THE PLUS ONE is the third book in Mazey Eddings's Brush with Love series that started with dental students Dan and Harper and their circle of friends. Indira Papadakis seems to have it all together until she doesn't. Indira's relationship with her live-in boyfriend implodes just weeks before her brother's wedding and, of course, her ex will be present at all the wedding activities since he is related to her brother's fiancee. The kicker is she has to live with her brother, his fiancee, and share a bathroom with her childhood nemesis and brother's best friend, Jude, who is in town for the six weeks until the wedding.
Fake relationship to mess with her ex, check. Enemies to lovers, check. Brother's best friend, check. Forced proximity, check.
As Indira struggles with abandonment issues that stem from childhood, Jude fights his recent demons that arose while repaying medical loans and serving as a surgeon in disaster areas.
The theme throughout THE PLUS ONE is that the most "together" people also have issues or, in other words, even your psychiatrist needs a psychiatrist. Indira and Jude are interesting, complex characters full of emotions, witty dialog, snark, and strong relationships with their friends and families. The story counts down the weeks to the wedding with fun events attended by all the characters from the previous books as Indira and Jude re-evaluate what was simmering below the surface all along. In the end, love doesn't magically solve all problems but it can give you that special person that can be your safe place to open up about all your fears and insecurities to eventually heal.
What starts out as a fake wedding date turns into something these childhood enemies never expected in The Plus One, a sparkling romantic comedy by Mazey Eddings.She’s not looking to fix him. She’s looking to love him, if he’ll let her in.Some facts are indisputable. The sun rises in the east, sets in the west. Gravity exists. Indira doesn’t like Jude. Jude doesn’t like Indira. But what happens when these childhood enemies find the only thing they can rely on is each other?On paper, Indira has everything together. An amazing job, a boyfriend, and a car. What more could a late twenty-something ask for? But when she walks in on her boyfriend in an amorous embrace with a stranger, that perfect on paper image goes up in flames.Jude has nothing together. A doctor that’s spent the last three years traveling the world to treat emergencies and humanitarian crises, a quick trip home for his best friend’s wedding has him struggling to readjust.Thrust into an elaborate (and ridiculously drawn out) wedding event that’s stressing Jude beyond belief and has Indira seeing her ex and his new girlfriend far more frequently than any human should endure, the duo strike a bargain to be each other’s fake dates to this wedding from hell. The only problem is, their forced proximity and fake displays of affection are starting to feel a bit…real, and both are left grappling with the idea that a situation that couldn’t be worse, is made a little better with the other around.
No excerpt available.
© 2003-2026