This is the third installment in the Honey Gets Married series in which we meet the bride’s sister. This is a series of intertwined short novellas and I don’t recommend it as a stand alone. However, the simple plot, engaging main characters and interesting supporting characters make this an easy read. It furnishes needed pieces to the overall story arc.
The best part of this story is the emotions. This author is really good at capturing the emotions of the hero and heroine. Although the twists and turns are a close second. This book is a part of a series that revolves around Honey’s wedding. And they are all awesome. Just don’t ask me to pick my favorite. I would highly recommend reading all the books in this series at once. It’s just cool.
Official rumor had it that at seventeen, Judge Moreau’s youngest daughter had run away and joined the circus. Unofficial rumor had it that Nina Moreau had run off with a hard-bodied Irish boy whose dimpled smile had burned hotter than the southern sun. Neither rumor was strictly true.
At seventeen—with a dozen years worth of ballet, gymnastics, and bone-bending focus already behind her—Nina Moreau had quite simply followed the dance.
The circus and Connor Boyd had merely been bonuses.
Connor was long gone—he had the itchiest feet on the planet—but Nina had stayed with the Night Circus, and new friends had gradually replaced the family she’d left behind. The Englishman Alexander Carradice for example, had joined the company some two years ago in the role of finance director. A desk job, one would have thought. No need to get out on the floor and find out what performers needed or what the support staff wanted. No need to figure out how to improve the touring experience or how best to advertise the circus. Not his job. But Alexander Carradice had done all of those things and the circus had flourished and Alex still seemed to spend more time out of his office than in.
Fair of face and exceptionally well formed, Alex was also sharply observant, and Lord, he could be blunt when the mood came upon him.
The mood was very definitely upon him now.
“Nina, if you’re not going to concentrate, get back on the floor before you fall,” he roared from his spotter’s position some forty feet below.
But Kat minded Alex, not Nina, and lowered the rig.
“Now?” asked Kat, and Nina nodded and watched the younger woman hurry toward the door.
This wasn’t the beginning of the end.
Kat wasn’t as good as Nina on the aerial silks.
Maybe, but seduction and the breaking of hearts came effortlessly to Alex as well, and he wasn’t exactly known for backing down in the face of a challenge. He called things how he saw them and he was very fond of taking control.
“I have two conditions,” he said.
“Only two?” Odds were he’d have more than that once he got started. But the knot in her stomach was already easing at the thought of having Alex along for the ride.
I can’t remember whose idea it was for three Aussie and one Alabamian to write linked novellas about a big Louisiana wedding. I do know we drove the gorgeous (and patient) Kimberly nuts as we battled to capture southern voices. Same language, different world. Also, time-zone chaos! You see, we were all awake when Kimberly (our Southern Born Belle) was asleep and boy were we enthusiastically misguided in her absence. Truffled Breast of Swan anyone? Stuffed hummingbirds and bees as table arrangements? No? What about alligators? Surely we can have some of those … (No). Never mind. I know they’re there.
Four 15,000 word, closely linked short stories, all of them based around a glamorous Louisiana wedding. The stories are available in Anthology format, as well as individually. Look for ‘When Honey Got Married’ if you’re after all four stories.
Book One: A wedding planner and her high school crush? Food for thought.
Book Two: Seductive Eve wants the groom. The groom’s cousin has different ideas.
Book Four: Will Pippa’s feelings for the groom’s brother be her downfall?