Sex and the City meets The Wedding Planner in this prequel to USA TODAY bestselling author Lauren Layne's The Wedding Belles series about three high-powered New York City women who can plan any wedding-but their own.
Up-and-coming wedding photographer Leah McHale's career is on the rise-thanks in no small part to the Wedding Belles, the elite New York wedding planning agency that always throws top-tier business Leah's way. So when one of the Belles asks Leah to fill in at the former First Daughter's wedding, Leah is overjoyed to say yes-until she finds out who she'll be working with.
Jason Rhodes is the one man who was able to capture Leah's heart and, once he had it, promptly stepped all over it and left her broken. Now he's working side-by-side with her at the biggest wedding of the season and Leah is determined to give him the cold shoulder. Despite his persistence, she is not going to fall for his charming, impish ways again. Not even if he still has that killer, irresistible smile...
My love for Lauren Layne romances is no secret at this point, and I was happy to read the final book set in the world of the Belles. Leah wasn't really a Belle, but rather a Belle-adjacent as an oft used photographer for their events. Circumstances bring her and a former romantic interest back into each other's orbits, and they find out, the sparks are still there.
This was short and sweet, but I thought Layne did a magnificent job giving me what seemed like a fully realized story. The chemistry between Leah and Jason was off the charts, and they really seemed well suited for each other. I was rooting for Jason the whole time, because I knew there was a lot more to the story than we were being told, and I was right! It was easy to see how important Leah was too Jason. It was in the little things he did, and I was happy to watch their HEA unfold.
