by: Teri Wilson, Sasha Sands, Shirley Jump, Nicole Flockton, Robyn Neeley, and so many more!
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: May 17, 2022
Publisher: Pretty Bliss Press
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Toss the bouquet and say "I do" to this collection of sweet wedding-themed romcoms from the team who brought you the USA Today Bestseller Christmas Actually! 18 all-new novellas by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors.
Four Royal Weddings and an (Almost) Funeral
By Teri Wilson
Someone posh, someone new, someone annoying, something...true? A pair of royal correspondents from rival news outlets in London can't seem to stop bumping heads at a succession of royal weddings, but when they band together to find one of the queen’s puppies while the dog is running amok in Westminster Abbey, things get even more royally complicated.
Then, and Now
By Susan Sands
New Orleans Interior designer, Kate Young is thrilled to meet her daughter, Megan’s new boyfriend, Drew. But she’s mortified to learn that Drew’s dad, Clay, is her former college boyfriend, to whom she’s compared every man since. As the kids’ romance become more serious, Kate, a recent widow, is expected to join in the fun on a lake weekend. Drew is there too, and while their children spend time together, it leaves Kate and Drew to rehash the past and learn that their chemistry still smolders.
Second Chance Sweetheart
By Shirley Jump
An old friend comes back into town just in time to kidnap the bride from her wedding to a senator's son. He knows the groom's shady past and is saving her from a big mistake. But the spitfire he was always a little in love with is not so happy to have her plans derailed.
Wedding Rivals
By Nicole Flockton
Nina and Jake competed for everything in high school, whether it was debate champion or who could score the highest on a test. So when they find themselves standing up for their best friends it's game on as to who can create the best wedding experience for their friends. Sparks fly as rivalries are renewed and what they once both denied about each other, cannot be denied any longer.
Her Purrfect Plus One
By Robyn Neeley
When Buttermilk Falls bookshop manager Chelsea Lowndes finds a stray kitten left outside her shop’s door, her curiosity turns to shock when around its neck is a note stating that the owner of the purring feline is the purrfect one for her.
Petals & Playlists
By Lacey Baker
Short-staffed and not in the mood for wedding day excitement, Emory Bellson is forced to DJ a reception or risk bad publicity from one of the most notable brides in Miami. When she's somehow roped into standing in the line of single women and ends up catching the bouquet, she thinks the day couldn't possibly get any worse. Except it does, the moment she notices the groomsman who catches the garter, Hayden Rivers, is also a guy she'd dated and ghosted three years ago.
His Custom-made Bridesmaid
By Caro Carson
Bethany Shepherd is on the verge of opening her own bridal boutique, as soon as she finishes this final job as a seamstress for an over-the-top wedding with fifteen bridesmaids. At the last minute, Bethany is forced to fill in for a missing bridesmaid on top of the fifteen dress fittings she must complete as a seamstress. Worse, the groomsman she’s paired with is her old college flame, the wealthy and arrogant Jovian Taylor, who suddenly seems more than willing to stay by her side, for better or for worse.
Something Borrowed
By Cassidy Carter
When bridesmaid Catherine Katz tries on the bride's ring before her best friend's wedding, she doesn't count on Lennox Miller, her former fiancée, catching her in the act—or not being able to get the ring off. She doesn't want Len's help, but now she needs it. During their race together to try and free her before the ceremony begins, Catherine begins to see that her own old love story might potentially have a new ring to it.
Always You
By Melinda Curtis
Cassie Andrews and Jude Turner were inseparable in high school. But Cassie went away to college to become a doctor and Jude stayed in Beacon Bay to buy and run the family bait shop. Somewhere along the line they decided to go their separate ways. Now Cassie's back for a friend's wedding and sparks are rekindled. But is she home to stay?
Love By Accident
By Marianne Evans
Mix a rescue puppy and unguarded frittata, and wedding reception chaos is sure to ensue. While Emily Carpenter and Raylen Preston deal with frittata-ghedon, sparks fly. But can a magical second-chance wedding celebration lead these two wounded hearts to their own happy ending?
Something Lost Something Found by Makenna Lee
Wedding at Winding Woods by Janice Lynn
A Wedding at the USO by Tif Marcelo
A Wedding to Remember by Annie Rains
Always & Furever by Victoria Schade
Wedding Veils & Puppy Tails by Lizzie Shane
The Groom That Got Away by Sasha Summers
The Perfect Fit by Roe Valentine
A Special Sneak Peek at Four Royal Weddings and An (Almost) Funeral by Teri Wilson
“So you’re here for the wedding, then?” the bartender asks as he slides a mimosa in front of me at the Goring Hotel’s posh lobby bar. The reflection of my powder-blue fascinator glitters back at me from the row of crystal chandeliers hanging overhead.
“Yes.” I take a dainty sip. “So exciting, isn’t it?”
The man sitting beside me snorts into his Bloody Mary. He’s dressed down—way down—in a tracksuit with expensive-looking trainers on his feet.
Of course they’re expensive. Rooms at this hotel start at almost two thousand pounds a night. I’m spending nearly all my savings on this little ruse.
It’s an investment in my future, I remind myself. Sure, I could be camped out on the street in front of Westminster Abbey with every other journalist in the city. I’ve got a press pass for this event affording access to the special area near the church reserved for media. But how am I supposed to get an early look at the wedding gown from down there?
I reserved my room at the Goring months before the hotel where the bridal party would be staying the night before the wedding was even revealed. Hedging all my bets, I reserved rooms at every upscale hotel in Central London. Last week, when the palace announced Lady Emmaline would be staying here, I knew I’d struck gold. I canceled all my other reservations and plunked down the rest of my savings for an outfit that would help me look the part of royal wedding guest.
Don’t judge. At least I’m not digging through scraps of discarded fabric in the trash bin.
“I gather you’re not here for the wedding, then?” the bartender asks Cranky Tracksuit.
“That spectacle?” he asks, scowling into his drink.
I glare at him.
His gaze flits toward me. His eyes are startlingly blue—so dreamy that I wobble a bit on my barstool, even though he’s clearly not deserving of such a stroke of genetic luck. He just heard me say that I’m a wedding guest. For all he knows, I’m Lady Emmaline’s best friend.
“That’s offensive,” I say and reach for another sip of my mimosa.
“It’s accurate,” he counters. “Any union that involves the bride and groom’s faces being printed on tea towels is a spectacle.”
My face warms as I think about the commemorative royal wedding teacup on my desk at The Courier. “It’s a royal wedding—a public event. That kind of goes with the territory. People want to feel like they’re a part of it. That doesn’t make it a spectacle.”
“You sure about that?” He quirks an annoyingly attractive eyebrow.
Focus. You’re here to get the most important royal scoop in modern history, not ogle a cynical rich man’s eyebrows. “Absolutely. This wedding is just like a fairy tale.”
“Aren’t you forgetting something?” He plucks the celery stick from his drink. “Fairy tales aren’t real.”
“Yes.” I take a dainty sip. “So exciting, isn’t it?”
The man sitting beside me snorts into his Bloody Mary. He’s dressed down—way down—in a tracksuit with expensive-looking trainers on his feet.
Of course they’re expensive. Rooms at this hotel start at almost two thousand pounds a night. I’m spending nearly all my savings on this little ruse.
It’s an investment in my future, I remind myself. Sure, I could be camped out on the street in front of Westminster Abbey with every other journalist in the city. I’ve got a press pass for this event affording access to the special area near the church reserved for media. But how am I supposed to get an early look at the wedding gown from down there?
I reserved my room at the Goring months before the hotel where the bridal party would be staying the night before the wedding was even revealed. Hedging all my bets, I reserved rooms at every upscale hotel in Central London. Last week, when the palace announced Lady Emmaline would be staying here, I knew I’d struck gold. I canceled all my other reservations and plunked down the rest of my savings for an outfit that would help me look the part of royal wedding guest.
Don’t judge. At least I’m not digging through scraps of discarded fabric in the trash bin.
“I gather you’re not here for the wedding, then?” the bartender asks Cranky Tracksuit.
“That spectacle?” he asks, scowling into his drink.
I glare at him.
His gaze flits toward me. His eyes are startlingly blue—so dreamy that I wobble a bit on my barstool, even though he’s clearly not deserving of such a stroke of genetic luck. He just heard me say that I’m a wedding guest. For all he knows, I’m Lady Emmaline’s best friend.
“That’s offensive,” I say and reach for another sip of my mimosa.
“It’s accurate,” he counters. “Any union that involves the bride and groom’s faces being printed on tea towels is a spectacle.”
My face warms as I think about the commemorative royal wedding teacup on my desk at The Courier. “It’s a royal wedding—a public event. That kind of goes with the territory. People want to feel like they’re a part of it. That doesn’t make it a spectacle.”
“You sure about that?” He quirks an annoyingly attractive eyebrow.
Focus. You’re here to get the most important royal scoop in modern history, not ogle a cynical rich man’s eyebrows. “Absolutely. This wedding is just like a fairy tale.”
“Aren’t you forgetting something?” He plucks the celery stick from his drink. “Fairy tales aren’t real.”
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