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Two Salo Family weddings have occurred but the curse has yet to be broken. Now it’s Dori’s turn… Dori Salo has no intentions of getting married, especially after recently being dumped by her boyfriend. Now she is dedicating herself to a new housing project she’s immersed in. Here she can show her true talent. However when the new interior designer hoping to win the account shows up, all Dori’s plans go out the window. Bill Hastings is helping his cousin CeCe who’s on bed rest in the final stages of her pregnancy. Landing the contract for the promising Erie Hazard Hills Development can be just what she needs to have her interior design company take off. Bill has his doubts that posing as high and mighty Carter Hastings IV is the right idea but he’ll do anything to help CeCe. As soon as Bill meets Dori, he knows she is something special but now that he’s trapped in this grand scheme of CeCe’s, he can’t do anything about it. After all, can Dori fall for someone who has deceived her from the start? If Nana Vancy has her way, anything can happen! Holly Jacobs has written another rollicking good romantic comedy with Everything but a Wedding. Once more she takes unlikely circumstances and finds the funny in the middle of it all. That is one of the best aspects of a Holly Jacobs novel. Her humorous take on family relationships always makes for a heartwarming story. How can anyone not adore Nana Vancy and her desperation to break the curse she unwittingly placed on her family? Bill and Dori are perfect for each other but secrets almost ruin their chances. Dori is down to earth, content in her life and loves her work. Her family my drive her crazy sometimes but she wouldn’t trade them for anything. Bill has that same dedication to what matters to him, especially his beloved cousin. He’s in his element in faded jeans and a fishing vest and feels completely out of sorts in the designer duds CeCe insists he wear to play his role. Dori is drawn to the glimpses of the man she sees when the disguise slips but is afraid that she’s making a mistake. In Everything but a Wedding we have the added pleasure of seeing not one but two couples find their happiness. I can’t reveal who the second one is however since it doesn’t really come into play until close to the end of the book. I also loved a chance to catch up with the rest of the Salo siblings and see how their own marriages are working out. Of course, Nana Vancy is present and accounted for, stealing the show each time we see her. I love the way the Salo Wedding Curse pans out in the end and finding out what was necessary to break the curse and bring happiness to the future Salo generations. I’m sorry to say good bye to the Salo family and I will miss them all. Lucky for me, rumor has it we may get to visit them again in the future. © Kelley A. Hartsell, December 2008. All rights reserved. |
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Posted December 2008 |
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