Be Mine, Sweetheart (Something Borrowed, #3)
Codi Gary
Sweetheart, California’s Something Borrowed provides celebrity weddings with bridesmaids and groomsmen for hire . . . but once in a while what’s purely business becomes the best kind of personal. RULE #3: DON’T MIX BUSINESS WITH MIXED DRINKS Kelly Barrow, the founder of Something Borrowed, didn’t get the happily ever after she counted on, but she considers herself fortunate anyway. After all, she has a thriving business and a loving family and friends. Yet ten years after her heartbreak, surrounded by couples in love, she knows it’s time to move on—and the gorgeous actor who hires her for his sister’s wedding seems like the perfect opportunity. There’s just one problem. Her best friend and legal counsel, Christian Ryan, keeps getting in her way . . . Chris has been a shoulder to lean on since they were kids, and Kelly never expected him to interfere in her dating life. She doesn’t realize that over the years, Chris’s feelings have grown beyond friendship. The timing just never seemed right—until now. And as the two of them work through the wedding’s inevitable surprises and disasters, Kelly begins to wonder if she’s been looking for love in the exact wrong place . . .
Publication Year: 2018
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This series centers around a wedding planning business called Something Borrowed. The first two stories were about employees of the business. Now we finally get to the story of the owner/founder Kelly. I have to admit, Kelly didn’t really ever give me the warm fuzzy vibe in the other books, regardless of her profession. Happily, getting to know her in this story, she really stole my heart.
Chris is Kelly’s best friend. They’ve actually been friends since 8th grade!!! That’s a long time to be friends with someone regardless of their sex. Turns out, the thing that keeps their friendship strong through the years is also the thing that keeps them at “just friends”. I adore the friends to lovers trope so I thoroughly enjoyed watching Kelly and Chris become aware of each other and their real feelings.
Kelly sometimes tended to twist things Chris said into a pretzel and get mad. That was a bit much and it happened a bit too often. But for his part, Chris did have some kind of wall up whenever things started getting too real. So sometimes I couldn’t blame her for her attitude.
The dreams Chris had in this book were so touching. And (trying not to give too much away) when he had his heart to heart with Mrs. J. I was bawling like a baby. The author definitely was able to squeeze the emotions out of me with this one.
Not only did I cry while reading this story, but I also felt the chemistry. I have no doubt Chris and Kelly were wonderful, platonic friends in the past. But that friend connection seemed to only deepen their sexual chemistry once they stopped fighting their attraction. It was wonderful.
The more I get to know the people in this town the more I want to continue to get to know.
**I received an ARC of this book courtesy of Net Galley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely**
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