Audio: The wedding crasher

Narrated by: Rebecca Mozo, Alastair Haynesbridge

Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins

Release date: 04-05-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Contemporary romance

To review

Solange hears something, and then she crashes a wedding. She does not want to, but she can't just stand at the side.

Dean was getting married, and then he was not. Oh Dean, he had it all planned. A partnership with someone who valued the same things as he did. Love was not a part of it.

No wedding. But still they meet again, one of my favorite premises. A fake relationship. He needs one for work and she does owe him.

He does not want love, she wants someone who will be all in. They are all wrong with each other, and totally right at the same time.

They both need to learn to take a leap of faith and let go. There is some drama, romance, and one guy who needs a kick in the nuts. Oh that guy was the worst.

I enjoyed it. There was always something going on and I was rooting for them to see sense.

Two narrators, both I think new to me. They worked well with their chapters, his and hers. It flowed well into each other

Just weeks away from ditching DC for greener pastures, Solange Pereira is roped into helping her wedding planner cousin on a random couple’s big day. It’s an easy gig... until Solange stumbles upon a situation that convinces her the pair isn’t meant to be. What’s a true-blue romantic to do? Crash the wedding, of course. And ensure the unsuspecting groom doesn’t make the biggest mistake of his life.

Dean Chapman had his future all mapped out. He was about to check off “start a family” and on track to “make partner” when his modern day marriage of convenience went up in smoke. Then he learns he might not land an assignment that could be his ticket to a promotion unless he has a significant other and, in a moment of panic, Dean claims to be in love with the woman who crashed his wedding. Oops.

Now Dean has a whole new item on his to-do list: beg Solange to be his pretend girlfriend. Solange feels a tiny bit bad about ruining Dean’s wedding, so she agrees to play along. Yet as they fake-date their way around town, what started as a performance for Dean’s colleagues turns into a connection that neither he nor Solange can deny. Their entire romance is a sham... there’s no way these polar opposites could fall in love for real, right?