Review: "The Wedding Hoax" by Heather Thurmeier
It's been about a year since wedding dress designer Daisy Willows and wedding magazine magnate Cole Benton ended their relationship. They wanted different things--she a happily-ever-after with a husband, children, and a dog; he a happily-right-now with the only girl who's been with him longer than any other before her. Now, they find themselves forced together by a savvy businessman with an unconventional plan to give them what they both want--publicity and more revenue for their respective floundering businesses. The man wants them to become engaged and involve the public in planning their fake wedding.
While Daisy and Cole both acknowledge that the fake engagement is a crazy plan, they both really need the financial influx to help keep their business afloat. However, spending so much time together brings Daisy's buried feelings for Cole to the surface and Cole finds himself feeling things he never thought were possible for a confirmed bachelor like him. Daisy has already experienced heartache once with Cole while Cole is beginning to question the very principles his own father ingrained in him for years. Will they be able to pull off their elaborate wedding hoax without getting either of their hearts broken a second time around?
The Wedding Hoax is a standalone contemporary romance by Heather Thurmeier and I went into this thinking it was connected to a book I was scheduled to read and review, The Hookup Hoax, only to realize that the were absolutely unrelated and having "hoax" in both titles threw me off. No regrets though, since this was a fun read and one that I was able to get through in under two hours. Daisy Willows and Cole Benton are exes thrown together in order to help their respective businesses. There's a fake engagement that will lead to a fake wedding but the feelings they have toward each other become very real soon enough, making their plan difficult to handle because it adds a complexity to it that neither one expected.
Daisy and Cole were likable characters, though there were moments early on that Cole came off as somewhat of a cocky and arrogant playboy who was spent his nights hooking up with women. Of course, we discover why he has such an aversion to committed relationships later on, and that helps put Cole in a different light. They come from very different family backgrounds and I just loved Daisy's mother because she was obviously such a spunky character and wished she could rub off some of that spunkiness on her daughter. There's a lot of back and forth between Daisy and Cole but the chemistry is there and you want to cheer them on to makethe fake stuff real. The Wedding Hoax by Heather Thurmeier gets four stars. ♥
Date Read: 20 May 2015
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