Beth Kendrick, Nearlyweds

Nearlyweds

Beth Kendrick

Downtown, November 2006, $13.00

ISBN: 0743499603

Pastor Rick married the three couples (Stella and Mark, Erin and David, and Nick and Casey) in the past year, but failed to submit the appropriate documentation as required by law. In other words, these three couples are not legally married. Now each has a second chance to reconsider whether they want to marry. All have doubts, having had a first hand look at the baggage their mates carry. The trio of females goes so far as meeting each other to compare notes and discuss their doubts. Will they choose I do or never more?

Though the premise has been used quite often, Beth Kendrick provides a fun tale, as the audience wonders if any or all of the couples will marry. Readers will understand the doubts and desires of the three females, as they are reasonably developed. However, the men who might remain in their lives never come across beyond their fault lines, so their doubts and desires never fully surface. Still, this is a well written fine tale, as each ponders to do or not to do, for that is the question.