Because You Said Yes
(A Willow Bay Novel Book 3)
by Kelly Collins
She needs a project.
Can a fake marriage lead to a lifetime of love?
Charlotte Sutton has dreams as big as the Texas sky, and she’ll do anything to make them come true. She’s been Miss Lonestar State, a beauty consultant, a real estate agent, and has now set her sights on becoming Willow Bay’s most sought-after wedding planner. She’s never been in love or married but that doesn’t stop her from creating every bride’s fantasy day. It’s easy—all she does is plan her dream day. So, when devilishly handsome billionaire Bastien Richmond approaches her about arranging an over-the-top wedding, she’s all-in until she finds out he doesn’t have a bride.
Bastien Richmond is a lot of things, but marriage material isn’t one of them. He’s been a playboy all his life, until his sister passed away and left him the sole guardian of his niece. The only promise he’s ever made was that he’d take care of little Ivy, so when his mother threatens to fight for custody if he doesn’t marry, he tells her he’s already engaged. With the clock ticking, he needs to find a bride. Can the pretty little wedding planner deliver everything she promised? After all, she did say that no request was too large.
A handsome billionaire. A beautiful bride. A dream wedding. Is it a fairytale come true or a disaster in the making?
My Rating:
Favorite Quotes:
She had a bougie appetite on a bologna budget.
She thought about what was in her freezer. Any good Southern girl worth her salt had a dish waiting for an event, whether it be a death, a birth, or an intervention. Nothing said I care like a casserole.
Charlotte was a diamond in a world of cubic zirconia.
His mom had an uncanny ability to recognize when something wasn’t right, even at a great distance. He wondered if that was motherly instinct when she wasn’t busy eating her young. Or just her ability to smell chum in the water.
It’s like bringing a cake knife to a gang war.
My Review:
This was a satisfying and pleasantly entertaining escapist read from start to finish. Even the conflict and villainous mother were amusing and well-contrived. The primary and secondary characters were authentically drawn, accessible, enjoyably endearing, and easily likable. I can always count on a Kelly Collins book for an enjoyable read laced together with a unique small-town populous and smirk-worthy snark, resulting in a contented sigh-producing HEA.
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International bestselling author of over 30 novels, Kelly Collins writes with the intention of keeping the love alive. Always a romantic, she blends real-life events with her vivid imagination to create characters and stories that lovers of contemporary romance, new adult, and romantic suspense will return to again and again.