers of Arranged Hearts do the heavy lifting for her and find her future husband.

Aziel is the mayor of Onyx City and, while he’s done great things for the city during his first term, his numbers are slipping in the poles. This does not bode well for his re-election bid. Being an unmarried single father doesn't appeal to his female constituents and it also doesn’t help that he’s for the streets. To clean up his image, his assistant suggests he signs up with Arranged Hearts. With nothing to lose and everything to gain, Aziel agrees.

Alexa, play Lets Get Married. When Desire met Aziel at the alter in her white dress, to say this man was over the moon would be an understatement. See, the gag is, both of them were already crushin’ hard on each other but, Desire was well aware of Aziel’s reputation and, she refused to be just another hit it and quit it. As soon as Aziel lifted Desire’s veil, he vowed then and there to make their marriage real in every way and he didn’t care what any of the naysayers had to say. “If anyone objects, keep it to yourself and take your a@* home. This wedding is happening whether you object or not. We’re not here for the negativity.” Yaaaaasssss! Aziel said y’all betta put some respect on their union.

This was such a good book! I really enjoyed Desire and Aziel’s unconventional love journey. I loved how quickly they became protective of one another. He didn’t play about his wife, she didn’t play about her husband, and anybody who tried them could get it. And, y’all know Nette love the kids and little Ms. Azaria swooped in and stole the whole book. Her reaction when she saw Ms. Chammies at the alter with her daddy was so stinkin' adorable. This book was marriage at first sight done right. If you haven’t read any of the books in this series, start with this one. Well done Kay Shanee. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Love working in mysterious ways

I love the voice actors, they did the book justice. I love the storyline and even replayed a few sections because it made my heart swell.