Source: I received a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.
When Charlotte Pringle Frost won The Party Planning Committee
three years ago, she gained name-recognition, money, and enough wealthy
clients to keep her Beverly Hills party-planning business running for
months. But when her father used all her winnings to pay off his
gambling debts, he left her with nothing but the clothes on her back and
a damaged reputation. Now she’s living in Arkansas, was just fired from
her party store cashier job, and can’t figure out how it all went
wrong.
Lance Dutton hasn’t been at his mental wellness retreat in
Switzerland five minutes when his mom calls to tell him his little
sister is engaged. Alexandria is twenty-two, and her overly tattooed
fiancé fronts an underground boy band; so much for mental wellness. It
isn’t enough that Lance has spent ten years of his life starring on Dealing with the Duttons—his
family’s reality show; now he’s expected to come home and oversee the
wedding. With multiple product lines and new endorsement deals in the
works, his family can’t afford any bad press.
When Alexandria
impulsively hires some random contestant she remembers from an old
reality game show to plan the wedding, all Lance sees is a disaster in
the making. It’s bad enough that the wedding is in four weeks and his
sister wants the whole process aired live, but this Charlotte chick is
cuter than he expected, and she’s messing with his head. Suddenly he’s
thinking about the future, and nothing could possibly be worse than
that.
Nothing, that is, until Alexandria tells them her ridiculous wedding theme.
As
the only sane people around, it’s up to Lance and Charlotte to make
this disastrous wedding a success, a nearly impossible feat that soon
has them both wondering…
Even if the wedding doesn’t work out, could they?
My Review: 5 Stars
Reality TV. A girl who lost it all. A super hot, super sweet guy. The wedding of a century. An off-limits relationship with the most underlying sizzling chemistry ever. An elderly, outspoken, quirky neighbor. What's not to love about this book? Why, absolutely nothing! I loved every minute of every page and didn't want it to end.
Anyone who's followed me for awhile knows I'm not a reality TV watcher, but I love stories with that plot line. Charlotte is a fantastic character and makes the rich and famous life look unappealing. I love how she gets so much satisfaction out of the simple things in life, yet she's so hard working and creative. And Lance? Whew, where do I even start? This reality star playboy seems to shun the spotlight, yet loves the lifestyle, but he's so down-to-earth and absolutely lovable. Even the wedding couple was deeper than first glance, although Alex (the bride) came off like a fickle coin--fun and adorable on one side and a spoiled brat on the other. The romantic tension was wonderfully perfect--sigh--so perfect.
Content: mild+ romance (swoony, kissing, some innuendo); mild language
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