Wedding Vows and Cornish Ribbons
Event planner Julianne Rose is on the verge of making her dreams of ‘rescuing’ weddings in need of help a reality. She and business partner Kitty have finally finished transforming the dilapidated barn into a chic event space, and they even have a new client eager to use it—a quirky, charming space organization guru named Deirdre who seems capable of organizing everything but her own special day. As if that wasn’t enough, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity soon presents itself through the who’s who of their sleepy little Cornish village: the chance to step into the event planning void for a posh bride in desperate need of an emergency salvage for her wedding plans. A wedding that could establish Julianne and Kitty as two of Cornwall’s best event planners if all goes well.
But an event that big doesn’t come without a catch. To persuade the posh clients to commit to them, Julianne and Kitty must first impress them with the ceremony for their current bride-to-be—a task that seemed easy, but proves complicated when stories emerge involving a history of broken engagements, cold feet, and commitment phobia on the part of Deirdre, who soon begins to exhibit possible symptoms of nervousness regarding her big day. Faced with a real case of runaway bride—and with their future reputation at stake— they must attempt to the impossible task of holding together a wedding fraying at its seams, and Julianne finds herself seemingly facing a choice between what’s best for Save the Date’s survival and what’s best for her client’s happiness, regardless of the cost.
Are Julianne’s worst fears about to be realized, with Deirdre gearing up for yet another run from the church altar? Can she persuade the posh but sympathetic bride Alexi to take a risk on Save the Date regardless of it? And will Julianne and the handsome-but-equally-busy Matt find time to smolder anything in their marriage besides leftover chicken pie? Readers will learn these answers and more in the funny and heartfelt sequel to the first full-length titular novel Return to Cornwall .
MY REVIEW:
This was a fantastic story about wedding and event planner Julianne and her ever so loyal friend and business partner Kitty. They are finally making their own dreams come true after fixing up a dilapidated farm into a fantastic and gorgeous venue for their business making their clients' dream wedding come true. By proving themselves with Deidre their new client, will help establish Julianne and Kitty's reputation as the premiere wedding and event planner in Cornwall. There is only one major issue and that is Deidre - a professional organizer guru has a reputation to get nervous and risk a runaway bride situation. Oh my gosh, what a fun and crazy ride this was, that I could not turn the pages fast enough to see what happens.
Reading this book, and returning to beautiful Cornwall and what a delight to visit again through Laura Brigg's writing and amazing characters I enjoy reading about. reminded me why I absolutely adore Laura Briggs - the well written plot, great characters, amazing location and scenery, fantastic dialogue and just an overall feel good read I needed. Thank you Laura for another amazing book! I really enjoyed this one.
Purchase Links - https://smarturl.it/weddingvowsAuthor Bio –
Laura Briggs is the author of several feel-good romance reads, including the Top 100 Amazon UK seller 'A Wedding in Cornwall'. She has a fondness for vintage style dresses (especially ones with polka dots), and reads everything from Jane Austen to modern day mysteries. When she's not writing, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, going to church, caring for her pets, gardening, and seeing the occasional movie or play.
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Please enjoy this fabulous extract from the book:
Thank you so much to
Michelle for this opportunity to share an extract from my newest romance book
with her lovely readers! Titled Wedding
Vows and Cornish Ribbons, it is the first book in a new series about
wedding planner Julianne as she balances work and family life. In the following
scene, Julianne learns more about her new client’s past as a supposed ‘runaway
bride’.
"I'm
sure that you're thinking it's better for you to steer as many decisions as you
can, given how distracted I am," said Deirdre. "You don't have to
deny it, because I've been thinking the same. But I do want to be involved more
than I have been — I want to be more decisive and helpful, because this is my
wedding day we're planning, after all."
"I
want all the input you can give me at all times," I said. "Don't feel
uncomfortable about the past, if that's the problem. If there's something from
your past plans that you want to revisit — maybe a menu choice, or a song —"
"No,"
said Deirdre, firmly. "Nothing is to be recycled from the past, I've made
an absolute commitment to that decision. No matter how much I might have
fancied a certain part of it, I don't want it intruding on a day that Nic and I
are sharing."
"Of
course — that's between you and Nic," I said. "I wanted to bring it
up now, just in case. Dancing around the past is dangerous, as you pointed
out."
"Nic
was open to it, because he said I shouldn't give up on a small cherished idea
just because of a silly mistake," she said. "But these plans should
be as far from the original notions as possible. It isn't because those ideas
weren't lovely — it's for the sake of knowing that I will look back on this day
with Nic as its own beautiful experience."
She
reached underneath the table and produced another box — one that looked as if it
was an untouched dusty remnant that hadn't been at the top of the stack.
"Here," she said, lifting out a binder notebook. "These are from
my original wedding plans. You can see the sort of ceremony I preferred in the
past, although I'm hoping for something a bit more original than some of
these."
The
notebook was large enough to cover my lap, its plastic sleeve front featuring a
happy little graphic logo about 'getting hitched' that I knew probably stung
Deirdre the first few times she saw it after the fact. The pages contained
fragments of Deirdre's personality, mixed with her 'past self' in an interesting
combination that produced a flower bouquet that looked Victorian chic, a dress
that resembled an antique bridal gown, a menu of steak flambe that suggested
the groom's tastes were very masculine. Stu Fleming and Deirdre Owen were the
two names at the top of the invitation, printed with interlocked wedding bands.
"Here's
this one," said Deirdre, who combed past folders of wallpaper samples to
hand me another folder, one with glittery flowers and the word 'Wedding'
spelled out in calligraphy.
"More
wedding plans?" I asked.
"The
plans I had with Pete," she answered.
Pete?
"When
was this?" I asked, opening it to see a different dress pictured inside,
something with more sheer tulle panels and gilding, and a menu from a Greek
restaurant.
"Five
years ago?" Deirdre paused. "It blurs together, the actual dates. I
probably still have the receipt for selling the dress." She turned through
the other books, tucking them into the bottom of the bookshelf.
Selling
the dress. The
second — or, rather, first — wedding had gotten further in the planning process
than this one. I didn't know what to think of that.
"I
didn't realize you had planned two previous weddings," I said, doing my
best to pull my attention away from this fact. "No wonder you wanted a
planner this time. To do all that work and find out it's not the right person
in the end ..."
"Stings
a bit, yes," said Deirdre, with a sad smile. "But it does happen to
some people, although usually not as many times as it happened to me."
"Only
twice," I said, comfortingly. "Two is a small number when you think
about it."
"You're
right, I suppose," she said. "At least I didn't get quite that far
with Howie — not far enough to buy a dress." As I digested this third
name, I thought I saw a trace of despondency in Deirdre's eyes.
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