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New Love takes the cake in the third novel in Nora Roberts's new Bride Quartet-in a stunning French flap edition Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance working at Vows wedding planning company with her best friends Parker, Emma, and Mac. But she's too low-key to appreciate all the luxuries that their clients seem to long for. What she does appreciate is a strong, intelligent man, a man just like Parker's older brother Delaney, on whom she's had a mega-crush since childhood.But some infatuations last longer than others, and Laurel is convinced that the Ivy League lawyer is still out of her reach. Plus, Del is too protective of Laurel to ever cross the line with her-or so she thinks. When Laurel's quicksilver moods get the better of her-leading to an angry, hot, all-together mind-blowing kiss with Del-she'll have to quiet the doubts in her mind to turn a moment of passion into forever...
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Reread. It's summer, and this is a cute and pretty entertaining airplane read. I love how it's at least as much about the friendship between the four women as it is about the dude. Also love the casual mention of same-sex weddings and discussion of class issues (though not in depth, of course, it's a romance novel).
Thankfully, it gets better after the first two books for the Bride Quartet series. It gets lengthier, too. I enjoyed Savor the Moment more than the first two books. I love how the story builds up, how the characters communicate and how they each has their own reservation.
I do, however, hate Laurel McBane a little bit. A very tiny bit. She's a bit whiny for me, a bit too bitter. She bakes magnificent cakes, though. So she's redeemed. And she's got Del. I mean, who could ever go wrong with Delaney Brown? He's your essential husband material. And I'll leave it at that.
But you know what's best about this one? The build up to Parker's story. That will be the fourth and final book in the Bride Quartet series. Roberts teases me a lot with bits and pieces of what will be Parker's love story with Malcolm in Bed of Roses and Savor the Moment. I love both of them already!
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