This was a fun read. A wedding planner (Anne) meets up with a man (George) to plan his wedding - but all is not as it seems. George is not really planning his wedding - he is planning the wedding of his client, a celebrity who wishes to keep things super-secret. So when Anne starts falling for George, and vice versa, an enjoyable story unfolds. I especially enjoyed the scenes with Anne's family and the Southern setting. Definitely good for a romantic escape. ( )

I've never liked Christian fiction. Kaye Dacus, I like. ( )

Anne Hawthorne is an event planner who has been hired to handle an engagement party and wedding and in walks the bride and groom and immediately Anne is hit with a strong attraction to the groom. Fighting the appeal that she feels for her client, she works diligently to fulfill the couple's wishes but finds it harder and harder to fight the magnetism that she feels. Finally, because of George's opposition to lying to Anne, he informs her that he s not the 'groom' but just his stand-in. The detailed story of their romance is heart-warming as well as uplifting and truly an enjoyable experience.

This is the first book in the Brides of Bonneterre series. I won the second book in the series through the ER program and enjoyed it so much that I had to have the other two books as well. I am really looking forward to #3 later this year. ( )

This was my first experience with Kaye Dacus, and I happened upon her by accident. I won a copy of the second book in this series, Menu For Romance, from a Goodreads giveaway and my OCD nature wouldn't allow myself to read it without reading the first book. Yes, the storyline is very similar to the movie The Wedding Planner, but with a few different twists. I really enjoyed all of the characters and I couldn't put the book down - I finished it in 24 hours! I am now reading Menu For Romance and look forward to reading more stories by Kaye Dacus. ( )

This is quite the romance. Some could call it predictable, but I would not necessarily say that because one could not foresee all the twists and turns that are to occur before the outcome. I only think people will predict how they want it to end and just assume they will get it right. As I have said dozens of times before, I am not much a fan of contemporary romances, but I liked this one. That said, I did not necessarily love it. But I think that is because my heart is just stronger in the realm of historical fiction. (Definitely recommend Kaye Dacus' historical series The Ransome Trilogy!!)Some elements of a large family and good food were parts of this story that I am not used to reading in a book that I quite enjoyed. As well as imagining the scenes and hearing the British or Southern accents play through in the characters vernacular. This is my first contemporary experience with reading this author and it will not be my last. I do recommend this book, and look forward to reading the sequel soon in a few days. Things happen in life to get you where you need to be, and the hardest part is dealing with a painful event and believing that you will get past it. God knows what he is doing, and the part to remember is that things are best in his time and not in our own. I feel very uplifted from this book and the characters experiences. It makes me think over things from my own past and see more of God in them than I ever would have realized at the time. ( )