Sam@WLABB
Written on Feb 4, 2019
Sex and the City meets The Wedding Planner in The Wedding Belles, a contemporary and witty romance series about three high-powered New York City women who can plan any wedding—but their own.
Alexis Morgan has spent the past six years devoted to turning her tiny start-up into Manhattan’s premiere wedding planning company, The Wedding Belles. Now that her business is thriving, it’s time to turn towards her much neglected personal life, and Alexis approaches her relationships like she does everything else: with a plan. Not a part of that plan is Logan Harris, the silent partner in the Belles, and the one person who’s been there for her since the very beginning. But Alexis needs someone fun, and Logan’s all business, all the time—except when a late night at the office ends with an unexpected kiss that leaves the usually cool and together Alexis reeling.
Logan has lusted after Alexis since the day he walked into the tiny Harlem apartment that used to double as her office. But the ambitious wedding planner has always been untouchable...until now. Alexis has made it clear that she’s on the dating market—and equally clear that he’s not in the running. But when Alexis finds herself in need of a date for her sister’s last minute wedding in Florida, Logan knows it’s the perfect time to show Alexis that there’s more to him than numbers and spreadsheets—and beneath the pinstripes and glasses lies a hot-blooded heartthrob. As Florida’s sultry days turn into even hotter nights, Logan’s out to convince Alexis that the fling of a lifetime could just maybe turn into forever...
- ISBN10 150113518X
- ISBN13 9781501135187
- Publish Date 18 October 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Simon & Schuster
- Imprint Pocket Books
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 384
- Language English
Reviews
whisperingchapters
Written on Oct 21, 2016
Alexis and Logan have known each for eight years. Since they met, Logan has wanted her, but Alexis is too focused on the Wedding Belles to notice any attraction between them. Logan has been a very patient man but his family is giving him an ultimatum so his patience with Alexis is now running thin.
I've been dying for Alexis and Logan's story!! In the previous novels, the reader only knows that Alexis and Logan have known each other for a while but no one knows how that came out to be. The prologue for To Love and to Cherish explains all of it and I was dying!
Logan is Alexis' accountant and silent partner to the Wedding Belles company. He spends two times a week with her, but has never really shown her he's interested until now and my gosh, I was eating it up. Logan is a British man (yes, with the accent and all) and wears glasses. Combine all that with Logan in a suit. Cue all the dreamy and heart eyes right here.
To think for eight years she'd been drinking coffee every Monday and Thursday with Clark Kent when she should have been sharing a hotel room with Superman.
The chemistry between Alexis and Logan was hot hot hot! You could just feel that tension and cut it with a knife. I desperately wanted more from it. One of my problems was that I wish there had been more moments with them as a couple. I think I would have enjoyed this novel more. Also, I didn't like how Alexis wouldn't get out of her head and follow her heart. This put her relationship with Logan in a few predicaments that would leave me slightly frustrated. At least, their chemistry made up for that!
"Are you scared, Alexis? Scared of my hands on you? Worried you'll invite me to your room tonight?" His tone was joking, but somehow Alexis knew those eyes had just gotten several shades darker, even behind their protective aviators wall.
I'm definitely going to miss all of the characters. I just loved all of the friendships formed within the Wedding Belles' workers and their significant others. I mean, the men's moments had to be me one of my favorite parts of the story. They mesh so well together having just met and I love that they count on one another for advice. Lauren Layne just knows how to write about amazing characters with a great strong presence of friendships.
Overall, To Love and to Cherish was a good and sweet ending to this fantastic series! I will miss these characters with all my heart.
I received an ARC and eARC from the publisher for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.This review was originally posted on Latte Nights Reviews.
Lynn
Written on Oct 4, 2016
The Wedding Belles has been Alexis Morgan's life for the past eight years. She lived the dreams of the scores of brides who's weddings she's arranged, but somehow never put aside time to pursue her own happy ever after. Until now. Only, she's surprised that her 'rock' for the past eight years wants to be the man to sweep her off her feet.
Logan Harris hadn't planned on staying in New York after he'd finished his education at Columbia, but somehow the city had gotten under his skin and it felt like home. Meeting Alexis Morgan in a bar eight years ago was another reason to keep him on the wrong side of the pond...depending on who's point of view you are referring too. Only now he has to go back home and take over the family business. When he hears that the woman of his dreams is looking for her Mr. Right he knows he has to act fast, but didn't expect that he'd have to pull out all the stops because he's not the man Alexis has on her radar...yet!
Oh, Logan...how I love you! Any guy that craves a properly made cup of tea wins my heart every time! He possesses a wonderful sense of humour and charm that's the epitome of British reserve...and here lies the problem. He's spent the past eight years fighting his lustful feelings for Alexis instead of acting on them because he believed she wasn't ready for a relationship.
Alexis plays the part of a vibrant, confident woman to perfection, but underneath her professionalism is a woman who has her insecurities. She's spent years playing it safe by socialising with the people she works around until it dawns on her that everyone is moving on with their lives except herself and Logan…
To Love and to Cherish is a wonderful finale to The Wedding Belles series. It's fun and very sexy, yet there's a palpable tension between the protagonists when there's a shift within their relationship. The road to their happy ever after is bumpy and frustrating but entertaining nonetheless as meddling friends/colleagues make them see what they've tried to deny for years.
4.5 stars
***arc generously received courtesy of Pocket Books via NetGalley***
kimbacaffeinate
Written on Sep 24, 2016
First Date: Alexis Morgan is the visionary behind the Wedding Belles. She is always cool, calm and collected. Wildly successful we have not witnessed her have any type of romantic life. We have however teased her along with the rest of the Belles about a certain handsome and debonair accountant. Logan Harris is Alexis’s silent partner and keeps the books for Wedding Belles. This sexy Brit has had us all speculating about the two of them and we finally get their story.
Second date: I adored how Layne exposed Alexis’s vulnerabilities and shared Logan’s feelings for her. A series of events force Logan to make his move and at the same time, Alexis decides it is time to focus on her romantic life but not with LOGAN!!! Oh boy! I loved the dance the unfolds from the shocking kisses to the slow hot build up. The story takes us to the beaches of sunny Florida as their story unfolds where we finally get the heat we have waited for but will it continue when they return to New York? I loved the meddling from the belles and their significant others.
Third date: Growing pains, fears and rude awakenings surrounded by moments of heat and swoons kept me flipping the pages during my last date. Layne allowed me to connect and understand these characters making the moments feel genuine. I absolutely loved how she wrapped up their romance. Plenty of swoons and maybe even a tear. It was delightful and yet sad because the series has come to an end.
Copy provided by publisher. This review was originally posted on Caffeinated Book Reviewer