Susanna Carr, Bad Girl Bridesmaids

Bad Girl Bridesmaids

Susanna Carr

Signet, May 2007, $14.00

ISBN: 0451221206

"Bad Girl Bridesmaid". Since she met them at college, Kelsey Morgan wanted to belong, but she was scholarship and they were money. She made herself needed by doing things for her sorority sisters, but after "hosting" their latest wedding she has had enough. Zack escorts his godmother Shirley to the wedding only to learn she set him up to look like a gigolo. Kelsey offers him his fee to be her escort. As Zack and Kelsey share incredible sex and begin to fall in love, she learns the truth about who he is.

"The Bridesmaid's Diaries". Tara Watkins, events planner at her family-owned winery, is asked to fill in at a wedding ceremony when a bridesmaid got ill. Though upset that her fianc dumped her, she agrees, but later after a few drinks she sleeps with the best man Luke Sullivan. Tara, feeling ashamed, refuses to see Luke but wrote about it in her blog. Now, two years later, at a wedding vow renewal Luke is elated as he has loved Tara at first sight. He believes she loves him too as he has read her blog. However he knows trust is the key to her heart.

"Wedding Wrecker". Several years ago Amber Hughes opened her mouth at a wedding of a friend to prevent a travesty. The couple married, but later divorced. Everyone blamed Amber, who left town. Now she is back as a bridesmaid though she prefers it to be otherwise. The bride Madison asks Amber to crash the bachelor party to see if her fianc Carl is cheating. Amber reluctantly agrees, but Josh Griffin intercedes. The next day a picture implies Carl and Amber were together. However, Josh tells everyone Amber is his girl and Madison is Carl's.

Each tale is fun to read as each lead bridesmaid battle a bridezilla and their retinue, but at these weddings they have a male hunk ally. Though the endings seem rushed, these are lighthearted, delightful frolics.

Harriet Klausner