Series: Boots and Bouquets (Book 3)
Wedding planner Honor Bellini is in Las Vegas for a work
convention when she runs into her sister’s ex-fiancé, Owen Stone, who’s also in
town for his craft brewery business. They’re both glad to see a familiar face
from home…until a night of drinking leads to waking up in bed together—and a
marriage certificate from a wedding that neither of them can recall.
Horrified, Owen suggests an immediate annulment. Honor agrees, but when they spend the day together, their chemistry is overwhelming. Plus, Honor has a flash of memory of their steamy wedding night, and she definitely likes what she remembers. They decide to wait before canceling the whole marriage thing, though they both head back to Oklahoma determined not to tell anyone at home what happened in Vegas.
The problem is, Honor and Owen can’t seem to stay away from each other—or keep their hands off one another. The longer they keep their secret, the harder it gets to deny how they really feel. Even worse, this huge secret has the potential to hurt someone they both care about. They need to get an annulment before this accidental marriage turns into love.
A fun and emotional friends-to-lovers book. This is the third
book in the series and can be read as a stand-alone, though the experience is
richer if you've read the others.
Honor and Owen have been friends for a long time. When
they encounter each other in Vegas, where both are on business trips, they get
together for a drink. One drink turns into shots; the next thing they know,
they wake up in bed together wearing wedding rings. Neither has any
recollection of how it happened. Complicating matters, Owen is her sister
Erin's ex-fiancé. Their initial reaction is to apply for an annulment
immediately, but they hold off until they find out if there are consequences from
the wedding night they don't remember. They also plan to keep what happened a
secret from everyone at home.
I enjoyed watching the relationship between Owen and
Honor develop. I understood the initial impulse to keep what happened a secret.
Owen walked out on his engagement to Erin right before the wedding with no
explanation, creating heartache and hard feelings. It wasn't until the end of
the first book that they discovered he had panicked over his cancer diagnosis. His
relationship with the family has recovered, though Owen still feels a lot of
guilt over his actions. Neither Honor nor Owen wants to cause Erin any
distress, even though she has moved on and is happily married.
Keeping the secret proves to be very complicated. Owen is
friends with the family and with the sisters' menfolk. Honor and her sisters
run the family's wedding business together, are very close, and don't generally
keep secrets from each other. Honor and Owen find themselves wanting to spend
more time together, and when they do, the sparks fly. I loved seeing them
together. They have so much in common; their interactions are fun, easy, and
realistic. Owen is a sweet guy who enjoys taking care of Honor, from cooking for
her to adopting the rescue dog she loves so much. Honor is a strong woman who
has no problem standing up for what she wants but doesn't want her actions to
hurt someone else. I especially liked when she went with Owen to his doctor's
appointment.
The longer Honor and Owen go without confessing, the
harder it gets. When the truth comes out, the fallout is immediate and intense.
Battle lines are drawn, and the tension is off the charts. Owen, Honor, and
Erin all need to face their feelings before moving on to the future. The ending
was fantastic, emotion-filled, and heartfelt. The epilogue was a terrific
wrap-up.
I loved the setting of the book. The Bellini Winery/wedding
business provided many laugh-out-loud moments that relieved some of the
building tension. There are also more family dynamics, from Honor dealing with
her sisters' inconvenient nosiness and matchmaking to Mama Bellini's cure for
sisterly tension. I also enjoyed getting to know Owen better and seeing his joy
in his work. He won my heart when he adopted the dog, Bettie, and she became
such a big part of his life.
Horrified, Owen suggests an immediate annulment. Honor agrees, but when they spend the day together, their chemistry is overwhelming. Plus, Honor has a flash of memory of their steamy wedding night, and she definitely likes what she remembers. They decide to wait before canceling the whole marriage thing, though they both head back to Oklahoma determined not to tell anyone at home what happened in Vegas.
The problem is, Honor and Owen can’t seem to stay away from each other—or keep their hands off one another. The longer they keep their secret, the harder it gets to deny how they really feel. Even worse, this huge secret has the potential to hurt someone they both care about. They need to get an annulment before this accidental marriage turns into love.
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