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Last Published: 11/29/2008 1:32:57 AM
My review of Wedding Bell Blues by Linda Windsor
Posted by:
Michelle Sutton on
July 26, 2007 at
2:13AM EST
From the Publisher:
Wedding
Bell Blues tells the delightful story of four best friends who have
returned to their small hometown on the eastern shore of Maryland,
Piper Cove.
Alex Butler is a successful home decorator who hopes
she has finally gotten her life together. But when Josh Turner, the man
who ran away and broke her heart sixteen years ago, returns to Piper
Cove to be the best man in her sister's wedding, Alex can't escape the
butterflies in her stomach. But Alex has no time for distractions, her
family has enlisted her to make this the wedding of the century. To
pull the event off, she pools the talents of her three best friends -
Jan, who creates desserts to-die-for will help with the cake and
catering, tomboy Ellen, who works at a landscaping business will handle
the flowers and decorations, and Sue Anne, who can . . . well, Suzie Q
can give Alex a much-needed reality check in the course of the wedding
planning chaos.
But fate won't be stopped in this small town as
Alex and Josh keep running into each other at every turn. When sparks
fly, Alex soon finds herself caught in a paralyzing battle of the heart
between her old-fashioned Southern father, who fiercely resents Josh
for breaking his little girl's heart, and her feelings for the one man
she ever truly loved.
As the wedding approaches, the Butler
family faces a threat to their reputation that will shake this
Chesapeake clan to their very core. In the midst of it all, can Alex
and Josh resist the many forces that seem to be drawing them together?
My review:
This
is the first novel I've read by Linda Windsor and now I'm wondering
what took me so long to delve into her stories. I own several more,
which I will soon be reading, especially if they are all as good as
this book was. I really enjoyed the tension between characters.
Especially the hero and heroine. The longing for each other, and yet
trying-to-remain-aloof-but-not-succeeding portion of the story kept me
smiling.
I love a book that has passionate kissing in it,
especially when the two people who are drawn together also feel like
they shouldn't succumb to what they long for. That makes for the best
romantic tension. And this book has fabulous kissing and romance, yet
they never fall into dangerous territory because Joshua is heroic
enough to flee temptation. The author has a gift for description,
making your heart float at times. She also has a great sense of humor
and uses witty metaphors.
Incredibly romantic, this novel had
just enough sizzle to hook me on her books for life. Not to reduce it
to sizzle, because the spiritual element was deep and edifying as well,
but I SO love an inspirational novel that has more than just one kiss
at the end. Trust me, if you love romantic tension, great character
arcs and an interesting plot, this story has a gourmet distribution of
them all. Delicious and addicting. I loved it.
Wedding Bell Blues was published by Avon Inspire and released in July 2007.
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