About "A Simple Wedding"
Fall in love with Heart’s Landing,
a romantic wedding destination,
in the first book of a Hallmark series.
Jenny always dreamed of getting married at Heart’s Landing. But when she finally visits the charming small town, she’s there to make wedding arrangements for someone else: her cousin, who also happens to be her boss and a famous movie star. Her cousin wants a simple wedding, not a media circus. To keep the event top-secret, she’s talked her assistant Jenny into pretending she’s the one getting married.
Nick, a baker and lifelong resident of Heart’s Landing, is intrigued by this bride-to-be who starts visiting his bakery for sweet treats and conversation. It seems strange that her fiancé isn’t at least a little involved with the wedding plans.
As Jenny tries to keep up with her fickle cousin’s ever-changing demands—which exasperate the florist, the caterer, and several other vendors—she tries to hide her attraction to Nick. Meanwhile, the people in town talk Nick into trying to distract Jenny with a sightseeing tour in order to keep her from changing her mind again. The more time Nick spends with Jenny, the harder it becomes to remind himself that she’s already spoken for.
Planning this wedding couldn’t be more complicated…and what will happen once the truth comes to light?
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My Review
Leigh Duncan's "A Simple Wedding" was a sweet, romantic story featuring likeable, well-developed characters and a charming setting in the small town of Heart's Landing, Rhode Island. I couldn't help but empathize with the female lead character, Jenny, who found herself in a difficult position when her cousin, Hollywood megastar Karolyn "Kay" Karter, asked her to lie and say that Jenny was planning her own wedding in order to keep Kay's wedding plans a secret from the press. Jenny seemed like a genuinely nice person who wanted to do the right thing, and she knew the kinds of problems her cousin's demands and last-minute changes would create. While I wished for Jenny to have a bit more backbone in dealing with Kay, I understood why she didn't feel that she could say no to her.
The male lead character, bakery owner Nick, also seemed like a genuinely nice person, and he made a wonderful match for Jenny. They were obviously drawn to each other from the first time they met, but couldn't act on their feelings since Jenny was pretending to be engaged to someone else. However, they quickly struck up a friendship, and though they tried to resist, their feelings of friendship grew into something more.
While I mostly enjoyed this story, there were a couple of elements that didn't entirely work for me. First of all, I wasn't quite sure why Jenny's cousin Kay couldn't just ask the wedding service providers to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to prevent them from leaking her plans to the press. If she had done that, Jenny wouldn't have had to tell so many lies. Second, I wasn't clear on how a "true Heart's Landing bride" was identified or why everyone in town went out of their way to help one. I don't remember a specific description being provided, but it seemed like the main criteria were a certain look in one's eyes and not acting like a total bridezilla. Have we really fallen so far as a society that it has become necessary to reward people for acting like decent human beings and not throwing temper tantrums when everything doesn't go their way?
At any rate, I would recommend this book and look forward to reading more stories set in Heart's Landing.
*ARC provided by the author/publisher via InkSlingerPR. All opinions expressed are my own.
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