Book:
Stealing the Groom
Author:
Sonya Weiss
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Genre:
Adult Contemporary Fiction; Romance
“…some of us don’t live by spreadsheets, day
planners and by-the-minute schedules.”- Amelia
“Because some of us prefer chaos.”- Chad
“Not chaos. But rather, unscripted life.”- Amelia
“Without a plan, failure is inevitable.”- Chad
“I got you, didn’t I?”- Amelia
Synopsis via NetGalley:
Friends don’t let friends marry the wrong woman…
Chad Walker may be a take-no-chances man with a plan, but there’s no way Amelia Snyder is going to let her best bud marry Mean Girl #1—even if the wedding is solely so he can secure the controlling shares in his family’s company. But free-spirited Amelia’s at-the-altar
groomnapping scheme takes a surprising
turn when she ends up as the blushing bride
instead.
Suddenly, with Amelia living
in her handsome
husband’s home—in his bedroom, no less—she
starts to reconsider their strictly platonic arrangement.
But Chad’s always been strictly anti-risk and definitely anti-love, and betting a lifetime of best friendship
on the chance at forever might be the biggest gamble of all.
My Summary:
To stop her best friend Chad
from making the biggest mistake of his life by marrying a gold digging woman, Amelia kidnaps him on his
wedding day. With no specific plans,
she whisks him off to a God forsaken place
which they accidentally set on fire and thus preventing them from going
anywhere else. In the end, Amelia herself is forced to marry Chad by both their grandfathers, who happen to be best friends
themselves.
Chad was never one for
adventure. He believes that
every single thing in life has to be planned and strictly followed. That goes for love too, which he believes can only
destroy people. Case in Point, his father who became a drunk after being
abandoned by his wife (Chad's mother). So he vows never to fall in love and trust only one woman, his childhood best friend Amelia, even if she is his total opposite.
Resigned to being married, they both carry on with their lives, thinking that after a few months,
they could just divorce and resume their own normal. But what has been set in motion many years before can’t
be stopped, only pushed in the right
direction. With meddling grandfathers
and helpful siblings and friends, what could possibly go wrong?
My Review:
My Review:
Adorable with a big dose of sweet, reading this book is like a quick trip to a
Romance themed park. It is fast paced and steady yet believable with bits of the couple's history
in between. There was no feeling of abruptness at all, which is the usual case in friends-to-lovers
storylines in fiction.
I like that though
Chad and Amelia have been best friends since childhood, they are never on the
same page. They are total
opposites and have very different beliefs and philosophy in life. The only thing they have for each
other is basic: LOVE. And from there everything else works. This gives hope
to the romantic in me. That
maybe in the grand scheme of things, the only thing you truly need is
Love.....and maybe some
meddling but charming granddaddies.
If you're looking for
a short fun read that's
predictable yet well written enough to be easily enjoyed, pick up Stealing the
Groom.
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