Her assignment is to get her mother's wedding dress to Hawaii in time for her wedding. It's her mother's third wedding but as her she said, "the third time is the lucky time." Dragging the emblazoned Bichonnie Bridal CoutureI garment bag through Security at LaGuardia Airport in NY, Laney Hudson heads to Terminal C Departures. Only one seat left in the lounge.. Laney drapes the garment bag over it, sinking down onto the floor for the only plug remaining for a power source. The handsome guy in the matchy-matchy suit is hogging all the outlets on the two connected chairs What a hog He's harnessing all the airport energy charging his fancy phone, recharging his tablet while tapping away on his computer in his lap.. Tech Boy, real Tech Boy.
Bored,Laney, a comic book artist, pulls her sketchpad and pencils out of her bag and begins sketching him. Smiling she thinks to herself, "Those cheek bones could cut glass and I have lush eyelashes like him, but mine come out of a mascara tube." Receiving a cold, stony stare from him, she repacks her sketchpad, and heads to board the plane.. The flight attendant notices the bridal garment bag, thinks Laney is the bride, and upgrades her to first class. No sense correcting her error, it's just a little white lie. Time to enjoy first class service, but her seat mate is Tech Boy.
Noah Ridgewood, a software designer, apps specifically, is en route to Las Vegas to his Bachelor Party. Engaged to marry Sloane Bidwell daughter of the Bidwell conglomerate, Noah is having cold feet and second thoughts about their big event coming soon. Sloane has been firm and unyielding in every decision pertaining to their wedding day. The changing of the wedding date to the anniversary of his father's death without telling Noah was the last straw. Is Sloane really the one for him?
THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE DRESS is a sweet,often funny, mostly romantic story about self-discovery, reflection on what was, is and will be. Grounded in Chicago because of a snow storm, Laney and Noah spend the night together in the last available room, the honeymoon suite of the Regency Hotel. They talk and laugh non-stop, raid the mini-bar, and get drunk together playing a sexy question and answer game. Passions are ignited and future decisions are questioned.. Jessica Topper writes a beautiful, heartrending story about second chances. I thoroughly enjoyed THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE DRESS and fell in love with Laney and Noah. As her preface to her mother says, "No cape necessary. You are my ultimate superhero." Laney, I think Noah is yours.
As the dress-bearer for her motherβs wedding, Laney
Hudson
has a lot more baggage than the bulky garment bag sheβs
lugging from New York to Hawaii. Laney is determined to
prove sheβs capable of doing something right, but running
chores for her momβs fairytale nuptials is proving to be
a
painfully constant reminder of her own lost love.
So when sheβs mistaken for the bride and bumped up to
first
class, Laney figures some stress-free luxury is worth a
harmless white lie. Until the flight crew thinks that the
man sitting next to her is Laneyβs groom, and her little
fib
turns into a hot mess.
The last thing Noah Ridgewood needs is some dress-
obsessed
diva landing in his first-class row. En route to his
Vegas
bachelor party, the straight-laced software designer
knows
his cold feet have nothing to do with the winter weather.
When a severe storm leaves them grounded in Chicago and
they
find themselves booked into the last available honeymoon
suite, Laney and her in-flight neighbor have little
choice
but to get better acquainted. Now, as her bridal mission
hangs in the balance, perhaps the thing Laney gets right
is
a second chance at love.
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