Morally Black Betrothal (Morally Black Billionaires 1) by Nicole French-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 14, 2025

HE DOESN’T NEED A WIFE. HE NEEDS A WEAPON.

UNFORTUNATELY, HIS SWEET FAKE FIANCEE IS ABOUT TO BECOME HIS WEAKNESS.

Brendan
They call me the Black Prince.Heir to Blackguard Equity. First in line for the CEO crown. Ruthless,precise, untouchable—until my father decides to move the goalpost.No wife, no CEO seat.

So I find the one woman who can play the part.Simone Bishop. The sweet, small-town candy striper who sat by my father’s bedside when no one else could stand him. She’s sunshine wrapped in an apron, with flour on her hands and eyes too innocent to belong anywhere near me.But she needs my money. I need her hand. Four months. One shared address. Zero feelings.

Simple. Until I start wanting to mess up that perfect hair in my bed every night. Until I start wanting to keep her.

Simone
I should’ve said no.Brendan Black is everything I’ve been taught to avoid—grumpy, bossy, and so intense it feels like my heart’s on a leash when he looks at me. But the family farm is days from foreclosure, and his offer is too good to be real: pretend to be his fiancée, live in his penthouse for four months, and walk away with enough money to save the farm twice over.

I can handle this. I can survive the way his eyes linger. The way he says my name like it’s a command. The way my pulse stutters every time we’re in the same room.

It’s all fake… until it isn’t.

Because somewhere between the first kiss in public and the first kiss in private, I stopped pretending.

And if I’m not careful, the Black Prince is going to ruin me—in the best and worst ways.

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REVIEW: MORALLY BLACK BETROTHAL is the first instalment in Nicole French’s contemporary, adult MORALLY BLACK BILLIONAIRES erotic, romance series focusing on the Black family. This is heir to Blackguard Holdings Brendan Black, and twenty-eight year old, bartender / baker / candy striper Simone Bishop’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Brendon and Simone) MORALLY BLACK BETROTHAL follows in the wake of the fight for control of Blackguard Holdings. Patriarch and CEO Niall Black’s health is failing, and Brendon is ready to assume control but a caveat and moral clause forces Brendon to find a suitable wife before taking his place at the top. Brendon’s reputation accords him the nickname as the Black Prince, and with only one option, Brendon offers hospital volunteer Simone Bishop an offer she cannot refuse. Six months and ten million dollars to play the role of loving fiancé but all does not go according to plan as more than one person works simultaneously to bring down our story line couple, taking aim at Blackguard Holdings.

The world building follows several paths including the mutual dysfunctional families for both Simone and Brendon. With billions on the line, and a position of power, the Black siblings begin to maneuver and manipulate as they fight for control; meanwhile, Simone’s twin sister Selena, who is unreliable and questionable , adds fuels to the proverbial fires, and sparks a spiral of no return.

The relationship between Simone and Brendan begins as a fake engagement; a formal arrangement meant to appease the people in charge but Brendan finds himself falling for a woman who could break his heart, a woman whose own reality is heart breaking and lost. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of diverse and controversial secondary and supporting characters including Simone’s twin sister Selena, and her niece Kylie; Brendon’s siblings Ronan, Owen, Shea and friend Liam, and their father Niall.

MORALLY BLACK BETROTHAL is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic and edgy with some similarities akin to the movie Pretty Woman™. The characters are desperate, determined and charismatic: the romance is seductive and energetic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Nicole French is a East Coast/West Coast hybrid creature, Springsteen fanatic, hopeless romantic, and total bookworm. When not writing fiction or teaching writing classes, she is hanging out with her family, playing soccer with the rest of the thirty-plus crowd in Seattle, or going on dates with her husband. In her spare time, she likes to go running with her dog, Greta, or practice the piano, but never seems to do either one of these things as much as she should.

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