When you’re trying to escape, the wedding shop works its magic!
Synopsis
St Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere…
‘A pure delight’ Debbie Johnson
Return to your favourite little wedding shop by the sea for love, laughter and a romance to sweep you off your feet!
It’s the most romantic day of the year but the girls aren’t just gearing up for Valentine’s Day and a busy wedding season ahead, it’s also the 10 year anniversary of their beloved shop!
Jess is planning the party of the decade and with the champagne and cocktails flowing, sparks are going to fly…and not just from the fireworks display!
My review
Milla has been betrayed by her best friend and her fiancé in the worst way possible… And as now the couple is expecting their baby, Milla does not want to be there when the happy occasion happens.
So she goes to St. Aidan, where she can rely on her real friends. Even if her heart is broken and it’s the most romantic period of the year, she wants to spend her time working in the wedding shop. As she is also in the wedding business, she knows what she is doing.
But when she finds herself planning the perfect wedding for Nic, it’s quickly obvious that Nic has high standards and is not easy to please. And add the attraction between them, and it’s a grantee for fireworks!
When I started to read this book, I was a bit afraid I wouldn’t be able to follow, as this is a part of a series. But this wonderful story can be perfectly read as a standalone, even though now I want to read what happened in the other parts, because I just fell in love!
The book doesn’t start happily… I immediately felt so sorry for what Milla went through…Nobody deserves to be treated like that, and even if there are feelings, you just don’t do that to your best friend / fiancée.
Yet this makes it clear what kind of people they are…
During the story, we get to know how Milla has been more a victim than initially thought, so my sympathy only grew for her.
But I didn’t only feel sympathy for her, but also admiration. Despite everything that happened to her, she wants to succeed during her working holiday, and spending time with people who really care about her, is making it easier for her to figure out what direction she wants to go, both business and private.
And she meets Nic… the first meeting was already fireworks. But when she finds herself organizing a wedding for him, it made me sad. Because I saw so much potential for them. And even if Nic is pushing all her buttons, and the other way around too, the chemistry between them is just wow.
The more I read about the two of them, the more I started to fear that it would go a direction I wouldn’t like…
But Milla didn’t go through what she did to be now on the other side. She shows true determination to organize the perfect wedding for Nic. And when the truth comes out, she is even more determined than ever!
Milla makes a real transformation in this book. Initially she was more a wallflower, letting people dictate her life. But being away from the bad influences, she grow more and is being the real Milla again. And when she is not sure, she has her friends sticking by her side.
The more Milla was standing up for herself and deciding want SHE wanted and not what other people wanted her to do, the more I liked Milla. She became someone I admired for her courage.
This book has just everything I expected to be, with that extra detail. A beautiful setting, a magical and romantic business, people who you instant feel a connection to as a reader (with the exception of a few ugly characters…). Be prepared to swoon over, have several loud laughs and to feel utterly happy when the story comes to an end. (Just to be clear: not because you’re happy that you finished the book, but because it was just a beautiful book! 😃)



























