REVIEW: Make-Believe Wedding by Sarah Mayberry

In Make-Believe Wedding (Montana Born Brides #9) by Sarah Mayberry, Andie has know Heath was the one for her since she was 13. Best friends with Andie’s brother, Heath has yet to figure this out. For now, Andie and Heath remain friends, and she works for him.

When a Valentine’s Day dance mix up suddenly has Andie and Heath as semi-finalists in Marietta’s Great Wedding Giveaway, everyone thinks they really are engaged. Andie is mortified by what she inadvertently caused, and Heath is mystified. Seeing how Andie is reacting to the news, Heath decides to play along. They decide to pretend they’re engaged and when they don’t win the Giveaway, quietly ‘break up’ after all the fuss dies down.

Spending so much more time together, Heath suddenly is seeing Andie in a whole new light and the chemistry between Andie and Heath is unmistakable. Soon they are no longer just acting, but can it last?

Make-Believe wedding is a fast paced, easy to fall into novella about a couple of friends who are suddenly so much more. Andie has always been fixated on Heath though, to the point where no one else will do. She doesn’t act on this though, until she has to! I really like Andie’s independent, strong willed character. Heath is a hottie! I admired him for first wanting to help Andie, then not being afraid to move things forward. I liked his honesty, especially with Andie’s brother Beau.

There are a lot of great secondary characters in Make-Believe Wedding, many you will recognize if you’ve read the other Montana Born Brides books. In particular I really liked Andie’s brother Beau and her friend Lily. The interactions they have are realistic, warm, and filled with humor. I especially like Andie’s relationship with her brother. Beau and Lily came across to me as having something simmering beneath the surface, and I’d love to know what their story is.

Make-Believe Wedding is the perfect length novella for the story being told that can be read alone, but I do highly recommend reading the other Montana Born Bride books too!

Sarah writes smoothly with lots of wit and emotion that entertains and makes you feel for the characters. I’d recommend Make-Believe Wedding to any romance reader looking for a quick, entertaining romantic read.

Book Info:

Published July 28th 2014 by Tule Publishing Group |  (Montana Born Brides #9)

Everyone in Marietta, Montana, is in love and getting married – at least that’s the way it feels to Andie Bennett the night of the Valentine’s Ball. As she watches the man she’s loved from afar for half her life dance with another woman, Andie allows herself a moment of sheer fantasy as she fills out a stray entry form for the Great Wedding Giveaway. Andie channels years of fantasy and yearning for Heath McGregor onto the page, but she never intends to actually enter the Giveaway. Only a crazy woman would do that. But fate has other ideas….

When Heath learns he and Andie are last minute finalists in the Great Wedding Giveaway, he’s completely baffled. How on earth could anyone make such a ridiculous mistake? When it becomes clear that Andie will be humiliated if the slip-up becomes public, Heath does what any good friend would – he suggests they pretend the engagement is real until the Giveaway is over and then quietly “break up” when no one is paying any attention. It’s the perfect solution, except Heath very quickly realises that pretending Andie is his is no hardship at all. In fact, it may just be the best thing that’s ever happened to him…