I cannot take it any more. First off, the book takes place over the course of a week, yet the author spends the first *half* of the book in the first few hours of meeting.
Second off, the h is blinded by ambition to common sense. Really. She knows she's on the marriage contract, knows it's invalid as long as she's in the US. Tells her boss. He gives her an ultimatum of either go or be fired and she...goes because she doesn't want to have to start over in her career. I could be wrong but I think a well-known reporter would NOT be starting over if she changed jobs. In any case...
The "H" has essentially pulled strings to get her over there - he has every intention of pulling out the contract. The h wants to feel him out to see if he knows. OF course he does you idiot. Why else do you think YOU were invited over? Then he threatens her, telling her that, among other things, her passport has been confiscated, and...she kisses him.
I'd also add that there's a couple of spoiled palace brats in the form of the "H"s 3 and 5 year old half brothers - they come into the bathroom while the h is bathing. Just walk right on in. And then everyone else in the family shows up - "H", step mother, brother, sister...
So no; no way can I really envision a true HEA here unless the h is really TSTL (and believe me I wonder). So... I quit. And the new me also purges the two follow-ups and decides that this author is more miss than hit with me so no more.
