REVIEW: The Bridesmaid by Julia London

In The Bridesmaid by Julia London, Kate Preston is in a race to make it from New York to Seattle for her cousin’s wedding, in which she will be the maid of honor. The only issue? Well, if only there was just one problem. Instead she encounters bad weather, grumpy passengers all trying to steal the remaining modes of transportation, and the workers at the airports are on strike. On the positive side, Kate meets Joe, who is also traveling to Seattle. What starts out as a friendly competition to see who can make it there first, ends up just pulling them closer together, leaving Kate to wonder why fate can be so cruel.

‘Kate was not one for cliches…But at the present she was wallowing in a cliche, because she truly, deeply felt as if she’d been waiting all her life for a guy like Joe Firretti to come around.’

Joe had no idea he would find what could be the girl of his dreams when he got on the plane bound for his new job in Seattle. Yet Kate seems to be there at every turn on his crazy adventure to get to the west coast. Before he realizes it, she’s made her way into his thoughts and has him wondering if moving to Seattle could be a mistake.

‘Joe could feel the draw between them, the unmistakable chemistry kicking up and swirling about them into a lethal mix of desire and admiration.’

The Bridesmaid is a funny, charming novella by the very talented Julia London. This story has Kate and Joe crossing the country and encountering all sorts of mayhem in their quest to each make it to Seattle safely.

I loved the ease of Kate and Joe’s conversations and how they warmed up to each other more and more as they found themselves helping each other in their travels. It was certainly a whirlwind romance, but given their situation, there was no other way it could have happened. I thought the interaction with Kate and her family on the phone while she’s trying to make it to the wedding on time was really funny and filled with drama that is inherent to the big event.

Overall, The Bridesmaid is a quick but very entertaining read that I would definitely recommend for contemporary romance lovers out there.

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Published October 1st 2013 by Sourcebooks Casablanca

A hot, new contemporary romance novella from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia London. In a twist on Planes, Trains and Automobiles, two strangers–Kate’s en route to be a bridesmaid, Joe’s en route to a life-altering job interview–battle a storm, a transportation strike, and each other in a cross-country race to make it to the wedding on time.