WISH UPON A WEDDING is Book 10 in LuAnn McLane's "Cricket
Creek" series. This is the first book I've read by LuAnn
McLane but it definitely won't be my last. There are two
romances featured in WISH UPON A WEDDING and LuAnn McLane
gives them equal time and makes them equally sexy and
enjoyable. Easton and Carrie Ann are in their mid-fifties
and looking to turn a longtime friendship and attraction
into something more. Avery and Sophia finally decide to
build on their fun flirtation, but some convoluted
circumstances threaten to throw a wrench into their
burgeoning relationship.
Both Sophia and Avery have a lot of integrity, but that
integrity is something that almost sabotages their
relationship. Avery's sister is getting married and she is
pushing him to get back with his manipulative, cheating ex.
Avery's foolish promise not to reveal the reason for their
breakup causes a lot of friction in his current
relationship. I enjoyed the fun and flirty encounters
between Sophia and Avery, and the drama made me care about
them and hope everything would work out in the end. I liked
the contrast between Avery's relationship with Sophia and
the romance between Easton and Carrie Ann. Both romances are
steamy but Easton and Carrie Ann are able to draw from
experience, and squash their doubts a little quicker than
the younger couple.
In most of the contemporary romances I've read with a small
town setting, there is usually a tight-knit group of female
friends that anchor the story. In WISH UPON A WEDDING, it is
the men who pack most of the emotional punch and do a lot of
venting to each other, offering support, and help each other
find epiphanies. I wish more authors would pay as much
attention to male friendships as LuAnn McLane does in WISH
UPON A WEDDING. I particularly enjoyed the almost father/son
relationship between Avery and his uncle Easton. I love
that, in spite of the age difference and family connection,
they go to each other for advice the way friends do. LuAnn
McLane manages to convey the strong emotions that the guys
have while also having the dialogue and personalities ring
true.
WISH UPON A WEDDING is the cream of the crop and lots of
fun. After reading WISH UPON A WEDDING I plan on hunting
down copies of the previous books in this "Cricket Creek"
series to devour. I look forward to reading LuAnn McLane's
next book.
A little lie leads to delicious complications in the latest Cricket Creek romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Written in the Stars. Heartbroken handyman Avery Dean can’t get away from his ex—who just happens to be the maid of honor in his sister’s upcoming wedding. As the best man, Avery has to grin and bear his sister’s misguided attempts to get them back together, until the perfect excuse presents itself in a pretty out-of-towner. With her time in Cricket Creek, Kentucky, coming to an end, hair stylist Sophia Gordon can’t deny the town’s charms, or her attraction to Avery Dean. That’s why she finds herself saying yes to dinner, and then, a wedding date.
Sophia agrees to be Avery’s pretend girlfriend until the big day is over, but when their make-believe fling shows signs of real passion, Sophia starts to wonder if staying in Cricket Creek could make all her wishes come true.
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