Romance
The moment I laid eyes on Stella at the gym, I knew I had to claim her. An instant forbidden attraction too hot to deny. Her curvy backside and seductive smile weren’t just amazing—they were a challenge I couldn’t resist. Our flirty banter quickly turned into the most erotic night of passion, rev ...
Lord of the Betrayed Featured
An Earl who fears betrayal, a Lady certain in her affections, a long lost friend, an unhealthy obsession, a love saved from scandal and ruin. Roland Shelton, Earl of Eldwood, has finally allowed himself to trust that he will not be betrayed, to believe that he is worthy of love, and is soon to marry ...
A Very Messy Christmas Featured
She makes sure nothing can go wrong. Until he decks the halls with chaos, unusual menus, and romance. Everyone knows Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. So I make sure it’s absolutely perfect for my B&B guests, even if we’re on the Florida coast instead of the North Pole. With ever ...
Faking a Fairy Tale Featured
She always dreamed of being Cinderella… Just not with him Bridal editor Daphne Ballantyne despises her handsome yet infuriating colleague Jack King. In fact, their workplace feud is legendary. But when a juicy magazine assignment requires going undercover as a blissfully engaged couple, both Daphne ...
His Queen Featured
L’AMOUR DE MA VIE The streets are no longer safe in the city. Le Manchot has turned them into a criminal playground. He took her from me once and was lucky enough to escape alive. Now there’s a bounty on his head. Dead or alive, bringing him to me is the only instruction that matters… No loose en ...
A newlywed in the Scottish highlands reaches back in time to unearth the story of a lass from hundreds of years earlier. 1695 - Tess Campbell is frantic to escape the arranged marriage her father is forcing upon her. When a galleon docks at the pier where she's to board a boat to her demise, she ...
Matt Featured
Will they embrace the love that could be theirs, or will the past steal their future? Rachel had the job of her dreams until it turned into a nightmare. She sees something she shouldn't, and now, she's desperate and running for her life. But when she gets to Serenity Bay and meets doctor charming, s ...
Trusting Her Duke Featured
Alexander Cavendish, Duke of Ravensworth, returned from war to find that his father and brother had followed his mother into death, leaving him to protect his sister, and manage the estates. He retreated into a rigid and rather harsh approach to the world, and despised what he saw as ‘charitable ...

Three deadly accidents that might have been magical murder. A dark witch with a grudge against the King family. Federal agents with supernatural abilities. And, as usual, Dawson and Grady are smack dab in the crosshairs of trouble even they can’t outrun. When Grady King’s brother Knox is targeted by ...
SHE BRINGS BEAUTY TO ME Featured
A woman deserted. A troubled warrior. A passion denied. 1855. When eighteen-year-old Czanna Fehér is forced to flee her home in Hungary, she journeys with her younger siblings and her father's manservant to Montana in search of her cousin. Mourning for her recently deceased parents, she sings a p ...
Felix Employed at Pierced Pretties, Felix is used to caring about the needs of others. When Prince Rainier comes looking for a Kitten, Felix is sure he won’t be chosen. Except he is. Not only does Rainier dote on him, he respects boundaries and is willing to let Felix set them too. Felix never i ...
Book 4: Take a Chance on Love Featured
When their friendship develops into more, will they find the courage to take a chance on love?
Collision Course Featured
Serve his country or rescue his wife?
Federal Air Marshal Reese Donovan has sacrificed everything he loves to keep another 9/11 from occurring again.
After living apart from his wife, Verity, for a year, the last thing he expects is harrowing news that will force hi ...
They Call Me Raven Featured
They call me Raven, she stated quietly. How did you get shot? Raven worked feverishly to help the man that had landed on her doorstep in the middle of the worst snowstorm in years. As Chase heals, she learns more about his mission to save her mountain. Danger is lurking at every turn not only fro ...
Roustabout Featured
A con man and a government agent walk into a carnival… Bartlett Gibson is a necromancer and an agent for the Tennessee Bureau of Supernatural Investigation. He’s hot on the trail of RJ Tucker, a psychic con man who has eluded him at every turn and led him on a merry chase. Pursuit leads to grudgi ...
The Keeper Featured
Can they extinguish the flames of obsession before everything they hold dear is consumed by the inferno? The stakes are high for billionaire Damon Knox when his obsessive ex-fiancée begins stalking him. He never expected his past to catch up with him in such a dangerous and sinister way. After some ...
Reckless Mate Featured
Not everyone is what they seem. Sometimes that’s good and sometimes not. Kyra My life is… complicated. I’m a deputy in the small town of Mystic River; my boss used to be my lover; and my brother is the local gangster. If that isn’t enough, Scott, the town’s very sexy baker, has told everyone ...
Shine Tonight: A Badlands Story Featured
Simon and Vic finally get a night on the town for dinner and a performance at Impressions, a celebrity tribute show. Can Simon stop the mayhem when a haunting threatens to bring down the house in the worst possible way?
Loving the Wrong Guy Featured
A runaway bride (almost). Two thousand miles. One perfect road trip.

Sierra Fall Featured
Mackenzie Bishop was looking forward to spending the summer in Lake Tahoe. Recently widowed with two young kids, a change of scenery would do them all good. But she never expected Bren Banks to be part of that scenery. Or that he would come to mean so much to her in such a short amount of time. B ...
Stefan of Caeli Featured
When Stefan Baudin’s mother was brutally ripped away from him by strange guards, he vowed to one day find her. He never expected that his quest would lead him to a hidden kingdom rumored to be a dragon stronghold, or that asking the wrong questions would land him in a dungeon with his dragon magical ...
In Fine Form Featured
He was in fine form until life—and love—threw him for a loop... Declan Doyle is ready for a change. He’s finally going to put his couch-surfing, job-hopping, responsibility-free days behind him. So, when his best friend’s sister offers room and board in exchange for home repairs, he jumps at the ...
A Fast Affair Featured
Bad boy race car driver Rafe Turner comes home to heal. Ronni Danken’s a healer, but will she help or hurt? Their worlds collide on the racetrack. Racing was in her blood. The loss of her family fueled Ronni’s desire to drive faster and faster away from that fiery tragedy. He barely survived a life- ...
Last Love Featured
Welcome back to Juniper Springs, home of gay ducks, Nerdvana, and the LOLS.
Okay, so here's the thing. I'm Liv, the normal O'Bryan sister. I have two kids I'm raising on my own, and I even have what people think is a boring job. Going to Vegas with my insane s ...
Protected By A Damaged Ex-SEAL Featured
Surfing gold was my only goal—until an ex-SEAL billionaire heir became my ride-or-die.
I spent the night with a stranger.
Not that...
My Jeep careened out of control.
Jaime Hendricks came running down the beach, half-naked, to save me ...

What would you sacrifice to save your marriage? Your hopes... Your dreams... Your pride? Daniel and Sophia are on the brink. Family bonds begin to crack as the circumstances of life drive them closer toward the edge. Grappling to meet their own personal needs, they each pour fuel on the fire. ...
Mary Poser Featured
Bollywood meets a modern Southern society in this award-winning sexy and provocative multicultural journey of self-discovery. There's troubled love in Music City, Nashville Tennessee. Despite deeply entrenched obstacles, Southern Belle, Mary, falls for a visiting Bollywood director, Simha Das. A ...
Supernatural historian and goat shifter Adiel Nielson moved to Fox Hollow to write about the town's unique history as a haven for shifters and psychics. He never expects to encounter the cute guy he flirted with at a rest stop—or to discover that Joel is a shifter as well—and the photographer assign ...
A shy lighthouse keeper who can talk to ghosts. A lonely ghost mourning the losses of the past and hoping for justice. A love strong enough to transcend death. Monty Clark is the new park ranger for the Cape May Light. He hoped to find someone to love who can accept his ability as a psychic mediu ...
Hat Trick Holidate Featured
I'm eight years into my professional hockey career when I come face to face with my one-night stand from my rookie season. Her auburn hair and full body makes me crave a second helping. Hell, maybe even if a five course meal.
But right now, I have a daughte ...
Savage Warrior Featured
In the aftermath of a devastating accident that claimed the life of his friend, Stefan Romansque - Rome - finds himself consumed by survivor's guilt, clutching onto it like a suffocating cloak. His sole intention is to tend to his wounds in seclusion, but his plans are abruptly shattered when he dis ...
Forbidden Daddy's Baby Featured
He’s my brother’s best friend My one night stand… And my baby’s daddy… I never planned to lose my v-card to my brother’s best friend, Mason Whitman, on the night of my brother's wedding. I was heartbroken the next day, waking up to an empty bed and a single note. That jerk abandoned m ...
Peacemaker Featured
Secret agents, forbidden love, danger, and magic! Supernatural Secret Service agents Owen Sharps and Calvin Springfield meet on the train to their new assignment in St. Louis, and sparks fly between them. But it's 1897, and they need to be very careful—falling in love can be dangerous for men lik ...
Buttercream and Second Beginnings Featured
She’s almost got the recipe for success, but love might be the missing ingredient.
Callie Jones thought she had everything figured out with her booming bakery and close-knit friends in Peachwood Grove—until her first love, Macon Everette, rolls back into town. The ...
Heart of Faith Featured
Secrets cannot be hidden forever; not even by a tech billionaire.
James Hunt is a damaged, scorching hot, alpha entrepreneur. That’s my fault.
Well, not the alpha part.
His tech company made me a job offer I couldn’t refuse.
I took the bait, leaving my secu ...
Dandelion Summer Featured
Annie Chisholm led the perfect life for more than 30 years -- at least that’s how it seemed to everyone around her. But she and her husband, Michael, knew the truth about their shattered marriage. Eighteen months after her husband's death, Annie still struggles with grief and guilt, unable to ...
Perfect Night Featured
In the vibrant streets of London, Charlie is struggling to make ends meet. To afford his mother’s care facility, he’s taken on a risky side job that forces him to sell his body. Life is tough, but Charlie remains resilient, finding solace in the camaraderie of his four best friends.
When ...
Book 5: Undeveloped Love Featured
She’s tried being polite. He’s digging in his heels. When complete opposites feel the tug of romance, will their holiday become a blizzard of delight? Blake Fisher won’t let anyone destroy the life she’s built. So when a silver-spoon-in-his-mouth snob refuses to listen to her proposed deal, the hard ...
Lord of the Lamented Featured
An Earl declared a war hero, a widow stricken with angry grief, a plot conceived in despair, lies and deception which might undo everything good in their lives, courage and forgiveness which lead to unexpected love at Christmas.
Martin Luckett, the Earl of Truharton, was injured at Waterl ...
Book 1: Grocery Girl Featured
She inhales life with every breath. He’s suffered a world of pain. Can they rise above tragedy to find their happily ever after? Maree Davenport refuses to let a tearful past rule her future. After losing her parents at the age of five, the big-hearted fabric designer is determined to embrace her fe ...
Brandon Davis is a psychic and a moose shifter. He makes his living as a wilderness guide in Fox Hollow, NY—a town that is a haven for misfit shifters and psychics. Brandon has a profitable business, a found family of close friends, and a cozy cabin in the woods. Life is good, but he wishes he co ...
A Royal Pairing in Perish Featured
June aka Quick Claw I want revenge. It’s been fifteen years since a home invasion changed everything. But I’m Quick Claw now, and everything I’ve trained for has led to tonight—to making the two men who broke into my apartment suffer. That is, until my moment is stolen by Black Coyote, the city’s ...
Hold onto your aprons, darlings! My brother Jeremy throws me a lifeline: a gig as a personal chef on his billionaire best friend’s luxurious yacht. A quick fix to my financial crisis. Twister alert! Keith, the billionaire hottie and brother’s best friend, was my fling from a year ago. Yes, a one-nig ...
The desire for my inheritance has driven my family to take extreme measures. When my mother found out that I inherited everything, she wanted to destroy me to get it. I ran. Then, I end up in a barn in the middle of nowhere, caught by the most beautiful man I have ever seen. Flint Mayfield. He ...
Love, Julie Featured
Once, Julie dreamed of a life filled with love and laughter. Now, in her mid-forties, she faces a starkly different reality. She's single, lonely, and reeling from breaking her hard-earned sobriety in front of her family and friends. Opting for self-recovery over romance, Julie dives into plannin ...
I’m stuck as the roommate of a grumpy silver fox billionaire CEO.
I was homeless. Max is my brother's best friend. Just doing a favor.
Ruthless developers are foreclosing on my family’s farm. Desperate.
I left another guy at the altar.
That’s ...
Dawson and Grady King are honeymooning at a romantic castle in England, hoping to take a break from monster hunting. They have one piece of family business to handle, involving a generations-long agreement with the Welsh Fae. When things go wrong, will Dawson and Grady survive, or will they be tr ...
A young woman undertakes a perilous journey from the Australian goldfields to the Yorkshire moors. In 1854, the Australian goldfields swirl with the heated danger and betrayal of the Eureka Stockade rebellion. At the center of this maelstrom is Melanie O'Dea, a woman with a price on her head and the ...
A ghost and a psychic medium explore a love that is stronger than death.
My ex is my billionaire boss, about to lose his company.
Alex Whitmore and I were lovers in college. But we were constant rivals on the same career path, causing our split.
Now he recruits me to advance company technology. My sarcasm is hard to stifle, but I agree with him b ...
Ashley Richmond suddenly has doubts about becoming a child psychologist. And then she meets Jason.
They find they have a mutual attraction, but their family lives are complicated. Can they make it through all the problems standing in the way.
Lady Lily Gardenbrook, eldest daughter of the Duke of Elbury, is perilously close to being a spinster. After three Seasons, she still hasn’t accepted a suitor – but not for lack of candidates. Lady Lily has a secret – a secret which would lead to scandal, should it ever be revealed. A secret whic ...
Sexy East Coast playboy, Nolan Banks, is disturbing my perfectly buttoned-up life. He sleeps with celebrities, jets around the globe and thumbs his nose at the tabloids.
And every time he gets drunk and photographed with some random harlot claiming she's pregnant with his love child ...
Water Dreams is an award-winning finalist in the Fiction/Romance category of the Best Book Awards. She’s human. He’s Nerei. What happens when they fall in love against his species’ laws? In the small Florida town of Tarpon Springs, Nik Aronopulos avoids water like the plague. She never goes to the b ...
Seth Tanner and Evan Malone finally get some holiday down time. It’s been a wild ride, chasing a dark coven and hunting supernatural threats. As they face their Christmas together, will a spat over holiday traditions be what makes someone snap?
Raccoon-shifter Mico Foley drives a garbage truck in Fox Hollow, a job that keeps a roof over his head while he pursues his true passion—creating art with found objects. He fears he might never find a mate—until he falls hard for the sexy new baker in town. But will a hottie like that fall for a guy ...
When a desperate woman takes a perilous gamble to save her family from a brutal murderer, they go through an illegal portal to the Forbidden Colony of St. Antoni. But it proves a dangerous haven. whose citizens created a society as different from the Post-Apocalyptic Earth they fled as Mars is from ...
He was cunning, stealthy and the most sought after and revered bounty hunter across the plains. Calculating, swift and deadly; Nathan Malone ALWAYS collected his bounty and earned himself the nickname “The Silent Shadow”. Then he met her…gorgeous, graceful, fierce, and wild. She was so intriguing to ...
She'll trust him with her life, but never with her heart. I never believed I'd fall in love, but in one week, Maddie Jenkins proved me wrong. Then she ghosted me, taking my newly found belief in true love with her. And now, she's in trouble. My pretty cyber-security specialist got herself in the ...
U.S. Navy SEAL Elias “Joker” Jackman had always chafed at his father’s yoke. He’s being groomed for an upper level military position, a career that was laid out for him before he was even born. After deploying to Niger, he has to endure a visit by his dad in an official capacity which includes all t ...
Could a nineteenth-century diary be the answer to Abigail’s prayers? Iris wanted nothing more than to live her own adventure. But on the tails of the Colorado gold rush, a certain discovery could upend her world before it’s even begun. Over a hundred years later, Abigail Prescott returns to the slee ...
Christmas is a time for kisses under the mistletoe, swirling silk gowns, and dances with one's true love under the glittering candlelight... This wintery holiday collection of seven never before published Regency romances by seven of your favorite historical romance authors will bring you dreamy ...

Yuki agrees to be her friend Sinead’s bridesmaid at her second wedding in a heartbeat. She’s a flight attendant and used to jetting around the world, but staying at a luxury resort in Thailand for Sinead and Gabriel’s renewal of vows sounds amazing – like a mini vacation. The only problem is . . . D ...
I hate Grayson Knight with a passion. Ever since he pulled a prank on me as kids, I’ve kept him in the mortal-enemy category, and we both prefer it that way. Now we’re seniors in high school and he’s still the same immature jerk. I avoid him as much as possible, but when an argument turns ugly and l ...
“No one can ever know I met my new client when I was buck-naked holding a dead rat. Elmer, Texas is too small a town. I’d never survive the gossip.” Cameron Morgan has been single mom extraordinaire for the past sixteen years, with the town of Elmer as her trusty sidekick (it takes a village, af ...
From Book 1: The head of Orsino Security was hired to protect her for a week. Instead, his bear wants to claim her forever.
It takes one look for bear shifter Salvatore Orsino to know that Natale Durante isn't just his client… shes his mate. His first instinct is to lay Natales ...
All Noel wants for Christmas is a relaxing, sun-drenched vacation. But when her bestie cancels, sending Noel’s ex, Dare, in her place, she nearly loses her tinsel. Ho, ho, no. Dare’s the one guy who broke her heart and now she’s stuck on an island with the Ghost of Christmas Past. It’s going to take ...
Errol "Pitbull" Ballentine is tasked to work with an NCIS agent who is on the trail of one of their own missing agents. He and the team meet up with NCIS and Pitbull discovers it's special agent Makayla Littlestar who looks like a delicate flower. He soon discovers that her looks are the only soft t ...
When Sophie’s Europe plans are cancelled, she pivots to a job as activity director at Christmas Tree Lodge. The same lodge where she was proposed to three years earlier. To a guy who dumped her in a text! Enter Sam who is there with his four-year-old daughter Can they get past their hurts and st ...

An unlikely rookie superhero and a dog shifter beer enthusiast team up to stop a nefarious supernatural plot.
Food reviewer Scott Dixon didn’t just lose his job—he started getting premonitions linked to random tastes, a new ability he’s not sure how to man ...
My new boss is grumpy as heck and totally off-limits. But, what I wasn’t expecting was James’ kiss to light my body on fire. My self discipline is shattered with our first sultry, mind-blowing night.. I am so attracted to his baby blue eyes and chiseled body. I don’t want to let go. I can’t. But, ...
Cassidy Kincaide and her boyfriend Kell Winston go on vacation to Caynham Castle, where they're looking forward to sightseeing, enjoying the Midsummer festival, and relaxing in the English countryside. When the theft of a magical heirloom endangers a centuries-old pact with the Fae, Cassidy and Kell ...
He’s not the man she wanted – he’s everything she’s trying to avoid – but he’s the man she fell for… hard. Zach Kincaid was definitely not what Ashley Drayton was looking for – one more risk-taking, bad boy to add to the long list of men who had broken her heart – the last one leaving her nearly ...
Noelia Russo's plate is full: she works at Wedding Bliss by day, writes romance by night, and now she's agreed to volunteer at the hospital too. However, this favor for a friend pays off when Noelia bumps into Dr. Nate Westbury, a widower who could warm her lonely heart. But Nate can't think about a ...
Get ready to find Love on the Tree Farm! Murrtham's Tree Farm, that is. This collection contains three full-length steamy, contemporary romance novels as well as bonus epilogues and BRAND-NEW bonus content! The Magic of Us: Nellie Sturges is a hot mess single mom, about to be divorced. West Murrtham ...
Dario has had a rough year full of angst, anxiety, and depression. After years of trying to be the son he thought his parents wanted he is finally free to be himself, but he doesn't know who he is. Dario is used to the structure his false yet perfect life brought, and ...
A vampire who's lost everything he cared about searches for solace in all the wrong places. Zacharias, a former flight trainer in Gabriel's Legion, was accused and convicted of an abominable crime, then banished to Earth. Now a vampire in the Santa Cruz nest, he struggles to find the confidence h ...
From Book 1: Beth is in love with Jonah, a love that would seem could never be broken, but when Jonah informs her he has to leave their community because of a duty to his Englisher friend, Beth's world is thrown into turmoil
Beth Fisher is living the dream. Strong and happy in her fa ...
Fate brought me to him, but it was he who captured my heart. When I fell asleep, I didn't expect to awaken in a dark, forbidden mansion, and I definitely didn't anticipate being rescued from the oddly-timed Christmas hurricane by a stern, smoking hot vampire. But here I am, my wet nightgown tossed a ...
I hated Enzo even before I met him—my bestie’s too hot, arrogant control freak brother. And now my baby’s daddy.
A mix-up has us sharing a room.
I walk in on his steamy shower.
I envy the water dripping over his chiseled abs, down to his long Major J ...

Mitch and Karl are meant for each other—they just don’t know it yet. They’re both gay, middle-aged, single, and open to meeting that special someone. Problem is, they never get out of the house! With Karl working from home, and Mitch’s non-existent social life, it seems unlikely the two will ever me ...
He lives in the spotlight. She hides in the shadows. With secrets and a spark between them, can they escape to forever? Max Davenport craves a break from the press. Constantly on the run from paparazzi and over-enthusiastic women, the football star takes to the small town of Green Hills to embra ...
Calvin and Owen face their first Christmas together. Will memories bring them closer or push them apart? Calvin Springfield and Owen Sharps are partners in the Supernatural Secret Service, and now lovers. As their first Christmas together approaches, planning the big meal shows how different thei ...
He was protecting those he loved.... She wanted him to notice her and when he did, she knew she could never let him go. #Unputdownable Amanda (Mandy) Gilchrist was just baffled by her colleague. One minute he was her rock and the next he couldn't get away from her fast enough...only to land himself ...
1.Figuring out what makes this icy hot fire chief tick seems like the best challenge. It’s that first kiss from the tattooed cranky pants that still has my heart skipping a beat. And, the magic in his pants makes me blush. Every. Single. Time. Nobody can find out about us or we both risk losing our ...
High School quarterback. Troublemaker. Player. The definition of the type of guy I can’t stand. Also, the guy I’ve agreed to tutor for the next three months. Sebastian Murdoch spends his free time at either football practice, after-school detention, or hooking up with random girls at wild beach part ...
Scarlett is just trying to survive with her nephew in tow, hoping one day someone will want to marry her. Everything changes when she meets a former musician at the music camp she finds work at.
50 Shades of Spay: No Litters, Baby. That’s the sign in front of the Chelsea Veterinary Clinic on the lower west side of Manhattan, where I’m currently standing on what is clearly another crappy Saturday morning. I’m at a vet clinic. It’s not even my dog - pet sitting has gone horribly wrong. Last n ...
She’s building a future. He’s chasing the truth. Can two wounded hearts open a window to trust? General contractor Jess Winters had to work twice as hard to make it to the top of her male-dominated field. So her sterling reputation can’t handle any mistakes in front of the guys—which means absolu ...
For years they’ve hidden a huge secret…an island that was home to their small town, the families and friends who live there, and the secrets they've kept for generations. But danger might be right beyond the water’s edge. Together, two guarded hearts are willing to face the impending threat and the ...
At last, Garen McTaggart’s lifelong dream of owning a castle is coming true, but not without certain... impediments. He must complete the renovations on time and marry the owner's granddaughter, Leeza Cantrell, or all will be lost. Everything appears to be on track—until Garen lies down for a nap in ...
When tender loving care (TLC) isn't enough, Simon Kincaide turns to a tried-and-true solution to help when his partner Vic D'Amaton is under the weather. Recipe included!
When Teag Logan and his fiancé Anthony Benton travel to England to celebrate their engagement, Teag’s magic and supernatural experience hone in on restless spirits, an old scandal and century-old secrets that could turn deadly. Can Teag and Anthony solve the mystery and settle the spooks before t ...
She is a winged warrior of the heavens. He is a doomed Elven King. Khyrial the Zyrane Stormrider, disgraced Ayraelar warrior, has one mission – to keep King Vaylar alive. Her honour and return to her home above the Boreal Tempest depend upon success, for her dead father swore an oath she must keep a ...
Buffalo cop Milo Cornell found out about the supernatural when he thought he was busting a frat party and wound up with ghouls instead. A mysterious stranger saved his life but nearly died in the process. Milo makes an impetuous decision to protect the stranger and leave his old life behind. But wil ...
A man wasn’t on her holiday wish list… His grandfather’s will had made it perfectly clear: Gabriel Kane had to be married by the age of thirty-seven or he’d be denied control of the family business. With only days to go, billionaire Gabriel isn’t above maintaining his deception and using blackmail a ...
Riley had accepted Whit's proposal to get married in Monterey. She imagined the perfect dress and set about to have it made. Whit was in charge of the wedding. In her mind, Riley had A Perfect Wedding put together in a short amount of time. Could the wedding live up to her expectations?