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Showing posts with label weddings. Show all posts
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Friday, November 18, 2022

REVIEW + GIVEAWAY featuring... It Could Happen by Melissa Baldwin





It Could Happen
by
Melissa Baldwin


About the book...
I don't like change. That's fine, because I, Tori Hayes, am quite content with my single status and fulfilling sales career. I'll make an exception and step out of my comfort zone to be a part of my college bestie's wedding party. Anything for a friend, you know?

But this—this is not what I thought it would be. Suddenly, I'm thrown into drama that only a Southern belle bride and her friends can stir up. The secrets, the lies, the deception—it's more than I can take. Not to mention that groomsman Tyler, who seems to know exactly how to push my buttons.
I don't like my buttons pushed. Or maybe I do.

Dashing groomsmen aside, why do I keep finding myself in the middle of all this madness? I want to support Caroline and give her the perfect day, but things are getting messy and fast. Is there going to be a happy ending amid all this chaos?

It could happen …

USA Today bestselling author Melissa Baldwin presents a brand new romantic comedy about friendship and finding love when you least expect it.







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Here, we have the classic drama that comes with a wedding...multiplied by five.  Why five?  Because that's the bride's lucky number, and that's how many bridesmaids she decided to have.  Because these are five ladies from somewhat different times of her life that are now being pushed together, come what may.  Because Tori, being kinda sorta the outsider of the group, happens to notice things that while possibly apparent to the group anyway, are glaringly obvious to her...and we're not talking about a hair out of place, or a falling hemline.  No, we're talking about secrets that would upset a normal day, let alone a wedding party, and they do say they always have a way of coming out.  Think it'll be at the right time?  Yeah...I wouldn't hold my breath.

Outside the drama unfolding from all those secrets, we have a new one in development between Tori and Tyler.  He's the jackhat with the ginormous truck that parks so close she may get streaks of grease on her white ensemble the first event of the many to come.  He's the one that will be an annoying, if handsome, thorn in her side with his flirty ways, and gain her the dirty glares of another member of the wedding party.  He's also the one that just might wear he walls down, sneak behind her defenses, and make her ask...what if.  I mean just because Tori said she wasn't looking for love, it doesn't mean it's not looking for her.  It could happen....

Couldn't resist the segue there, but you catch my meaning.  The will they, won't they keeps things afloat throughout the story without being overbearing.  I mean, we didn't need a huge amount of additional drama because HELLO...there was definitely enough of that to go around.  I will say that I feel for the friendships ended, or at least interrupted, but the main ones involved really should have thought about things before going forward with only themselves in mind.  That's my piece, and that's the end of that.  Suffice it to say, if you like clean Contemporary Romance, and a healthy dose of drama, along with a few laughs along the way, this is definitely one to have on your radar!



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About the author...


Melissa Baldwin is a planner-obsessed Disney fan who still watches Beverly Hills 90210 reruns and General Hospital.

She’s a wife, mother, and journal keeper, who finally decided to write the book she talked about for years. She took her dream to the next level, and is now an award-winning, bestselling author of seventeen Romantic Comedy and Cozy Mystery novels and novellas. Melissa writes about charming, ambitious, and real women, and she considers these leading ladies to be part of her tribe.

When she isn't deep in the writing zone, this multitasking master organizer keeps busy by spending time with her family, chauffeuring her daughter, traveling, attempting yoga poses, and going on rides at Disney World.





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Special thanks to Rachel of Rachel’s Random Resources for the chance to bring this tour to you as well as the ebook for review. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, this tour, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is available now, so click on over to your favorite online retailer to snag your copy today.



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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

RRR presents... THE GROOMS WORE WHITE by Charlie Lyndhurst - REVIEW!

Hi there!
Welcome back to Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers.


Today, we've got another FABULOUS Rachel's Random Resources tour for you featuring a Contemporary Romance with a little something for everyone. That's right! Whatever flag you fly, love is love and celebrated as such in this book, with a definite dose of animosity, growth, and overcoming life's obstacles that can't be denied, but that's life! It's not about the fairytale, but the happily-ever-after, am I right? So, let's get between the pages of today's blog tour guest and ebook of choice...


The Grooms Wore White
by
Charlie Lyndhurst


About the book...
Even wedding planners struggle to get it right…

Jason is the best wedding planner around, known as the Fairy Godfather to the couples whose special days he plans. But coming up against workplace prejudice is taking a toll on his love for his job.

His mother-in-law, Mel, has just discovered her husband has been cheating on her with a younger woman. Nearing fifty, jobless and struggling, she needs to work out who she is aside from a mum and a wife, and get her life back on track.

Meanwhile, up-tight wedding planner Harriet is struggling to find her own true love – if such a thing exists. Between liars, married men, and disaster dates, she thinks she may never find the one. And her outdated attitude toward LGBT marriages make her even more bitter.

When Jason starts Extra Weddings – helping people marry whoever they like, in whatever way they want – he, Mel and Harriet find themselves coming together to help couples make memories to last a lifetime. But can they bridge their gaps, and be a unit when others need them most?

Fans of Casey McQuiston, Lindsey Kelk and Justin Myers are invited to the most heart-warming and extravagant wedding event of 2022.



AMAZON  |  KOBO  |  APPLE BOOKS




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I enjoyed this book even more than I thought I would! Why? Well, quite honestly, it was the number of characters that feature that gave me a little hesitation. From my own reading experience, it can definitely be a case of took many chefs in the kitchen, meaning the story gets lost under all the characters...but that is SO not the case here!

I loved Jason and his fantastically fun weddings. He strove for what was right...and that meant meeting the demands of his clients. Why, what did you think it meant? No, he wasn't leading a one man crusade against the close-minded people of the world...he was just being him. Problem was, some took great offence to that, including Harriet. Funny thing about this character, you initially love to hate her, but by book's end she has some rather eye-opening experiences, and such moments growth, you'll be glad Jason had the foresight not to write her off completely. Then there's Mel, Pete's mom (partner to Jason), and her midlife unwarranted crisis...thanks to a cheating spouse...and while she feels her world falling apart, she's about to learn just how wonderful a mother, great a friend, and lovely of wife she truly is, and eventually get what's coming to her tenfold (it the best and most beautiful ways possible!).

SO you see, there's three viewpoints at the very least, with individual stories that occasionally overlap, but that just makes them THAT much better. You get to see the ugly side of humanity, but also the great big beating heart full of love that exists to counterbalance it. There are meet-cute moments, weddings to die for, conversations to gasp at the absurdity of, and a whole lot of love to go around when all is said and done. Come for the weddings, but stay for the HEAs because you know everyone wants there own in their own time, in their own way.




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About the author...


Charlie Lyndhurst is an award-shortlisted gay romance novelist, writing tutor, ghostwriter, and the Diversity Officer of the Romantic Novelists' Association. The Grooms Wore White is his first commercial crossover novel.






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Special thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the chance to bring this tour to you as well as the ecopy for review. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, this promotion, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is available now, so click on over to your favorite online retailer to snag your copy today and be sure to check out the rest of the tour for more bookish fun...



Until next time, remember....if it looks good, READ IT!


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